My Random Treasure Tables for D&D 5e

[@XPtoLevel3]

Me: uploads a video about stuff I wrote Also me: completely forgets to upload the entire purpose of the video :) (It's up now) www.patreon.com/posts/40857187

[@will_danz]

XP to Level 3 Thanks :)

[@collindouglas8188]

Hey Jacob you should cover the Grim Hollow book. I just bought it and I'd love to hear your in-depth thoughts on it. Edit: Specifically the transformations, non-class progression systems and setting itself.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

“...hilarious” I said with a mocking glibness.

[@tonyk7000]

@@collindouglas8188 I pre-ordered months ago and would also like to hear about Grim Hollow. gettng antsy

[@collindouglas8188]

@@tonyk7000 It's out now. You can get it. The transformations are awesome.

[@jammedyam3389]

Idea: your party are all low-level treasure hunters who accidentally fell into the treasure room of a high-level dungeon, and have to rely on overpowered items to escape the dungeon in reverse.

[@grahamnombit3024]

Brilliant

[@Zhark159632]

That’s a really good idea for a one shot and I might use that

[@Hesauce]

I love tables. They rest my things

[@jeohranalfhir8366]

@Smooth Luigi Davvy Chappy doesn't like tables. He prefer things that rest bottom games instead of top games.

[@minerva-2351]

Jesus E Sanchez tables rest your stuff relaxes your feet eat your dog I might have the rong table

[@minerva-2351]

Smooth Luigi yeah just checked it’s a mimic

[@janelantestaverde2018]

Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to

[@double2helix]

That they do.

[@giorgiomauceri410]

Gamechanging magic items: Anything that increases AC The artificer that can create, for free, a +2 full plate, a +1 shield, a ring of protection and a cloak of protection: You don't say?

[@terrencearc]

Thanks for my next character

[@LazyVideosGAME]

I also don't really understand that idea. If AC is your bane, use enemies that can cast bless or force an intelligence saving throw on the fighter. AC ain't everything.

[@maxord11]

I have a solution: Fireball.

[@giorgiomauceri410]

@@LazyVideosGAME also at low level your fighter will still be untouchable without magic items, and when he would get (according to his opinion) a whopping +1 to AC, everyone can hit him half of the time, so a +1 to AC won't do much.

[@giorgiomauceri410]

@@maxord11 "when all you know is fireball, every problem looks like it could be solved with a fireball. And if it survives, you aren't using an high enough slot" ~a Wizard, probably

[@Zedrinbot]

oh now THIS is an incredibly useful video.

[@coalcreekdefense8106]

"Oops, they killed the mummy lord before it even got a turn." Must have a draconic sorcerer in the party.

[@mittensei]

I love the tables which are just like; "Imagine a digging a random hole in the ground underneath this tavern and finding a ancient cursed greatsword."

[@Gormfork]

I used your treasure tables in my dungeon. I had my players roll when they opened the chests, and it felt more exciting and they started going like 'ooh! i want to open it!' and being excited to roll. that felt really good as a dm and I appreciate this video immensely.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

"Your Fighter shouldn't be getting a DC of 23 at level eight." *Looks over at the party's level 7 Fighter with a DC of 22* ..uh oh.

[@Kylekashi]

Laughs in level 4 fighter with 21 AC without any magic items

[@johngalt5166]

@@Kylekashi how?

[@woifert]

*sweats in level 4 artificer with 23 AC

[@adelew5483]

Me, DMing a fighter with 22 ac and a war forged cleric who has a max ac of 25: ….. They are level five

[@emilygordbort7300]

@@johngalt5166 Smells something like... Mage Armor from Eldritch Knight, with 20 Dexterity (easily doable if the race increases dex, and at level 4 they have an ASI to help out), with a Shield and Defensive fighting style. 13 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 21 ac Though, that depends on if your DM counts mage armor as being usable with the Defense fighting style. If not, you need 4k gold for Plate Armor, and at least 15 strength. With that, all you'd need on hand is a shield and the Defense fighting style to hit 21 with no magic items whatsoever.

