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It is an absolutely necessary step in the entire process of dragon slaying that one cart off the pile of gold. Indeed, previous editions oft as not required that one employ literal carts to carry off the fantastic wealth that a single Dragon might hoard. This was made possible by the letters G and H and by the number nine thousand. And while it is true that the old alphabetical treasure types may have been a bit overboard with the tremendous piles of loot that they handed out, the reverse trend of giving characters piles of gold that fit in one's pocket is fairly unfortunate.

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  • It is an absolutely necessary step in the entire process of dragon slaying that one cart off the pile of gold. Indeed, previous editions oft as not required that one employ literal carts to carry off the fantastic wealth that a single Dragon might hoard. This was made possible by the letters G and H and by the number nine thousand. And while it is true that the old alphabetical treasure types may have been a bit overboard with the tremendous piles of loot that they handed out, the reverse trend of giving characters piles of gold that fit in one's pocket is fairly unfortunate.
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  • It is an absolutely necessary step in the entire process of dragon slaying that one cart off the pile of gold. Indeed, previous editions oft as not required that one employ literal carts to carry off the fantastic wealth that a single Dragon might hoard. This was made possible by the letters G and H and by the number nine thousand. And while it is true that the old alphabetical treasure types may have been a bit overboard with the tremendous piles of loot that they handed out, the reverse trend of giving characters piles of gold that fit in one's pocket is fairly unfortunate. It is absolutely the case that any dragon worth its salt should be worth enough in gold that it can actually sleep on said gold. For reference, that's about 760 pounds of gold for a minimal medium-sized dragon, and about three tonnes of gold for a large dragon. But it is equally the case that when you encounter a group of gnolls or bugbears or even hill giants they generally don't have a big pile of gold and more often than not they don't have any magical items. Even more importantly, owlbears don't have any treasure at all. Their digestive systems really will destroy all of the valuables they eat, and most of the time they won't even eat valuables because they're owlbears! They live in the woods and they kill things and they don't participate in any economic activity at all.
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