tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post7088841991422942862..comments2024-03-02T10:16:48.839-05:00Comments on Trilemma Adventures: B/X Loot vs. DangerMichael Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04704966067758312492noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-21558914249697026192020-05-28T14:12:06.127-04:002020-05-28T14:12:06.127-04:00Presumably the XP values capture that aspect of ex...Presumably the XP values capture that aspect of expected lethality to some degree.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-34308650185383586832020-05-27T00:52:36.841-04:002020-05-27T00:52:36.841-04:00Adventurers see the weird danger-to-loot ratio, go...Adventurers see the weird danger-to-loot ratio, go and check it out, die, leaving their loot behind. The shadows don't touch it, so there's just a pile of bones, weapons and coins surrounded by shadows. The ratio grows. More adventurers come etceteraSpwackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247063374457045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-21136263576594147472020-05-26T20:39:22.360-04:002020-05-26T20:39:22.360-04:00That's an amazing tale.. what a strange world....That's an amazing tale.. what a strange world.Michael Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704966067758312492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-28357547305722458132020-05-26T20:27:05.805-04:002020-05-26T20:27:05.805-04:00I remember reading in the news once, there was thi...I remember reading in the news once, there was this pill-mill operation in Florida, getting doctors to write unnecessary prescriptions for opiods, getting the patients to sell their pills to the drug dealers, the drug dealers then flipping them on the street for a massive profit.<br /><br />They made so much money that their cash-counting machines kept burning out. <br /><br />They also made so much money that from time to time they'd light an oil-drum of $1 bills on fire, because counting, bundling, and exchanging them would have cost more in wages per hour than they'd actually get from doing the labor of making those $1s spendable.<br /><br />I think about that sometimes, when I think about copper as a treasure type.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493700749333105771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-47715455983332317212020-05-26T18:47:42.352-04:002020-05-26T18:47:42.352-04:00Cool stuff. All of this is making me dislike the S...Cool stuff. All of this is making me dislike the Swords & Wizardry version of treasure (though I love S&W). Treasure based on total XP of the dungeon? Not sure I’m digging that.<br /><br />In a BX game I ran, a single giant rat almost got a TPK against a party of two characters. :-)Darius Whiteplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950956139088139753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-46071083549081026052020-05-26T08:23:00.553-04:002020-05-26T08:23:00.553-04:00Interesting, yeah. That's a big deal as far as...Interesting, yeah. That's a big deal as far as danger level goes. That definitely seems like looking on the bright side, having to split treasure between a smaller number of survivors!Michael Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704966067758312492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145649986851420179.post-75300994591388757762020-05-26T07:39:48.967-04:002020-05-26T07:39:48.967-04:00There's a further factor to consider: PC casua...There's a further factor to consider: PC casualties per fight.<br />E.g. In a fight against a Dragon, a typical party of 5 could reasonably be expected to lose 1 or more PCs, increasing the total value of the remaining shares. But in a fight against Giant Rats, all PCs are expected to survive. In a fight against a Minotaur, it could go either way. There's a sort of non-linear scaling factor to the "danger" axis then. Not one you could plot, but it's worth considering.Skerpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.com