[@TalkativeHands]

1. The more I hear of Grim the more I want it. Leveling backgrounds sounds awesome. 2. Thank you for the table. Im sure I'll need it soon. 3. Can't recall if you done a video on random encounters. If not i would love to see it.

[@Number-jh8vr]

0:55 Right as he says “ok roll 6d6” a loading circle came up and I genuinely thought it was part of the video

[@DireZyre]

Where is the table? I can't find it on your patreon

[@smartalec2001]

Seconded

[@trexdrew]

I can’t either

[@mattdodson1272]

Same here. Jacob lies to us!! Hexing scrolls looks cool though!

[@robertcarson9169]

Mee too

[@MrRatedRplayer]

Also same

[@CL30]

Yeah the treasure tables in the DMG get wild. I use Donjon to generate random loot since it's super fast and easy. Though very occasionally they'll throw in a couple very rare items that are a little too powerful, so I use my best judgment and might only keep one for the game.

[@HouseDM]

Oh wow I’ve definitely been using the Sane Magical Items pdf for awhile now. I found that document to be one of THE MOST VALUABLE pdf’s for a Dungeon Master. 10/10 recommend.

[@christophercrafte]

I kinda disagree as some of the lowest prices you can find are about a few thousand and most common magic items can be 13,0000gp just because. In a new game I'm in the dm started us at lvl 10 and we all had a budget to buy stuff and we could not afford almost all of the stuff the list.

[@HouseDM]

@@christophercrafte I can see that being pretty frustrating. But I don't sell magic items in stores in my campaign save for potions or spell scrolls and similar one time use items. The prices from the pdf just help to understand the value of some magic items. I find the Uncommon/Rare/VeryRare system in the DMG doesnt necessarily equate to magic item "power levels" so to speak. Cheers!

[@DrakeRichter]

Ehhh... My DM used it on a couple occasions, and the prices were so wonky that I looked into it myself. Marvelous Pigments: effectively unlimited wealth, bypass any door/chest/lock/wall/most other mundane obstacles, trivialize anything that isn't combat or social, generally with enough charges to see the party through an entire campaign. Price: 200gp Gloves that let you pick locks better: 5000gp If you're going to use it, take it with a BIG grain of salt.

[@christophercrafte]

@@DrakeRichter yeah I agree. like after the dm heard some of these he said that a bag of holding is only 300gp not 8000gp

[@telendar2949]

@@christophercrafte 300 gp ? Damn, just buy 2 of those for 600 gp and send any boss the DM will send you on the Astral plane by puting a bag of holding in another bag of holding. At least making it 8000gp douse the "offensive potential" of bags of holding

[@Fistminer]

You forgot to actually post the tables.

[@herrabanani]

he said it was on his patreon

[@EasilyBoredGamer]

@@herrabanani and as they said, the tables are not there

[@teardeem]

@@herrabanani what tier are they?

[@ise3359]

jesse scheepmaker He said free so public I guess.

[@XPtoLevel3]

This is what happens when you stay up to 4am finishing a video. Sorry everyone, they are up now. www.patreon.com/posts/40857187

[@MrMacgamut]

Jacob, Jacob, Jacob. I just want you to know that I look forward to your uploads. I know it's not easy filming and editing all your videos and what not, but just know that they don't go unappreciated. You put out quality content my friend. Keep up the good work.

[@nerdysniper6194]

When you roll for treasure in the book’s table and give a low level party a Rod of Security is when you realize when to stop using said table.

[@mindlessscientist3772]

I mean, at that point isn't the game over? They can live in paradise where not even Ao could touch them. That's when you say the whole group gets tires of adventuring and have them roll new characters!

[@nerdysniper6194]

Mindless Scientist They can also train the he** out of themselves, they just stay there until they reach max level and can go around without any troubles or fear in the world (except for a tarasque).

