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Yea I have been having trouble with this ever since going into D&D 3-3.5 edition. My rogue would kill a single goblin out on the road. A SINGLE GOBLIN. and he would have on him, as per the treasure tables, roughly 2000cp or 40 platinum, maybe some goods like alchemists fire or whatnot and, if the roll was good, a minor magic item. Pathfinder just says "build a treasure and here is how much you have budgeted for." Needless to say, I kill a goblin and I can retire. What single person has 2000 coins on them?

Recently though, I purchased the new and improved Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition books. The treasure for these is a TON better. That same goblin? 3-18 silver. In his lair with his buddies there may be more (and thats to be expected).

I have a very difficult time trying to understand why these rulebooks have distanced themselves from what originally was a great system. If I were to rob one of you, would you have about $2k on you? You may have that in your home or even in the bank-but not on your person.

Just my 2 cents.

How do you handle experience rewards for a single player who has no followers, hirelings, cohorts, etc, but fully alone? The only thing I could find was a table explaining that if there are 1-3 members in the party, then a 400 xp encounter would give X amount of exp to each member. Would a lone player receive the 400 xp or would they receive the divided amount? Thank you for your help in this matter.