TOPIC: Buying Tokens for Money

OK come clean time...NO I was not the "guy" (other G word sprang to mind - too much Hogan knows best - sorry) that hunted for 4 of them...and I can honestly say I have never hunted for them...<br /><br />But I do recall pulling a PURP off the table-top altar in the Tower...I may have been a bit quick on the grab...which I feel bad about...AND I also feel bad that I knew what I was looking for (.com back) and I feel especially bad that it was the only one in the bunch...(thanks Dave for showing us afterwards...JK)  I don't recall what it was I pulled...maybe the 10pt cure???  But that was kinda a hard test of scruples...I mean, by the time I did that dungeon - I knew what the PURPS looked like on the flip side...I snatched the first one I saw...<br /><br />OK - I feel kinda clean now.<br /><br />INDY is totally right - treasure splitting is a real part of this game - and is intended to be fun and pull teams together not divide them.  Spending 5 minutes before a run talking about treasure splitting is a good thing...even if it is decided to throw tokens into a bag and draw them out blind.

Dealing with the split through fisticuffs after the adventure is also a time honored tradition of DnD. Well, okay, more slapfights and namecalling, but these are DnD players we're talking about.

I agree.  It is imperative to make sure you know how you will divide the treasure.  To some people it isn't important.  To some it is a collector's item, but to some it is a memory that could be good or bad.<br /><br />To me, I love 'em, but the party experience is more important.  I remember getting the purple sapphire after a run because the party rolled dice for it--totally fair in the D&D tradition.<br /><br />I remember giving Gary one of the purps after the Red Cross run (can't remember which, but he had healed Dani and I and shared some red tokens during the event).  I carried a pile we found during the dungeon and didn't even look too much at them during the event.  After I gave Raven an Elixir because she had actually taken the damage when we found the stash.  <br /><br />It's hard to divy one valuable token among several less valuable or common tokens, but I think if you try to decide before the adventure begins and keep in mind that the experience with your party is the real treasure, you will have a good experience.<br /><br />Just my $1.00 - .98.<br /><br /><br />Widseth

Was it a "green" non-emerald gem?...I think it was...ah yes fond memories!!!

<br />Dealing with the split through fisticuffs after the adventure is also a time honored tradition of DnD. Well, okay, more slapfights and namecalling, but these are DnD players we're talking about.

<br /><br />Wait - you mean dance offs aren't the norm?!?!?  (Note to self:  Have serious heart-to-heart with DM before next run...)

Gary,<br /><br /><br />Green--non emerald  hmm what was that.  Oh yeah wasn't it that Azurite or Lapis Lazuli--no it was the Turquoise.  I thought that was a fair trade for that Vorpal sword of slicing and dicing (in as much as you aren't into sharp thingys).  :cool:<br /><br /><br /><br />Widseth

I thought you handed me a green-tinted PURP at the event...fond memories even if the details are lost in the cobwebs of my mind.

Nekura and I just flipped for the one we won... I won  . <br /><br />But I agree with the spirit of what guys are saying so I moved it, and through a couple trades got nekura some shiny full plate (which he didn't have before), and like a dozen or more reds that are more "party" geared (cures, elixirs, and extra amulets/cloaks) and in that way we all ended up getting a piece of it... and our party is way better equipped for this year.

Gary,<br /><br />I'm getting to the age where it is "cool" not to remember details and have an excuse, but you're not suppose to do that for another bunch of years.  I do remember great experiences.<br /><br />My mom told me a couple of years back.  "You've always had a photographic memory, but I think you've run out of film."  I've learned over the years that Mom's are almost always right.<br /><br /><br />Widseth

hehehehe - yep they are!