Worthless Loot

[Kemrain]

I've seen PC's murdered over loot, but it was an assassination style deal, so no actual fighting.

In my current game, with only 2 PC's, it's kinda hard to distribute treasure. Given that my character has the best combat and magic abilities, and isn't too shabby in the skills department, she can find a use for most any magic item we come across. Because of that, she usually ends up with first dibs and passes other things to her companion, ala hand me downs.

The fact that the other player has, like, 6 characters, where I have 1 and a half... I tend to rack up the magic items and lewt while the other distributes his finds amongst his hoard.

He says "Oh, Elayne would love to have that!" I say "Sorry, Sid is on scene, and of Melissa and Sid, Melissa can use it. You're out of luck. Sid wouldn't even WANT one of those." He admits that I'm right, and I get yet ANOTHER magic item.

It's good to be a generalist.

- Kemrian the [Evil].

 

[Torm]

We used to have the occasional problem with this, but no more - now, we figure up the total value of party treasure, divide that equally, and then let anyone who wants to "buy" items out before they are sold do so. Seems to work well, even with the one player in our group who was initially an "I found it, so it is mine" sort of guy.

 

[Sigurd]

First room:

note from thief - I pick the cleric's pockets

Paladin (also played by the theif player) sees & tattles. Fight breaks out.

Try as I would the party killed itself in the first room & never enterred the dungeon.

I think an intially uninvolved fighter was the only survivor.

S

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Inter party fighting really make the point of roleplaying moot.

 

[Crothian]

We don;'t fight over the so called worthless loot, but some of the characters are interested in it. Okay, mostly me the others seem to just see the price tag on an item. Still, I think my example will grow on them.

 

[Steel_Wind]

You are welcome to tussle over the next life-size painting of an emu I place in a room.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I have watched as a sword and board fighter give the obviously magical longsword to the Wizard just because he wanted a helm made in the shape of a Dragon's head. And they knew it wasn't at all magical. And he could have really used that sword...

 

[MrFilthyIke]

but we usually fight over trophies from our kills. who gets the eyes, appendages, teeth, hide, etc...

The wife unit's dwarven fighter would collect heads of those she killed, shrink them, and wear them on a bandoleer. She also had a necklace of Otyugh teeth made after she killed one (all in 3e). People looked at her like she was a freak (out of character).

 

[MrFilthyIke]

sword and board fighter

I prefer calling them "plank and shank brutes"

 

[Torm]

Inter party fighting really make the point of roleplaying moot.

Sorry for the off topic - won't be a moment - but you ARE aware that that song was originally by Simon and Garfunkel, right?