Generating Hoards by the Cards, Updated Card Values

A few days ago I described approximate card values for generating hoards by the cards.  Ultimately I found the card values really hard to work with because the range for each card was so narrow.

For shiggles I reworked the table, expanding the range for each card to span three of the previous cells in each direction rather than just one, then modified my worksheet so it showed the range of values for each card in each tier rather than the specific average value.  I printed off a few copies and took them upstairs with my D&D 3.5 Dungeon Master’s Guide and started to populate them.

This worked way, way better.

Updated Card Values

Bearing in mind that these are still guidelines rather than strict ranges and that it’s totally legitimate to go outside them, the values below seem to fit several treasure types fairly well.

To be honest, I find that the ‘coin’ treasure type is proving to be one of the more challenging to populate, mostly because I can’t be bothered to sit down and do it.  It’ll be easy enough once I get around to it, for now populating from DMG tables is mostly pretty straightforward.

Ace	3-5	8-14	25-43	75-130	225-390	675-1,169	2,025-3,507	6,705-10,522	18,225-31,567
2	3-6	10-17	29-50	86-149	258-447	774-1,341	2,323-4,024	6,969-12,071	20,908-36,213
3	4-6	11-19	33-57	99-171	296-513	888-1,539	2,665-4,616	7,995-13,848	23,985-41,544
4	4-7	13-22	38-65	113-196	340-588	1,019-1,765	3,057-5,295	9,172-15,886	27,516-47,659
5	5-8	14-25	43-75	130-225	390-675	1,169-2,025	3,507-6.075	10,522-18,225	31,567-54,675
6	6-10	17-29	50-86	149-258	447-774	1,341-2,323	4,024-6,696	12,071-20,908	36,213-62,723
7	6-11	19-33	57-99	171-296	513-888	1,539-2,665	4,616-7,995	13,848-23,985	41,544-71,956
8	7-13	22-38	65-113	196-340	588-1,019	1,765-3,057	5,295-9,172	15,886-27,516	47,659-82,549
9	8-14	25-43	75-130	225-390	675-1,169	2,025-3,507	6,075-10,522	18,225-31,567	54,675-94,700
10	10-17	29-50	86-149	258-447	774-1,341	2,323-4,024	6,969-12,071	20,908-36,213	62,723-108,640
Jack	11-19	33-57	99-171	296-513	888-1,539	2,665-4,616	7,995-13,848	23,985-41,544	71,956-124,632
Queen	13-22	50-65	113-196	340-588	1,019-1,765	3,057-5,295	9,172-15,886	27,516-47,659	82,549-142,978
King	14-25	57-75	130-225	390-675	1,169-2,025	3,507-6.075	10,522-18,225	31,567-54,675	94,700-164,025
Tier	Basic–	Basic-	Basic	Expert	Heroic	Master	Champion	Legendary	Epic
Echelon Level	-7..-4	-3..0	1..4	5..8	9..12	13..16	17..20	21..24	25..28
D&D 3.x CR	?	?	1/6..1/2	1..4	5..8	9..12	13..16	17..20	21..24

Closing Comments

I’ll put my worksheet up in another post.