Creating NPC treasure

[Mavrickindigo]

I always found the numbers provided by the "NPC Gear" table to be annoying to work with, however, I would like to keep equipment around there. Is there a quick way to assign equipment for simple NPCs, like ones I make for random encounters? I don't want to spend forever on mooks and the like

[Aaron Bitman]

Um... copy it out of the NPC Codex, or out of the statblock of a mook from some handy module? I sometimes do that.

More often, I would just eyeball the appendix of Ultimate Equipment and take an approximate average roll. So for instance, a goblin or hobgoblin might have one of the following six sets of treasure...

* 70gp, 60 sp
* 20 sp, 2 gp, 2 gems worth 10 each, 1 gem worth 50
* 16 gp, 1 potion, 1 scroll
* 1 gem worth 100
* 1 potion, 2 scrolls
* 2 potions

...and I'd randomly roll a bunch of scrolls and potions ahead of time and cross them off as I use them. My list might look something like this:

Randomly determined potions: 1. Protection From Evil, 2. Pass Without Trace, 3. Enlarge Person, 4. Cure Light Wounds, 5. Cure Light Wounds, 6. Enlarge Person, 7. Reduce Person, 8. Protection From Law

Randomly determined scrolls: 1. (A) Silent Image, 2. (A) Hypnotism, 3. (D) Entangle, 4. (A) Protection From Law, 5. (A) Burning Hands, 6. (D) Remove Fear, 7. (A) Summon Monster I, 8. (A) Sleep, 9. (D) Detect Chaos

For another example, a gnoll might have one of the following three sets of treasure...

* 500 sp, 100 gp, 5pp
* 50 gp, 2 gems worth 50 each, 1 gem worth 100
* 50 sp, 21 gp, 1 potion, 1 scroll

Potion: 1. Jump 2. Mage Armor 3. Oil – Magic Weapon 4. Oil – Magic Weapon 5. Protection From Chaos

Scroll: 1. (D) Animal Messenger 2. (A) False Life 3. (D) Fog Cloud 4. (A) Spider Climb 5. (A) Scorching Ray

[Aaron Bitman]

Oh! I thought of another answer. I've never actually used it, but have you tried this treasure generator?

[Aaron Bitman]

Or this one?