Not much for mine and explosive rules in the forums the closest thing I found was this Mining What tool or skill? - General Discussion - D&D Beyond General - D&D Beyond Forums - D&D Beyond (dndbeyond.com)

A homebrew miner background: Miner (5e Background) - D&D Wiki (dandwiki.com)

Explosives here homebrew : Explosives - DND 5th Edition (*******.com)

Mining can be covered by masonry tool proficiency (and other skills depending on the circumstances).  

Explosives knowledge can be with either Alchemy or Arcana. 

Gonna use the above unless we can find other workable rules, homebrewed or otherwise.

Outcast, sent you a message with the gem info.

Shouldn't we already know if the wand of magic missiles burnt out?  Can we resolve it now so we know if it's of any value?

"If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed."

Let's take the discussion re loot here and in the game thread assume it's sorted. 

So the "packages" are, with various interest as shown in the RP thread:

1. gems/cash worth 500GP
2. gems/cash worth 500GP
3. gems/cash worth 500GP
4. Cloak of Manta Ray plus cash/gems worth 166GP  (Ravager is interested in this)
5. Wand of Magic Missile plus cash/gems worth 166GP (Kumiko is interested in this)
6. Goggles of Night plus cash/gems worth 166GP (Vanja is interested in this)
7. Rod of the Pact Keeper plus cash/gems worth 166GP (Aegnor is interested in this)
8. Vicious Longsword plus cash/gems worth 166GP (Black Knight is interested in this, Vanja is interested in buying/swapping for this)
9. Cap of Water Breathing plus cash/gems worth 166GP

Does the gem Black Knight picked up earlier count as spoils for this encounter, or because they specifically grabbed it earlier it doesn't?

And the silvered shortsword isn't part of the magic items, but is useful. Plus dynamite.

Or to put it another way:

Item:                                                                                                                                        Claims:          
Cloak of the Manta Ray.     ...........................................................................................Ravager
Wand of Magic Missiles (0 charges)...........................................................................Kumiko
Silvered short sword, (not magic, but useful against some magic creatures).........
Goggles of Night ..........................................................................................................Vanja 
Rod of the Pact Keeper +1,  ........................................................................................Aegnor
Vicious Longsword, ....................................................................................................Vanja
Cap of Water Breathing.................................................................................................
8 Sticks of Dynamite (15 second fuses.) (not magic but - BOOM).............................Ravager has 2
Zombie gem...................................................................................................................Zelgius 

(i concentrated on the magic or similar items)

Just a couple thought.

1. Time zones will be a factor for those picking loot too.

2. If more than one character wants the same item to roll a d20.  Highest wins.  Next loot session the loser gets first pick kind of thing.

3. We need to decide if just grabbing things along the way is party loot or individual loot.  The DM can somewhat control how individuals find loot perhaps intended for that character.

4. Items should typically go to the person who can make most use of it.  That's a bit subjective, but we want the character who can use it the best to have it.  What if your build plans might make use of it later on, but not now.  That's a tough one.  Maybe pick it but let someone else use it until your build plan can make use of it. 

5. I'm pretty easy going so I don't necessarily have to get a pick each time.  Again, the DM can kind of intervene to provide individual loot should this be abused. 

Gema personally has all the magic items she needs, and I didn't spend any of the 1500, so I'm good to let it all go, but Gema will use it for favors in game. (She's more social capital than most adventures)

As far as the bidding on items and rolling a d20, I like it as long as we keep a record (easy to do over forums)

Above all else, remember that even though our characters might be "evil" there's still strength in community.

P.S.

If it makes it easier to divvy, Gema could take the cap off water breathing. If nothing else as a fun parlor trick

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Mining......I was wondering if we can get some idea of how the DM wants to have the party implement this into their characters?  Are we adding Mining Feats, skill, professions?  Is it assumed we had these things prior to the start are as we progress?  This may be a down the road situation a bit.  Are we all mining bosses now.  Grin....Get your backs into it.  Times money.  LOL.

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Just a couple thought.

1. Time zones will be a factor for those picking loot too.

2. If more than one character wants the same item to roll a d20.  Highest wins.  Next loot session the loser gets first pick kind of thing.

3. We need to decide if just grabbing things along the way is party loot or individual loot.  The DM can somewhat control how individuals find loot perhaps intended for that character.

4. Items should typically go to the person who can make most use of it.  That's a bit subjective, but we want the character who can use it the best to have it.  What if your build plans might make use of it later on, but not now.  That's a tough one.  Maybe pick it but let someone else use it until your build plan can make use of it. 

5. I'm pretty easy going so I don't necessarily have to get a pick each time.  Again, the DM can kind of intervene to provide individual loot should this be abused. 

This works for me.  It's never easy to distribute magic items- some builds have only specific items that suit them while others are more versatile to take advantage of what is found.  There's always a bit of luck that is impossible to balance.  Having some magic item economy helps.  My wizard will probably spend a lot of gold on buying scrolls and scribing new spells.  As long as someone can opt to not select an item and receive significantly larger portion of gold, it's should be reasonable to save for the item you really want.

I also feel that consumables, like potions, scrolls, and the dynamite, should be for party use and distributed pragmatically.

Guile's 1st choice: 500 gp share; 2nd choice: wand of magic missiles & 166 gp

Aegnor 7

Gema 18

Guile 19

Kumiko 6

Ravager 7

Vanja 4

Zelgius 20

Alright, let me know what your individual plans are for this night.  The previous rolls were to determine outcomes of certain situations.

Vanja plans to eat a big meal and go to sleep. Do we want to keep watch?

Guile might go buy a scroll or two…

He’s also  interested in chatting with Arnel to glean a little more about the relationship between Arnel and Agnir.

Ravager will look for matches or a tinderbox or some other way to quickly light a fuse.  Then inquire about prices for scrolls, potions, harlots and slaves.  Not looking to spend a lot of time.  Then medium dinner & bed.  She's willing to take a turn at watch.

Gema is going to find someone to share a bed with (in party or not) if unsuccessful she'll take a turn at the watch

Aegnor

Grabs 2 sticks a dynamite as he believes not having all their sticks in one basket.  He'll try and find some mining information to give the party a leg up on dealings inside the mine.  He will spend time Identifying the Rod of the Pact keeper +1 to attune to it unless another wants it.  He'll enjoy a nice meal, bath and some wine at the NCO tavern and then head to bed.

Alright, I'm back now (mostly). If anyone wondered what happened, I had a stress-induced psychiatric breakdown.

Glad to hear you are back.  I hope things are getting better for you. 

Glad to hear you're recovering, Mister_Whisker!

Vanja is eating and heading to bed.

Aegnor is attuning the Rod of the Pact Keeper for an hour before heading to the NCO club.

Rog has found some liquor and is sleeping in the Stables with his wolves.  Fenrir has recovered and resting for the night.

Bridgette, Kumiko & Zelgius will step out to check out the town's night life.  18 7 17 

Gema, Ravager and Guile are heading out to specifically pick up scrolls, gear and/or a "good" time.  6 21 15