[@Cuuniyevo]

Even apart from the GM having the option to reroll (or just pick) items on the table that they don't want in the campaign, the Rod of Security isn't particularly overpowered. It's powerful, certainly, but not too much. It gets you and your buddies to safety for an amount of time limited by how many there are. Assuming you're taking just a party of 5 people, you can stay in there for a very long time and rest back to full, plot and prepare, etc. They want to hide in there for a month? Fine, the GM can come up with all sorts of consequences for when they come back out because time marches on. Time still passes in the outside world, so your enemies will also be able to rest, plot and prepare with the added bonus of still being able to enact their plots on the outside world, and maybe even lay traps for when you come back. Furthermore, you cannot use it again until 10 days have passed after you leave. In adventuring terms, it's something you save as a last resort panic button that doesn't solve any of your long-term problems. It's really really cool, but it's not game over. Training is an optional rule to unlock the benefits of a level you've already gained, not to gain more levels on top. For whoever is interested, here are the numbers by the book. For each roll on the treasure hoard, the chance of getting a Rod of Security is: 0% from CR 0-4; 0.04% from CR 5-10. .5% from CR 11-16; .4% at CR 17+. Taking into account the recommended number of times they roll on the tables over the course of a campaign, those odds are upgraded to; 0%; .71756%; 5.8377%; 3.15556%. The odds of them getting 1 Rod of Security ever from level 1-20 is therefore 9.4634%, heavily weighted towards mid-to-late in the game.

[@strangegeuse]

This is all very similar to how I theorized making my own tables. Thanks for doing all the work for me, I'll definitely be using your tables in my games

[@potato4dawin1]

I'm glad somebody else appreciates how powerful the Bag of Beans is. It's typically the low level equivalent of the Deck of Many Things but I can see how you'd put it as a Game Changing level 19-20 item instead. I'll probably modify the tables to fit my group's preferences so I can make a Bag of Beans an option for mid level players.

[@majorfallacy5926]

One of the best things about roleplaying games is how much work people are willing to put into their hobby just because they have an idea for something that excites them

[@swguygardner]

You're table is really awesome, it's quick to use and sooooo much more convenient than the RAW, I've spent a couple of hours setting up sidequests with a few that had full on treasure hoards, and using this system allowed me to breeze through the treasure list, where normally it would have been the majority of my time spent! Thanks man!

[@spooderous]

I've been running Grim Hollow the past month or so since the pdf launched and I love it.

[@bryansmith844]

Wait wait wait - they’re glasses of “My-newt” seeing, as in small. Not “minnit” like what make up “ours”. :)

[@DRida64]

"My-nut" seeing 😳

[@codebracker]

@@DRida64 are you implying your nuts are so small you need a magnifying glass to find them?

[@DRida64]

@@codebracker nah, the goggles give a sort of blacklight effect to be able to see the nut

[@Bondanalloy]

see those minutes just fly by with eyes of minute seeing lmaooo

[@SendarSlayer]

Hey my copy of Grimhollow arrived today! I spent like an hour just reading the transformations

[@migcosta17]

My guy, you must be a diviner or something, I was just looking for ways to give my players some random items for my session tonight. Great video!

[@lepthymo]

This is pretty dope and relevant to my interests. I have a 6 min-maxed character party from a capital city that has magic items for sale. I had a supplement from dsmguils that that suggested rolling percentile to see how well stocked it was. they rolled 99. They could straight up spend their gold on (somewhat accessible) magic items. With a little prep they can take on almost anything. I had them up against an ancient dragon controlled by the shade of a former archdevil; They demolished it so I had the archdevil summon allies. It summoned archduke Bitru of Dis whom they'd previously pissed off and had the ability to summon an Erinyes with 3 legendary actions. They then killed him and his flock of greater devils too (although with difficulty and a little divine intervention). They got 2 rolls on the 17+ table and rolled real high. I'm not even sure what would threated them at this point with the loot they found there (3 major legendaries and like 1M gold & plat). My point is, while it's fun to have them wreck 3 legendary encounters per adventuring day and have whole cultures petition their aid, my next campaign might use these tables instead. I shudder to think what this party will be like at lvl 16-20. Maybe mind flayers. They dumped int.

