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…
You Shall Not Pass I showed this comic to my wife and she just sneered and said, “that wouldn’t stop most women; they’d just march right in. It’s boys that have the problem going into washrooms.” Oh well. I still […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Justification for Profit is Profit Being a murder-hobo motivated by the acquisition of gold pieces makes total sense in a D&D or fantasy roleplaying game. It doesn’t work nearly as well in other genres, especially ones that eschew material […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Priorities It’s hard to resist the draw of treasure in mid-battle when it’s *right there*. Occasionally, at the end of a combat, one player will decide it’s just easier to begin looking for treasure rather than journeying across the entire […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unwanted Loose Change Silver pieces are meant to be the backbone of the D&D economy. Silver and copper coins likely constitute the majority of transactions and purchases in town. They represent a full day’s pay to average untrained labourer. Basically […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Raunchy Reading Savage humanoid art is probably fairly explicit. They likely have paintings and carvings that borders on the obscene. Especially a race like orcs that is all about violence and the strong dominating the weak. Their reproduction likely isn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Treasure Beyond Worth My players are a little surprised by the wealth of their PCs in my current 5e campaign. Or rather the percentage of their wealth that is consumed by iron rations in preparation for an expedition. Money […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every Party’s Worst Nightmare I love the wand of wonder. Because it makes the routine exceptional. It’s just fun, even if it disrupts the game. I’m a believer that what makes encounters memorable after the fact is when things don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forever Stained When you think about treasure – and I mean really think about treasure – some odd moral quandaries emerge. This goes beyond just the tacitly approved murder and theft justified because the victims are capital-E evil. If orcs used […] ↓ 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…
