Everyone knows of the legendary dwarven greed. Some say that it is the greed of dwarves that gives rise to such great works of beauty and construction for they are ever at work expanding their wealth, whether it be by digging ever deeper beneath the mountains of their birth, or by building vast bridges over the great river canyons of the world to foster trade for those items of treasure outside their domains. Even a reasonable, rational dwarf, when presented with a pot of glowing gold, will go to extreme measures to ensure the treasure does not escape incorporation into his hoard.
At conception a dwarf character chooses gold, gems, or both, as his most precious treasure type. The dwarf should thereafter make every attempt to gain at least a double share (but preferably all) of every helping of this type of treasure, as best he can manage. His reasoning is that he is a collector and caretaker of such items, and the most suited to their ownership.
If two or more dwarves exist in the same party, they must eventually come to some sort of agreement as to who gets what amount of treasure, and must forever be trying to increase their percentage. Multiple dwarves in the same party would be wise to always maintain a close eye on all treasure division.
Indeed, even fetishist dwarves are known to exist, who choose an alternate treasure type, which can be anything as general as “magic items” to a specific type of creature skull. These fetishes are in addition of the gold/gem/both choice that every dwarf makes.
Some dms may want to set gold piece attainment levels for the dwarves to reach in their favored class of treasure, with commensurate rewards for their achievement.
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