| Keradi01 |
So in preparation of running a game for my family, I have been running a few scenarios on my own just to see how I would handle certain situations.
I ended up having a character wipe out an opposing army and marching her army onto the settlement the army was protecting. She is a necromancer so she just killed everyone who didn't already run away.
So I had gotten to the point where a character could amass a small (technically tiny) army, overpower a slightly larger army, and attack a settlement. All was good until I realized that the character would want to see what valuables the settlement had. That has left me pretty stumped.
The settlement itself is a rather small village, whats more it is a village of gnolls (well now they are mostly zombies with some skeletons). So I was wondering how to determine just the kind of stuff that can be salvaged. Even so, how should I determine this sort of stuff in other situations (bigger/smaller settlements, different races, etc.).
I know I could just come up with some random amount, maybe play with a few randomized tables and the like, but in a situation where the players could have armies attack settlements for personal gain, I feel that I need to have some kind of system to quickly and fairly determine loot.
Giving treasure equivalent to the encounter seems weird when dealing with the possessions of an army of low CR creatures and even then that doesn't take into account that the settlement would possess wealth not owned by the army that made up most of its population. I can see simplifying the rewards as being BP, but even then I'm not sure how to determine how much could (or should) be looted from a settlement.
So yeah, to sum up my request for advice: If a character manages to wipe out/drive away a settlement's population, how should I determine the amount of valuables or other rewards that can be taken, based on the settlement's size, population, and demographics.