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Where's my share of the loot?
How do you handle loot disputes as a DM? Say we are doing a random loot drop from a felled enemy, and there happens to be one thing that two players really want. Do you make an initiative roll to see ...
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How do current D&D 4e DMs deal with loot? [closed]
I've been playing since the system was released. I've been a fan of the design changes, except the loot. I loved random loot that allowed my players to be surprised by something awesome, and then ...
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In-game rewards for game-related work?
The other GM in my group and I are both big fans of giving XP rewards for things done out of the game. Ex: We have an artist who will draw and design all sorts of stuff to "fluff out" our campaign.
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A level 18 wizard's heritage (treasure) in DnD3.5
To cut a long story very short, the campaign's opening story ends with the following: The party's mentor, master and "step-father", a level 18 neutral evil wizard who dabbled in shadow magic, is dead, ...
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High-Tech Dungeon Crawling in Hard Sci-Fi
I've started playing Eclipse Phase with a group of friends. Most of them have a Dungeons and Dragon history, and love getting magic items and such. I've already made up my mind to take the party on ...
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How do I balance Elder Scrolls soul gems with the loot progression?
I'm currently running a Pathfinder game set in Tamriel, the setting of the Elder Scrolls games. A couple of my players are very interested in using soul gems and enchanting. My first instinct was to ...
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What's a good way to use treasure XP in 4th edition?
I've been incorporating some houserules to give my 4e game a more old-school feel, as I would probably be running a 1e game if my players didn't love having powers so much.
One thing I'd love to do ...
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Treasure tables with mixed groups
In reference to this Treasure tables in 3.5, how does the system expect a GM to handle groups with mixed treasure types?
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Reward distribution and story continuity with rotating players/GMs
There are some people who like to GM, and maybe even like it more than role playing themselves. If you have one of those rare specimen in your group consider yourself lucky. Others are not averse to ...
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Your experience with alternate loot systems for D&D 4e
As an old-school AD&D 2nd Edition player, I like most of the changes in 4e. One thing I can't come to grips with is the loot system.
I hate hate hate that the treasure drops are tailored to such ...
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Where is the D&D 3.5 random loot table?
This should be easy -- however I've gone through three books trying to find it. What book and page number is the random loot per level table for 3.5 edition?
I saw it a couple months ago and didn't ...
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What level should I start including medium and major magic items randomly rolled loot?
I understand how to roll a magic item from the all the tables Core Rulebook includes, but what I don't know is when I should begin giving them chances at random medium or major armor and weapons.
Is ...
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How do you handle player wishlists?
In 4e it almost seems a requirement to allow player wishlists for magic items. How do you manage these? How do you ensure parity?
How do the new rarity levels impact this?
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Technomancer's Dragon Hoard - What to do with all the credits?
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I noticed that as a Technomancer I end up with a hoard of credits and I'am having trouble figuring out how to spend it. I have High Lifestyle, A fair safehouse with luxury level security, ...
