Random Treasure and Gems in TFT

(c) 2016 by Richard Wayne Smith - - - - - Version 1.0

Here is a treasure table which you can use to generate ideas. I normally would give out what ever stuff I think is appropriate for the encounter but may roll once or twice on the table below to generate ideas and more variety in my drops.


Common Treasure..... Roll 1d10:

1 Money / gems / bars of specie / merchant's trade tokents / letter of credit
2 Food / drink / iron rations / trencher / dressed game / wedge of cheese / cheap alcohol / wine bag
3 Entertainment: Dice / chips / cards / tiles / board game / game board / gambling paraphenialia / penny whistle / kite / peasant musical instrument / puppets / whittling or scrimshaw tools / childrens dolls or toys, etc.
4 Containers: Pouch / back pack / sacks / bandolier / leg sheath / secret compartment in clothes / small hidden pouch inside regular clothes
5 or 6 Adventuring Supplies: lab kit / standard pack / torches, whet stone/ tinder box / kindling / lantern oil / candles / candle lantern / rope / mallet / spikes / bandages / arrow extractor / physicker kit / spare clothing / cooking supplies / tent / sleeping bag / bedroll / rags / jars / grapnel / fishing equip / tarpaulin / pole / ladder / net / etc.
7 Armor or weapons / spare arrows / darts / throwing daggers
8 Raw Goods: water / wool / raw leather / plants / reeds / sinew / furs / cotton / etc.
9 Wilderness Stuff: Furs / hunting supplies / animal traps / fishing tackle / wild herbs / dead wood / reeds or grass / berries / clay
10 Tools: Agricultural / carpentry / smithing / masonary / tailoring / animal husbandry / wood carving / astrologer charts / scribe tools / geologist's bag / cobbler / wood cutter / farming / leather working / mechanician / etc.
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Unusual Treasure...... Roll 1d20:

1 Potions / molitov oil / gunpowder / expensive consumables
2 Cheap magic (Light makers, warm spells, heat spells, sharpen wep, 1 die gems, bound spirits)
3 Medical supplies / poultices / pills / healing salve
4 or 5 Craftsman tools / Craftsman goods / Craftsman raw materials.
6 Wizard's raw materials / Chemist's or Alchemist raw materials
7 Slaves, workers, mercenaries, men at arms, skilled craftsmen, work team.
8 Paper and writing implements / mapping equipment / map / navigation tools.
9 Thieves Tools / spying equipment / military gear / military hardware / professional violence stuff.
10 Holy Symbol / totem / fetish / bound spirit / luck charms / religious items: (holy water, etc.)
11 Glass work / burning glass / beads / measuring cups / mirror
12 Nice clothing / hats / boots / gloves / scarves / specialty clothing (protective gear), etc.
13 Musical instrument, horn, gong, cittern, lute,
14 Bulk trade goods: (Charcoal, ore concentrate, bulk food, fine cloths, gems, limestone, wax, ceramics, salt, cotton, oil, sugar, wool, glass, livestock, herbs, grain, fruit, metals, papyrus etc.)
15 Superstition trade good, charms, holy artifact, shamble, luck piece.
16 Tinker / small trader / minor goods (soaps, little tools, dentistry, farm supplies, seed, fabrics)
17 Trap / mechanician tools / clock work toys / music box / watch / scales / prayer wheels
18 Animal supplies / riding creature tack / salt blocks / animal medicines /
19 Live animals. (Domestic animals, pets, gladiatorial beasts, exotics for zoo, exotics for ingredients).
20 Exotic weapons and armor / fine weapons / Small treasure
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Rare Treasure..... Roll 1d10:

1 Magic Item / wizard's chest / valuable gem
2 Art / art supplies / fancy glass / feathers / clay / marble / canvas / tiles
3 Book
4 Papers: (patents of nobility, deeds, blackmail material, grant of monopoly, contract, bills of lading, land grant, orders from lord, personal letters, treaty, report, query about trade, ledgers, religious tract, assassination order, Apprenticeship papers, letter of introduction, etc.)
5 Exotic / expensive food or drink: (saffron, myrrh, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, fish sauce, tea)
6 Official, noble or royal seal / device of state / Badge of office
7 Exotic trade goods: (perfume, exotic woods, marble, ivory, amber, lacquer wares, silk, turtle shell, varnish, glass, carpets, tapestries, embroidery, porcelain, paper, rhino horn, ochre, resin, incense, pearls, ivory, jade, dye, etc.)
8 Medicine / ingredients for healer's lab.
9 Spectacles, monocle, bifocals / very fine clothing / sword cane / personal items for very rich.
10 Falcon eggs, exotic animals pets or guardians.


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Years ago, I saw a list of all sorts of cool gems for D&D. This is me recreating that long ago table. The first table is cheaper gems (<$500), while the second has the more valuable ones. the prices are near the max for that type of gem for 1 gram gems. (Flaws in the gem can make the prices arbitrary low naturally.) Note that in ancient times, most gem stones were not the transparent crystals that we associate with diamonds and sapphires, they were colored rocks that were polished to a shine. Note that opaque stones were often carved into interesting shapes and polished, such stones were called 'Cabochon'. Any opaque stones below are likely carbocons.


Cheaper Gem Stones: (Price is for a large 5 caret (1 gram) stone. ~8mm across.)