[@raclab7597]

I tried these tables out in our game last week and dang... 1. the players loved rolling for the loot, 2. I loved not fretting over game breaking things getting dropped into the campaign. THANK YOU!

[@swdyer454]

The magic item table isn’t on your patreon

[@Jaszi007]

Great resource. If I ever start dm-ing I will almost definitely use. This only thing I would change is that i would a “bag of holding” to each table since non of them included it and I’ve always thought it’d be good for most people to have one.

[@nathan8219]

Thank you for being sponsored by Grim Hollow. I bought it and can't wait for it to come in the mail!

[@jakebotallrich4055]

i am running my first campaign so i haven’t used a table ever i have seen people do it before but i never found one that made sense to me so i just never used them but i will try yours so thanks for putting all that work for your fans

[@MollymaukT]

The tables in the DMG are more guidelines, my tip is to roll the gold and how much of each items they get from certain table, but then instead of rolling in the tables just pick what you thing makes more sense. For instance says you roll loot and has to pick 3 items from the table A, so cause is not that hard of a dungeon and the party has a bag of holding instead just give them two potions of healing a 1st lvl spell scroll

[@jakebotallrich4055]

Rafael CM thanks for the idea i will try it out

[@MollymaukT]

@@jakebotallrich4055 You're welcome! Also as is said on the video kinda ignore the individual loot for creatures that don't make sense to have gold on them. Which is mostly beasts, Aberrations, Elementals, Celestials, Fiends and Plants. For constructs I say they have some gilded inlays worked on them that the party can try to recover and sell, oozes the coins are floating inside them along the remainders of their last meal, Dragons will usually have a hoard so you don't have to worry and if they haven't (like wyrmlings) the party can harvest their scales, Fey and Monstrosities I work case-to-case but they can have it as jewelry they wear or in their stomach respectively. Giant, undead and humanoids will have the currency on them (Undead being they had it on them when reanimated).

[@jakebotallrich4055]

Rafael CM i will definitely take what u said to my games i will just make the loot them get just so i make sure that don’t get to over powered but thanks again i definitely agree with a lot of stuff u said

[@pergannfiersboise8985]

I can't believe I didn't check this vid earlier, this is an incredibly valuable ressource couple with the sane magic item price document. Thank you very much.

[@jeanne-emerycoleman214]

Item: gives +1 AC Jacob: THE GaME hAS CHangEd

[@jayxander2988]

Eldridge night with plate armor a shield and the shield spell is a lot of AC

[@worldatwar956]

A Kensei monk with bracers of defense is a lot of AC

[@discopete117]

Sane magic items prices has some very curious ideas on what constitutes “game changing”

[@worldatwar956]

@@discopete117 Player: Why is the Broom of flying 8000gp, it's just an uncommon magic item. DM: Ok sure *Prices it 500gp* Player: *Buys Broom by selling looted plate armor* Next Encounter Player: Ok now I get on my Broom of Flying, go up 220ft, and cast Eldritch Blast at double range DM with no enemies that can hit the player without disadvantage on range attacks: After the fight your broom suddenly catches on fire now a smoldering pile of ash

[@johndevlin9225]

@@worldatwar956 Isn't that a bit of a strawman? As I have seen in my games a broom of flying is absolutely game changing, but one example of a well priced item doesn't discount the idea that some of the items considered "game changing" aren't (admittedly he should've given some examples but my point still stands).

[@mikemarino3567]

Just used them tonight, worked like a dream. I highly recommend if you want to give the impression of a random assortment of magic items in a treasure hoard.

[@Parhelion2]

Have less than 5 games under my belt as a dm. I’ve only managed to break a game once and I’ve lived in fear of it ever since. This is great and I really appreciate your efforts on this. Long may the sun shine!

[@kanishkdevarakonda6653]

Thank you so much! Those pricing tables and treasure sheet is a life saver!

