tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post3966417960006047445..comments2024-02-28T01:11:56.474-08:00Comments on THE LAND OF NOD: Are Treasure Hordes Too Small?John Matthew Staterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-16135885982711840622014-09-15T15:37:59.947-07:002014-09-15T15:37:59.947-07:00I remember an article from White Dwarf from about ...I remember an article from White Dwarf from about 1986 called something like 'Runequest Economics' which tackled this idea - that monsters having a massive pile of coins was frankly absurd. If a monster raids a merchant caravan they should come away with spices, furs, amber, worked metal goods, fine cloth, exotic foods in casks or amphorae and so on. And this should be the basis of Red Orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015582577046093985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-61903917936539752182014-08-20T04:40:12.648-07:002014-08-20T04:40:12.648-07:00Heh, I think that was the Victorian equivalent of ...Heh, I think that was the Victorian equivalent of a garage, where all the junk is stored.<br /><br />How much there is actually valuable? I think large lists of mundane objects in a room is nice at first, but after the first dozen or so, you just look for the good stuff and anything extraneous just gets in the way.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440605975564288373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-86421099476945009392014-08-19T01:25:45.527-07:002014-08-19T01:25:45.527-07:00Yeah, I like to dish-out treasure in the form of a...Yeah, I like to dish-out treasure in the form of art objects, sundries, and other stuff like that. Unfortunately, new players who are not accustomed to my DMing-style would find themselves short on the actual haul, as most players are accustomed to finding treasure in the form of big piles of coins, with some gems, jewelry and magic items thrown in. It is not unusual for them to find a tapestry Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-8957499886541223522014-08-18T16:10:57.176-07:002014-08-18T16:10:57.176-07:00The original DMG covered this ground recomending m...The original DMG covered this ground recomending making treasure more diverse and interesting but without a hard-coded example.<br />The biggest issue with lots of stuff as treasure is how it described to players; listing all this out during play would be a chore just to make sure everything is communicated and recorded correctly. Maybe treasure cards?JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-41660916247344309452014-08-18T15:26:10.413-07:002014-08-18T15:26:10.413-07:00I think that how far one goes with such miscellane...I think that how far one goes with such miscellaneous treasure is a function of the GM and players' collective taste for detail. For most folks it's probably a mistake to spend a lot of time itemizing and valuing every last item in advance. The easy approach is to simply tell the players that there's a mass of furnishings with potential value, and only deal with the specifics (size, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com