THE FORUM

I have just completed reading DRAGON Magazine
issue #115, the November 1986 issue.  My
favorite (and most common) character is the
thief, <and> I have found these articles very helpful.  I
may Now plan a thieves' guild (though in the
4 years I've played the AD&D Game, I haven't
had a thief survive long enough to become a
guildmaster). The article on climbing walls
helped me too.  In addition, previous articles on
poison and articles in the Best of Dragon, Volume
III, have given me other insights into thieves.
More recently, Lankhmar has come out.  However,
I have not found a sufficient way to give
XP to thieves for thieving!  In the
DMG it says very little about rating XP
for coinage, and when I tried to use this
information, the character either gained too
little experience (killing a tribe of goblins) or
gained an unruly amount of levels (destroying a
dragon)!  If you could make a new system for
thieving or treasure, I would be pleased.  If the
information I seek has been previously published,
please tell me which issue of DRAGON
Magazine provided this information.  Thank you.

Greg Surbeck
Ellicott City, MD
(Dragon #118)