[@abelsampaio389]

I just pre-roll the tables from the DMG beforehand. There are tools for that online, and I can re-roll everything with one click. When I get something cool I may always replace unfitting or broken items with other ones of the same rarity. I don't mind the randomness, and sometimes it inspires me to insert some subplots onto the game. My players were level 7 when I rolled a mirror of life trapping on the treasure hoard. When I learned what it was, I thought it was broken, but I decided to roll with it. It was in the treasure hoard of a kraken cult, underwater, and one of the cultists bargained with the PCs, who were inprisoned there, to help them free in exchange for the "magic mirror" from the hoard. It went well, and later when the players eventually found out about the mirror, they realized they may have made a mistake and there's a plot hook hanging now!

[@creedjasper23]

Oh my gosh you just made my world so much easier. Thank you. Love your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@DonPiccolo]

I'm about to start a campaign, so this is going to be really helpful for when my players come across chests in dungeons and all of that. Thanks!

[@aval1na28]

Omg this is awesome, I'm like 2 sessions into a brand new campaign that's supposed to last for the next 2 years and I've been panicking about how to balance treasure for ages after my last party ended up with mountains of broken magic items and one guy killed the boss for the christmas special in one turn

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

This came at about the perfect time in the campaign I'm playing. Normally our DM does milestone leveling, but since we're doing a survival campaign there isn't really any story checkpoints to use... So we decided to put in a system where the gold value of our loot (or just gold) can be traded in for XP. He also introduced a villain that has a lot of magic. I forwarded him the tables, since loot will be important now beyond just food, and magic items will be a thing and the Cape of Mountebank *really* shouldn't be worth the same as a instant fortress, and the Bag of Holding should be worth a lot more.

[@malificusalbert]

All we USE is tables - tables for monsters, tables for loot, tables for literally *and* figuratively rolling on! This is a *TABLE*TOP GAME!

[@matthill5426]

Man, you're showing your age in the game a bit (or lack thereof!), but that's a good thing! You're homebrewing, putting new ideas out there, running your game, your way, and that's a good thing! Totally respect the hustle. Who doesn't play a bunch of RPGs, and then immediately think, "I could write that better!". It's cool seeing newer generations of players discover the game and start building it their way! No disrespect intended, I was born in 1976 and played my first D&D game in maybe 1984 or 1986 or so with a friend of mine from school. It's just fun watching the newer generation run up against the same shit we used to rail about back in the 1980s and 1990s! Just be glad you skipped over the whole "Satanic Panic" nonsense of the mid-1980s. I got a bit of that from my mom. It was a real thing that parents not hip to the hobby were worried about. A friend of mine in grade school would play a little D&D with me, but couldn't let his mom know, because it's *EVIL!* :D :D :D Just know, guys like us have been doing this for my entire life, and I'm a lot older than you are (spoiler alert: I'm 43, about to be 44). Believe it or not, there are tons of good DMs out there that can think through a good scenario and a treasure hoard at the end, and don't need a ton of dice to do it! All it takes is some experience with the framework of the game!

[@CountOtta]

brilliant, I just came across this and it is MUCH better than the DMG. Thanks for making this freely available.

[@minecraftkid2136]

I'm at 4:11 in the video and there's still one more minute to go but as a D&D player I wanted to say Thank you

[@WikiUnedits]

I learned this and I've tested this. 1/4 cr is the suggested cr for a level 1 player. An easier way is to see what every 4 players level in average... Ex) lv1 + lv2 + lv2 + lv1=6/4 players = 1 1/2 cr or lower suggested.

[@jacobharris2023]

Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this all day!

