Witcher Treasure

Treasure

Treasure is separate from Resources because it represents a more short-term version of wealth. Where resources are investments, capital, lands, estates, retainers and other sources of long-term wealth, treasure is a more direct form. Loose currency, actual treasure, gems, even goods. When they are spent they're gone.

Treasure and Resources

The Treasure rating can be used instead of Resources for a skill check, but each time this is done the Treasure rating may lower. The treasure rating technically never drops below the Resources rating, as you'll always have enough "money" provided from your estates.

However, to increase your Resources you will also have to invest Treasure, at a ratio of twice the amount of treasure as the new skill rating you wish to gain. This is to represent the investment required to increase your estates. Stunts in Resources can represent more tangible forms of this (like Castles, factories, employees,... that can be called upon).

Using Treasure

Each time you use treasure roll as normal. If your treasure rating is lower than the TN, if you succeed, you lose it all up to your Resources skill. If you succeed with style you lose half. If your treasure rating is equal to the TN, if you succeed, halve the treasure. If you succeed with style you lose 2 from your treasure rating. You can succeed at cost by losing all of your treasure rating (up to Resources). If your treasure rating is up to 2 points higher than the TN.

TN	Succeed with Style	Succeed	Succeed at cost
Treasure < TN	1/2 Treasure	no Treasure
Treasure = TN	-2 Treasure	1/2 Treasure	no Treasure
Treasure > TN	-1 Treasure	-2 Treasure	1/2 Treasure
Treasure > TN + 2	0 Treasure	-1 Treasure	-2 Treasure
Treasure > TN + 4	0 Treasure	0 Treasure	-1 Treasure