Laying Claim
You’ve been there: The encounter is over, the enemies are defeated, and the treasure distribution begins when the rogue in the group announces his “dibs” on the magic staff. Sure, the DM placed that staff in the treasure hoard for the wizard in the party but the rogue does not give two shits. He saw it first and he’s already writing it down on his character sheet with a red ink pen to ensure the permanency of his “claim”.
Rogues…
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Rogues got bills to pay too, yanno…
I play rogues all the time and will express great interest over *any* treasure while in character, but there’s no way I’m going to deny another party member a magic item he rightly deserves.
Gold and valuable, non-magical treasure? That’s another story entirely…
It’s not just rogues though. It’s players who feel that they have an entitlemeent to whatever they find regardless of how it may effect the party as a whole and then expect the GM to just cough up more.
Players like that are exactly the reason why I like to seed my treasure hoards with cursed items whenever one of those douchecanoes ends up in MY gamer troupe. “Stood neatly atop the sacks of coin and leaning against the orc chieftain’s roughly hewn throne, the venturing band finds a lavishly embellished heater shield. Its boss appears to be smithed from silver, sculpted into a seven-pointed star which seems to scintillate with a pale light of its own…” “I take it!” “Joren’s a Rogue. What use do you have for a large shield?” “I can sell it at that vardo with that old gypsy dude!” “All right. Unfortunately, in your rush to grab the shield, you forgot to check for traps. No sooner do you snatch the shield from the throne than everyone within ten feet of it is engulfed in a burst of flame. Reflex Saves, DC 15. Okay…okay…oops…okay…all right, Borak the Fighter takes 10 Fire Damage, Liria the Wizard’s Protection from Elements spell withstands the burst so she escapes unharmed, and everyone else takes 20 Fire Damage, except for Joren the Rogue, who takes 30.” “WHAT? I aced my Reflex Save! Half damage!” “Yes, but you’ve also very recently picked up a 300% Vulnerability to Fire Damage. I wonder where THAT came from.” “…is it too late to give the shield to Borak, or am I stuck with it?”
Yeah, something like that. 🙂
Am I the only one who hears Samuel L. Jackson voicing the Grell?
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