Searching old threads I found information regarding the purchase of magic items but as most refered to older versions of the PFS Guide, I would like to inquire about current rules/interpretations.
I understand that the may purchase any mundane or "always available" item before/during/after a scenario (in the presense of a GM)
I understand you can purchase any item off any chronicle sheet. (in presense of GM)
I understand that no individual item owned can be valued at more than a characters Fame would allow (from table 5-3 of the PFS guide)
This being said ... how/when/what criteria is required to purchase a magic item from any of the available sources. the Guide says:
A character’s Fame score determines the maximum gp value of any items she can purchase from her faction, as detailed in Table 5–3 below. The character must still actually spend the gold to receive the desired item.
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Okay, there are three ways for you to gain access to purchase an item:
#1 - The "always available" list. Key word here? "Always." Anything listed as "always available" in the Guide is available for purchase any time you have the money. If your brand-new character's first adventure involved getting seated (due to ridiculous logistical issues) with a table of level 7 PCs and you just stood in the back and tried not to die, and then walked away with 1 Prestige and 3,000 gold, you could immediately buy +1 full plate. Why? Because basic +1 armor is always available, regardless of Fame or chronicles.
#2 - Chronicles. If an item is on a chronicle sheet, you can buy that item. You can buy it now, you can wait and buy it later. But you can buy it. It has permanently become available for purchase (unless a quantity limit is specified on the chronicle, but that's the exception, not the rule). Your Fame doesn't matter if the item is on a chronicle.
#3 - Fame. Your Fame is for "everything else". If something is on the AA list, you can already buy it. If it's on a chronicle, you can already buy it. It's only when a legal item is neither on the AA list nor on a chronicle that Fame even becomes an issue. For such items, you can only buy them (or upgrade to them, in the case of things like +2 weapons) if the final cost of the item would be within the GP limit set by the Fame table in the Guide.
So let's say you have 6 Fame and (somehow) 10,000gp. You could buy anything that's on your chronicles, you could buy anything from the "always available" list, and you could buy any legal item that costs 500gp or less. You could buy a few sets of +1 full plate. Or you could buy a potion or oil of a level 2 spell (or a scroll of a level 3 spell). Or if you had a +1 flaming greataxe on a chronicle you could buy that.
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If I am understanding your question, you are asking when would you purchase an item based on your Fame total instead of something always available or on a Chronicle Sheet?
Honestly, most of the time. The Chronicle Sheet have some good stuff on them, however it doesn't always seem to fit the character that receives the Chronicle.
If you have a character that wants a +2 Thundering Morningstar, chances are you will never find it on a Chronicle sheet. So once you have the required Fame score (36) and gold 18,308gp your Faction allows you to purchase it.
Another clarification: You can purchase items off of a character's Chronicle sheet regardless of whether the character has enough Fame to allow it. If said character has a Chronicle with a potion of Cure Moderate Wounds but has less than 5 Fame he can still purchase the potion if he has enough gold. Purchasing an item off a Chronicle sheet is the only time you can get an item worth more than the character's Fame score allows.