How are party leaders chosen?

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Latrans

The leader would usually then designate whoever was playing a thief to be in charge of party funds, since such a player would likely to take a vested interest in dealing with the money side of the game anyway.

A vested interest?

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Agemegos

A vested interest?

"vested interest
noun
noun: vested interest; plural noun: vested interests

1. a personal reason for involvement in an undertaking or situation, especially an expectation of financial or other gain"

Seems to be what playing a thief is often about - financial or other gain in-game.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

"vested interest
noun
noun: vested interest; plural noun: vested interests

1. a personal reason for involvement in an undertaking or situation, especially an expectation of financial or other gain"

Seems to be what playing a thief is often about - financial or other gain in-game.

The player doesn't stand to make a financial gain from the game. And anyway, you don't "take" a vested interest in something, you "have" a vested interest in it.

[simply Nathan]

As far as I'm aware Judas wasn't known as a thief before being made the group's treasurer anyway. Matthew was the one with a background in tax collecting, which is pretty close to the same thing.



And in regards to the "thief tax", every player I've known to play the Rogue archetype plays "Not that kind of thief" - basically, a character who is good at picking locks, disarming traps, solving puzzles, and spotting secret doors and loot. I've not yet seen the scoundrel who robs his friends and leaves the group as a whole more vulnerable outside of parodies, though I'm sure they exist at some tables (and are probably accepted as part of the fun by some groups).