[@SolarFlairIsBestPony]

Important to note with the DMG treasure table is that it's not meant to be used for every fight or anything. Maybe the most baby levels of it now and then. But mostly it's for BBEG who may have things for any number of reasons. ALSO they're going by the CR of the boss but it's still a reward for the whole campaign up to the boss, so it's allowed to be pretty swank. Another worthy note is that players don't always get to keep everything they find. If you really think you gave them something busted then maybe it gets stolen or is vital to something important. That plus 2 breastplate is a family heirloom of the Dukes and despite the fact that you rescued his naive son from the hag he'd still really like to have that. Intangible reward of more NPC gratitude and resources via that? More quests maybe? Definitely not something to do all the time, but still a worthy way to let the party have cool treasure for some periods and if they want to keep some stuff it might be challenging in it's own right.

[@Dorumon281]

This is great because for all my hours of making story hooks and big cool fights for my players, rewards often creep up behind me as a total surprise lol

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

As someone who's dm gave us a bag of beans, bag of tricks, and box of marvelous paints, some fun things have happened.

[@Autonym]

Heck yeah treasure tables! Just what I needed for the upcoming boss fight :D Having the players roll to see what they get should be exciting!

[@thiccler1127]

I LOVE THIS IVE NEVER NEEDED THIS MORE ON MY LIFE ... THANKS JACOB!!!

[@s.colins2050]

Jakob, I'm so freaking jealous that you have your GH book. Customs have fucked up shipping to most Americans and it's only getting worse with USPS being torn apart from the inside out. The PDF is great, but man, does it make me excited for the real deal.

[@cameronf5893]

My favorite thing about tables is making them. Thanks for the info :)

[@sharkoj]

Exactly. EXACTLY what I need for today’s session

[@JustAnAngryHam]

You know you've been listening to too much lo-fi when you recognize the song in the background of the video.

[@rafaelpina226]

Perfect timing Jacob, was just about to try and create my own tables

[@Sentinel851]

Re: the change my mind. flight items are powerful, but only until the party comes across a group of archers. the archers might only have the one target, with no hope of cover, and if you fall unconscious, you also fall to the ground, which is a failed death save, and depending on where the flyer was (potentially scouting) that's at least a round until the healer can get to them, which is the chance for a nat 1.

[@jotaxz8806]

Dungeon masters guide is slowly turning useless P.S.: really liked the idea

[@MrBizteck]

I suspect a new 6th ed will be out in 2 years or so.

[@lukeschonkeren4602]

MrBizteck with the popularity of 5e I highly doubt that, though. A whole new system would shake up a lot of the community that’s been built up in the last few years and alienate newer players. Besides, there’s not much that can be easily changed about 5e without going back to the 3.5 way of tons of rules and the likes, further alienating a lot of the people that 5e attracted

[@returnofthechickentendies2844]

@@MrBizteck Lol

[@nairocamilo]

It still has great tips for conducting the game But its resources are VERY restrict.

[@sethcavenar8857]

this is amazing thank you, my players will love this

[@peinoftheakatsukiXx]

Picked up From Hollow just a few days ago and it's wonderful. Abosutely, sinisterly, wonderful.

[@joshuaalmonte4532]

As a newbie DM this really helped thanks man this save me time and stress

[@michelbrand1470]

My party always loved it when I let them roll for treasure. They got excited and sometimes they would get really good stuff and sometimes not, which is fun. And I always had the prerogative to change things up when the outcome was too good or bad. And I also inserted certain items I just wanted to be there.

[@joemama114]

