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<blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 4769542" data-attributes="member: 17913">After (too) many years of gaming, I still don't know how best to track the &quot;group loot&quot;.&nbsp; There's always one player willing to do this chore, but a single missed session by that player and it all gets thrown out of whack.I think having people track separately is really the best way to go.&nbsp; Hand out bags of holding (or whatever the equivalent is) early and don't be an @$$ about them working/not working.&nbsp; Encumbrance tracking is a lot like work: it sucks.&nbsp; If everyone's got their own bag of holding, there's no need for a true &quot;group loot&quot; list.&nbsp; If you don't own the bag that the item is in, then you don't own the item.&nbsp; Pure and simple.Not to say you can't go into someone else's bag of holding, of course.The one variation is that I sometimes choose to track all coin &amp; gems, as the DM.&nbsp; I do this only because it allows me to seed randomly intelligent gems among the group without them knowing.&nbsp; These gems often lead to (a) further adventures, or (b) comedy relief.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="timbannock, post: 4769542, member: 17913"] After (too) many years of gaming, I still don't know how best to track the "group loot". There's always one player willing to do this chore, but a single missed session by that player and it all gets thrown out of whack. I think having people track separately is really the best way to go. Hand out bags of holding (or whatever the equivalent is) early and don't be an @$$ about them working/not working. Encumbrance tracking is a lot like work: it sucks. If everyone's got their own bag of holding, there's no need for a true "group loot" list. If you don't own the bag that the item is in, then you don't own the item. Pure and simple. Not to say you can't go into someone else's bag of holding, of course. The one variation is that I sometimes choose to track all coin & gems, as the DM. I do this only because it allows me to seed randomly intelligent gems among the group without them knowing. These gems often lead to (a) further adventures, or (b) comedy relief. [/QUOTE]

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