So I am GMing and AP for the first time, in fact this is the first time I have GMed a world I haven't created. I am running Rise of the Runelords Aniversary Ed. and I have to say it is trickier than I thought. It is interesting trying to keep track of all the details of the world that is not my own. But I have thrown myself into the material and tried to make the campaign as fluid as possible.
Additionally we are play the game RAW, no modifications. It is kind of an experiment for our group as we return to Pathfinder after playing in a homebrew end world of a modified form of Warhammer's d10 rules. I thought it might be interesting to see how the game feels when we start tracking everything weight, ammo, money, etc.
So with this in mind there is a lot more book keeping than we normally have and I wanted a way to generate loot in the fashion designed by the game, but in a more efficient manner. My wife got me Ultimate Equipment for Christmas and I like the tables in the appendices, but I was wondering if there was an app or automated version where I can plug in the CR level of the encounter and out comes the loot? I found an online version, but it dealt with percentages, and there was an old link in these forums, but it was dead. Is there anything new or current? This seems like a good app for paizo to make and sell for themselves, but I can only find their two decks (crits/fails) in the App Store.
Thanks in advance for the help, and Merry Christmas :)
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Yes.
Awesome! Thank you!
Yes! Right here at this handy link.
It features generators for standard-sized settlements, customized settlements, individual items of a specific type, and just recently, creature loot and treasure hoards. The latter feature is a little rough user-experience-wise, but it's far easier than doing it manually! And I'm currently revamping the user interface, so it should look and operate nicer soon.
It uses RAW as much as possible, but RAW does miss a few spots. I can go into detail, but really, it's quite boring. Settlements come from CRB, all the actual items come from UE.
The treasure hoard generator (which also serves for creatures) benefits from a little extra explanation. It's not a simple matter of entering CR and hitting "go". Ultimate Equipment specifies a sort of "budgeting" method, and that's the method my generator follows. First, you calculate a budget by just entering a known amount, entering details of an encounter, or specifying an NPC, in order to figure out a gold value. Then, you figure out what treasure types are applicable, based on a creature type or at your whim, and select groups of items ("lots", I call them) until you meet the budget, then hit "Generate items". It's a rather involved process, but it's what UE prescribes. I do plan on having a feature fill up your budget for you, but that is not yet present (the button is there, but does nothing). EDIT: Scratch that -- the button isn't there. The "Reset quantities" button was what I was thinking of, that's present but non-functional. It's a work in progress!