So I haven't been playing 5e for all that long. Running a game and it's been going good for over a year now. They've gotten into some good scrapes beaten down some boss monsters and they have like all the game breaking stuff. Saves+2, Ac+1 or +2, Attack rolls+1, Spell attacks and DC's +1 (They don't all have all of this stuff but it is in the "party loot") There's only 4 people tho, we started with 6 and 2 just had to bail out, it's over internet after all. Because they're a smaller group I think them being this strong works out, their side in combat has less turns but very impactful turns. I mean they don't seem all that over powered. They got into a fight with 2 stone giants and nearly all died. The wizard flew up into the air. The giants took turns right after each other, after him. Learned that day not to declare attacks before rolling damage. "The giants both throw a large stone as you are an obvious airborne target" First hit, second crit 4d10+6 + 4d6 fall damage + 8d10+6 (The rolls were stuipd high I think 39 + 12 + 81) to a level 10 wizard with 55hp give or take. First one knocked him stuipd he fell down losing con save on fly. As he brushed himself off the rest of the party just saw him vanish under a large rock. Understandably he was not happy. I think he instantly died round 2. They managed just to win, but it wasn't easy. Got him back up and cast ye old Revivify. I made em roll for it, his chest was mostly caved in being crushed under a rock. They nat 20'd so we sort of improvised his return. He was alive but was still dying, I told him he would be conscious at 1 hp and could be healed to half max hp, but still makes a death save every 1d4 hours until he had 3 successes, 3 fails and he would fall to internal injuries. After which the Revivify spell wouldn't be enough to raise him as his body was too heavily damaged. That night camping was super tense, the cleric refused to take rest and chose to keep watch on him over the whole night. Cast Resistance on him for 8 hours straight. I think on the second save was when it made the difference, rolled an 8 got a +4. Still I have to respect the RP. She was a life cleric after all. Damn great day of D&D.

[@williamhargravesiv283]

I love your content @XP to Level 3, but this is one of the main reasons I made the switch to Pathfinder 2E. Treasure/items are organized by level which are also capable of being crafted if you are the level of the item or higher and have the proficiency in Crafting. I look forward to your next video!

[@wesleygrett5085]

My dm bought grim hollow and we are going to be playing a campaign soon! Grim hollow sounds so cool, it feels like innistrad and Game of thrones combined.

[@1Maklak]

This reminds me of the time my party got a massive hoard of 40 magic items, but they were pretty much all potions and scrolls. For realism's sake, I think the GM should roll for treasure beforehand, then have the creatures actually wear and use that stuff if they can.

[@Lrbearclaw]

I keep hoping my copy of Grim Hollow comes in. I ordered a physical book and been hyped for it for about 6 months now. Anyway, as a new DM, I love this chart and am definitely going to need to use it.

[@proxy90909]

This gonna come in handy... Might use it to acurately balance and stock a magic store, while I keep the "lol" 27d4 x10 Cp as the loot I prepare before hand

[@Adogvisini196]

Thanks Jacob. This was very helpful and was completely true.

[@martinpat94]

I will see about using this. I have the item cards so I went through them and sorted them by types and what they could actually find in regular shops and stuff. When I need some random items I have a small deck set aside. I have the player roll a dice that is the number of cards in the deck. Potions and scrolls get put back in most other items are left out. Who knows though this might end up as being the better way because I was considering making my own tables using the cards

[@NayWe88]

This is awesome! I was just gonna go through the DMG and try to make something similar

[@AngryCosmonaut]

I would love an updated list with some items from the newer sourcebooks

[@MrRivech]

800 gold pieces on a basilisk. Optional take: It might be video gamey, but I allow a group to roll a nature check to skin it for its hide and organs..skill check will determine if they get full price or not. It's something more than just saying no the owlbear doesn't have a +1 flamebringer.

[@leonemaledetto1500]

EXACTLY what I needed right now Update: table not posted on patreon, players left to get pizza I need a magic item for an underground layer

[@dascientist8443]

What's in the lair? Might help

[@whodis5444]

I feel called out. My level 8 hexblade sorcerer ended up getting lucky with loot and has an ac of 22. My dm has specifically been trying to kill me for like 6 sessions straight. It's not my fault you gave me all this power dawg.

[@talkingrevolver9700]

this is very helpful. As much as i love rolling on tables, the vanilla loot tables are ridiculous.

[@danielturner1891]

Also, I do think if your players kill a beholder you can scale up the loot a bit. Like, if your players do something crazy impressive, give them something amazing. But you can do it at discretion instead of supercharging your entire PC party on accident in such a way that treasure will lose all meaning going forward.

