Party Loot

To be fair, I think we should split the GP before reducing for expenses. Why should Jacky or Ellagel have to pay for Zach or Grim's training? That comes out of my share. They spend their share howsoever they please. Which would result in something like 775 GP and 2 SP per person, assuming that the 3876 is the total haul. Then each of us pays room and board from our now enlarged stashes.

That also means another 775 (GP) + 800 (Codex) = 1575 XP for us each on top of what our DM posted here (e.g. 692 for Zacharias).

Good points, reads well with me!

@ all, do we just want to split it evenly, and each of us just be accountable for our own shares? That will make things a lot easier. I think I was making it harder than it needs to be lol.

I'm happy to go with whichever is easiest for you @WhiteDwarf.

I trust you, boss, so may I trouble you to please explain? Forgive me, I'm an actuary in real life so math/stats is a particular pleasure of mine.

My understanding is that Zach reached 692XP solely from adventuring. Which would make the XP addition in your calculations 1420. We are 5 people, so 800 (4000 / 5) of that comes from the Codex, meaning that the GP contribution for Zach is 620, implying a total GP pool of 3100. But the total GP excluding the codex is 3876, which when split 5 ways is 775.2GP? So where did the missing 155 GP/XP go? Are you excluding our training costs from out XP haul?

Got it; thanks. Updating now.

So, are we all agreed that we are keeping the book, selling the rest, which gives us each 775GP and 2SP? before expenses such as training, lodging, equipment, porters, mules, and GLORIOUS ALE?

I’m okay with equal shares in principle, though I wouldn’t mind us deciding to set aside a part (30%?) of the proceeds of our adventuring as a common fund for buying shared equipment, provisions, paying the wages of henchmen, etc. I just find it easier to provide for those goods and services from a common pot, rather than have each of us acquire the right amount of iron rations, the right number of tents of iron spikes… but really, this is a mere suggestion.

Fair point. I'd make it less than 30% though. Adding a "phantom" party member would bring us to 6, which would by 16 2/3%. So 15% for common party loot? That would mean we each contribute 3% of the total or 15% of our share, (0.15 * 0.2 = 0.03. 0.03 * 5 = 0.15). Keeps the math easier. This shouldn't affect our XP, right DM? It's as if we get our shares and then contribute some back to the kitty.

Currently, if we all get 775GP and 2SP, we should each give back 116 GP and 28CP, for a kitty total of 581GP and 4SP, which checks out as being exactly 15% of 3876GP, our monetary haul.

Thoughts?

I like the common fund idea, let's go with that. 15% sounds fine to me, we can just toss more money into the pool as and when need arises.

Reads well friends, thx. :)

So, our object stash looks like:


and our joint funds look like:


The question is are we depositing these or carrying them in which case we should at least convert as much as possible to platinum. I suggest we deposit them, as we will probably not have need for much in the halls, other than laborer wages, and they may prefer receiving it back where they can spend it anyway. However, I'll defer to our party treasurer's opinion.

Edit: Calculations only work on character sheets, not posts :(

DM? Can we convert between gp/pp etc, for "free" or is there a cost for moneychangers?

I’d rather not pay just to have our funds held. I feel like we can carry it if we convert to platinum, that’s about 59 coins altogether, which I think weighs just over a pound.

Edit - Ir maybe it’s 6#, I can’t immediately remember if coins weigh 1/10# or 1/50#, different in different editions and systems.

I'm fine with the common funds plan.

Even if we do convert to plat, I feel like all the coins are going to weigh us down though? If my sheets calculating it correct, my gold pouch alone is 68.2 pounds currently. Changing the gold for plat is only going to be half 1/5 that.

Edit: Found it in the book, 10 coins weigh 1 pound, and 1 plat = 5 gold. I thought it was 1 pp = 2 gp so my initial math was wrong, but it's still a considerable weight. I'm assuming we're just talking about party funds though, so loading it onto Billy shouldn't be too bad, but I'll probably put a chunk of my personal take into one of the banks for safekeeping.

OSRIC: First, 5gp to 1pp (OSRIC 2.2 pp. 31). Second, it's 10 coins to the lb (pg. 30). So 581GP and 4SP can be converted to minimal weight as 116pp, 1gp and 4SP, which is 121 coins or 12.1 lbs. If you add 1 sp, you can convert the 5 sp to 1 ep, which will save almost 1/2 pd.

I prefer to keep the shared funds with one of the banks, on account of a dragon flying around and the mule possibly being eaten eventually, lol. Let's vote.

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I voted to carry selves, but will go with majority. :)

Storing will also keep part of our possessions safe if another band of adventurers decides to take our stuff.

Thank you; that will save us a few pounds!

While Zach may not be smart enough to figure it out, he will likely visit all three in character to decide on where to keep his own funds. I’m not sure he’s just going to trust the cheapest bank, but he may not need to pay for silence either.

Getting back into swings of things tomorrow, friends. Will get into the bookkeeping etc. Thanks for your patience. :)

Sorry - forgot I'd already created a Party Loot thread! This would be a better place to keep track of the Party Pool.

The opening balance following your expenditure in Gosterwick is 394 gp.

Is this after paying for one month of the porters, or is that in arrears? Also, did we pay for a pole for each to double their carrying capacity?