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OSR: Interesting Treasure Tables?

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RPGPundit

June 17, 2013, 08:39:23 PM
I'm looking for info about osr-game treasure tables, ones that are variant, ideally in interesting ways, from the standard ones from the various D&D editions.  Either stuff found in products, or free ones available wherever...

Anyone got something to share?

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June 17, 2013, 09:02:21 PM
Well, here are the two pages on it I put into Spears of the Dawn, to try to give a bit more local flavor to the typical loot trove- and also because I could never keep treasure type codes straight in my head.
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June 17, 2013, 10:22:02 PM
Dragon magazine had a GREAT "common items" "treasure" table that we used the Hell out of...

...and it actually worked out at times (like someone finding a jar of marbles that they later used to trip up a pursuing enemy).

Damned if I know the issue number, though.
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June 18, 2013, 12:02:27 AM
I had some interesting items found in DD1, and ... I think we did an "interesting treasures" list for a module by Stuart Marshall (although it may have been just "interesting junk").
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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June 18, 2013, 02:09:46 AM
If only there was a community of like-minded people who could contribute to such a table, perhaps in the form of an electronic message sharing system...

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#5
June 18, 2013, 02:52:25 AM
I don't think GEnie is around anymore.

talysman

#6
June 18, 2013, 11:58:40 AM
Someone was floating an idea not too long ago where the treasure types, indicated by letters of the alphabet, represented categories of valuable objects, like F = Furniture or B = Books. So monster listings would include a code like FHPXX that would describe what kinds of items would be included in the treasure.

Of course, the problem was that someone would have to write up a list of codes for existing monsters, so I haven't seen anything more about that. Anyways, I believe the idea was written up in a Fight On! article. It was also posted to the ODD74 forums.

Exploderwizard

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June 18, 2013, 12:26:09 PM
This site has some of the coolest treasure generators ever. Its useful for several different rulesets too.

http://www.wizardawn.com/rpg/index.php
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June 18, 2013, 12:37:50 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;663592This site has some of the coolest treasure generators ever.
"A BROWN CANVAS SATCHEL CONTAINING: 36,000cp"

What, no rats?
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June 18, 2013, 12:39:53 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;663598"A BROWN CANVAS SATCHEL CONTAINING: 36,000cp"

What, no rats?

Rats are extra. What kind of place do you think this is?
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

Quote from: Old Geezer;724252At some point it seems like D&D is going to disappear up its own ass.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.

thedungeondelver

#10
June 18, 2013, 12:41:43 PM
Quote from: JeremyR;663474I don't think GEnie is around anymore.

pfft.  Effete snob.  Clearly he was talking about a BBS door.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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RPGPundit

#11
June 19, 2013, 03:08:38 AM
Quote from: SineNomine;663411Well, here are the two pages on it I put into Spears of the Dawn, to try to give a bit more local flavor to the typical loot trove- and also because I could never keep treasure type codes straight in my head.

Very interesting! Am I to think I might be getting a review copy of Spears sometime?
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SineNomine

#12
June 19, 2013, 04:10:46 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;663765Very interesting! Am I to think I might be getting a review copy of Spears sometime?
Huh- I thought I sent one out in the last batch, but now I see that it was a month too early for that. I've just sent out one that ought to get there eventually, barring postal malfeasance.
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#13
June 19, 2013, 12:16:22 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;663600What kind of place do you think this is?
Clearly it's not LEGENDARY.
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June 19, 2013, 05:15:02 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;663407I'm looking for info about osr-game treasure tables, ones that are variant, ideally in interesting ways, from the standard ones from the various D&D editions.  Either stuff found in products, or free ones available wherever...

Anyone got something to share?

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Ironically the best one I seen for any classic D&D game is GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 7: Treasure Table For example I generated a magic spike that produced a shower of damaging sparks in a radius around the person striking it with a hammer with the spike against a hard surface. Just use $20 = 1 gp as a conversion of value.

Kellri's Encounter Reference has a excellent section on Treasure generation.
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