1d100: Price $... Gem and Notes:
3 80 Agate / Agate Geode / fire agate / banded
5 250 Amber
8 250 Amethyst
10 200 Apatite
12 300 Ametrine (quartz with bands of yellow and purple)
15 400 Aquamarine (type of beryl)
17 175 Aventurine (green quartz w/ sparkly inclusions, used for carvings and cabochon)
20 80 Azurite
21 400 Beryl (incl emerald, aquamarine, helidor and morganite) Lower quality stones.
23 150 Blood stone (heliotrop) Green opaque quartz with red inclusions.
26 75 Chalcedony (fine grained milky quartz with waxy luster)
28 150 Carnelian (warm orange gem purified blood)
30 180 Chicken blood stone. Lich Stone (Rock with vivid red inclusions. Fades in UV light.)
32 50 Chodchod (red stone with yellow and green inclusions)
35 200 Citrine (yellow, gold or orange brown quartz)
38 400? Coral / fossil coral
41 150? fluorite (purple, blue, green, yellow, colourless, brown, pink & orange)
44 250 garnet / Demon's tear (Melanite)
47 80 Hemmond's Silverstone (Hematite)
48 200 Hawks Eye (Pietersite) metalic bands thru opaque stone.
50 150 Iolite (violet clear gem.)
53 150? Jade (the more translucent, the more it is worth up to $500)
55 90 Jasper / Red Jasper (forms of quartz) both are opaque.
57 400 Jet ('Hard' Lignite Coal)
58 100 Khobie: Greater or Lesser. (Rhodochrosite) alternating strips of pink and red
59 50 Lithozontes (purple red with bright sparks. Opaque polished as a cabochon.)
63 80 Lapis Lazuli / turquoise
65 75 Malachite (copper carbonate) opaque
68 150 Moonstone (orthoclase feldspar (K Al Si) Has a blue white shimmer.
70 80 Obsidian / snow flake obsidian
73 150 Onyx / Sardonyx (layers of white and red)
77 100 Petrified Wood / Peanut wood
80 150 Pearl / Mother of Pearl ($300)
82 150 Peridot (gem quality olivine... Mg2SiO4 with Fe impurities)
85 50 Quartz / Rutile quartz / Smoky Quartz
87 150 Sardonyx
90 125 Serpentine (usually green with black inclusions which may be threads) Cabochon.
93 80 Tiger's eye (quartz)
95 250 Tourmaline - Crystal often with mixed colors. Many shades, red, green, purple,etc.
97 350 Wyvern's scales (Labradorite, opaque. blue black stone with lustrous metallic tints)
98 50 Waiy's Sapphire (Sodalite: Blue translucent, with a violet tint and white veins)
100 150 Zargun (Zircon ZrSiO4) (Golden colored with flecks of color)

A question mark on price says that the price of this stone varies all over the place depending on quality and the price may rarely be above the maximum given. This sort of stone has many lower quality stones for each fine one.

Valuable Gem Stones: (Price is for a large 5 caret (1 gram) stone. ~8mm across.)

1d100: Price $..... Gem and Notes:
4 8000 Alexandrite (color shifts from red to yellow to green depending on light angle)
7 2750 Cat's eye apatite (cat's eye effect moves across stone as stone is rotated.)
12 500 Aquamarine (type of beryl)
16 1600 Beryl (Golden w/ perfect transparency.)
18 6000+ Red Beryl
19 4000 Daystone * Clear crystal with flecks of metallic sheen in UV, goes dull grey at night.
23 3000+ Diamond (blue purple diamonds are $10,000. Red is the rarest at $15,000.)
29 1500 Emerald
35 500+ Star garnet / Tsavorite
38 3000 Garnet (blue garnet) Rarest form. (changes color from blue green (sunlight) to purple (flame light) ).
44 500 Jade (Fine stone with good translucency)
46 6000? Jadeite (deep translucent green with vivid flecks of metallic brightness)
47 500 Jet (finest pieces.)
49 2000 Long Malabeng * Long red stone translucent with pink striations running its length (Will twist along lai lines and will spin when crossing a rune line.)
54 1500 Opal / moss opal / opal doublet (opal glued to black backing to make colors vibrant) / fire opal / Boulder Opal (brown with bluish inclusions)
56 8000 Opal – Black Opal
57 750 Optreen * Yellow opaque stone w/ green flecks in dendrite patterns. Often found in pairs which are mirror images.
61 800 Pearl (black pearls)
62 1000 Rexite * Deep purple translucent with darker indigo striations. Used in royal signets
65 1500 Ruby
69 1500 Sapphire / Star Sapphire are rarer and much more valuable.
70 4500+ Seasweep * (Green, blue or yellow with black moss like inclusions) Translucent with waves moving thru it as light moves. Striking in torch lite
73 1000 Sphene (breaks light into a rainbow of colors like a diamond, but base green color.)
78 500+ Spinel (aka black prince's ruby) Pink, red, purple and black.
82 2500 Sunstone (red, orange or green, often blended colors. Schiller effect. (Flaws on surface catch light and make it seem to glow on its own.)
86 2000 Sunstrike Translucent crystal. (Hackmanite – changes color from purple to greenish white when exposed to sun)
88 1500? topaz / Rutile topaz (Clear crystal. Sometimes pale or vivid blue.) (Rutile topaz have thin yellow threads in it. These +/– the value.)
92 2500 Tourmaline / Mermaids Nipples (Paraiba) vivid teal crystals
97 3500 Wyvern's scales (Labradorite blue black stone with lustrous metallic tints)
100 2500 Waiy's Sapphire (Sodalite: Blue, with a violet tint and white veins)

* Are totally invented gems. + means that rarely, these stones can be much more valuable.


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