Cycle of Loot This was one of my biggest pet peeves regarding 3rd Edition and Pathfinder, and one I was sad remained in both evolutions of those games. How adventurers never actually accrued wealth, but simply gained more power via […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Weighed Down I don’t know many games that bother to track encumbrance, but for the most part I like the verisimilitude of worrying about having too much stuff or being concerned about what is stored where. Although, in many editions, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Smashing Good Time I play Diablo and the various Lego games with my wife. She has a habit of gleefully singing “money, money, money… mon-EEE” as she smashes everything breakable in sight to snatch up coins, studs, and other treasure, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greyhawking At my table, and likely many others, stripping an enemy of all valuables is known as “greyhawking”. This originates from the Living Greyhawk organized play campaign, where players were expected to specify they were looting a room. There were a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crock of Gold Leprechauns are reputed to store their hoard of golden coins in a pot stored at the end of a rainbow. At their largest, leprechauns are presented as the size of a small child, although the leprechauns of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