[@joehales6153]

Personally I like slapping a random cleric spell onto a weapon and let the user cast it once per long rest for free. All the cleric spells are really good and know one knows the difference between "inflict wounds wand" and "*the ring if the necrotic soul*"

[@martynicholls5689]

It depends what level and what type of game you are running for the problems with items that allow you to fly. For example a new player I have in my Dragon of Icespire Peaks wanted to be a witch and I was feeling generous so I gave her the broom of flying. It hasn't done anything yet besides let her travel faster because many of the quests end up at a large house or an underground dungeon so it doesn't break anything. Though I do see how any open field combat would make them hard to pin down, but that is why you have enemy spellcasters and archers. They won't be more than 150ft away and enemies would be decently equipped so a longbow is never out of the question.

[@dilsoncamacho4100]

There is a line in this video that kinda makes me think that artificers might be OP, especially if you take 1 level multi class in fighter before starting the artificer path just to get heavy armor proficiency and maybe defensive fighting style (can go warforged too). Heck, you can force your dm to give you +1 armor that goes to +2 later, +1 shield of repulsion, cloak of protection and ring of protection... Plus, if you are a battle smith you can cast shield.

[@dannycat3970]

Love your enthusiasm

[@edgelordsupreme3961]

i have masterd the art of improvising

[@shell_of_the_sea]

I really enjoy the tables that you have set up!!!!!

[@jamesbruinsma8464]

Thanks! I really like your videos and i think they are very entertaining and helpful!

[@moohooloo]

This is Fucking amazing! I'm a new DM and was honestly a little lost with the DMG's tables. Thank you so much!!!!!

[@DapperRaccoon]

People: We can't find the tables on your Patreon page! Wizard Jacob: Hahaha fools! You have walked right into my lair! I cast fireball, have a nice day.

[@CharlesBalester]

I use CR Mixed with action economy to determine how hard an encounter will be. For example, a level 5 party of 4 people with 6 total attacks per round can usually take on a CR 6 Encounter with 4 attacks per round. (Attacks include spells and cantrips as attacks, regardless of whether or not it actually does damage and counting each individual attack in multiattack as a separate attack) Legendary actions and lair actions are not considered in this, as for those I have not found a single way to quantify how powerful they may or may not be, so If a monster has lair actions or legendary actions, that is probably the only encounter for the day and I assume it will be deadly.

[@snooz3d998]

Sane magic prices is so useful that I have no idea why there isn't a raw equivalent

[@totallyrealname6376]

This should be your "Oops I made a mistake" video, there's a lot that needs to be fixed

[@riddles5159]

my players are going through your version of the tomb of horrors in order to get a magical artifact to save the world,,, but since there needs to be a hoard of treasure i just went and looked for some fun magic items i didnt think would be too horrible to give them, or would maybe come in handy later, like the hat of vermin or the foldable boat. they also wont have any idea what item they're grabbing until they examine it later, but I will definitely make sure that they grab the plot dependant item

[@PersonMan1234]

Also, it's pronounced like my-newt, not mi-nut in this context.

[@NobodyDungeons]

I used this table, and they rolled one of the red items so I made it the focal point of the game where the BBEG wants it, and the party has to play keep away with it while trying to also kill the BBEG.

[@adwitatherealadwita]

Those are some nice tables! But I prefer the Wyrmwood Gaming tables, they're really versatile and have cool features!

[@zanderscholl3688]

Hey Jacob, you should check out the Alchemy Almanac and the Complete Armorer's Handbook by heavyarms, I think you will really like them. They are revisions of the alchemy and potion brewing system, as well as the armor and weapon system, with an added runesmithing equipment. They are pretty balanced, and definitely spice up those usually lackluster mechanics.

[@JeshieWafflez]

This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much! ^_^

[@sheikzer0]

You don't roll for rewards anyways, you currate them to fit the part depending on what makes sense for the monster.

[@Humble197]

you can or you can roll for it. I roll and then add stuff I would like for the party myself.

[@simonkennedy6116]

Something I've been looking at to overpower my caharcter is magical tattoos

[@funnynin5140]

Yes, I love getting a scroll of lightning lure.