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Jiggy wrote:
DancerDan wrote:

Confused newbie here. The Guide to PFS Organized Play says

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Beyond the gear noted above, your character is restricted to purchasing additional items from his accumulated Chronicle sheets, or by capitalizing on his fame.

The "gear noted above" does not include most of the stuff listed by the OP. So what is all the talk about having to own the books where that gear is described? The Guide makes it sound like I can buy it if and only if it's on my chronicle sheets, regardless of what books I own. Can somebody please clarify?

Welcome to PFS!

Okay, so you see the last phrase in the line you quoted, where it says "or by capitalizing on his fame"? That means that as your fame increases (via earning prestige points), you gain access to more and more items. There's a chart in the Guide that sets various fame thresholds against gold piece values. For instance, once you have at least 5 fame, you can purchase ANY campaign-legal item worth 500gp or less, even if it's not on any of your chronicle or on the Always Available list. As your fame increases, that "cap" for what you can buy keeps increasing.

In fact, by the time you get to mid levels, it's very likely that your fame will allow access to more expensive stuff than you could possibly buy anyway. Hope that helps!

Thanks for your answer, but that can't be the whole story. Chronicle sheets for scenarios/tiers of level >= 3 often list loot that costs less than 500 gp. Based on your answer, most PCs at that level will have the fame required to buy that loot anyway, so why bother listing it? And what would it mean when such an item imposes a limit on how many you can buy. E.g., +1 flaming arrow (166gp, limit 3). If I could buy it without the chronicle, then the limit would never apply, right?

Perhaps related, there is still the part of my question about owning the books. According to the official rules, must I own the PFSFG for my 4th level PC to buy Air Crystals for 50gp, assuming they are not on any of that PC's chronicles?

Thanks in advance!


Confused newbie here. The Guide to PFS Organized Play says

Quote:
Beyond the gear noted above, your character is restricted to purchasing additional items from his accumulated Chronicle sheets, or by capitalizing on his fame.

The "gear noted above" does not include most of the stuff listed by the OP. So what is all the talk about having to own the books where that gear is described? The Guide makes it sound like I can buy it if and only if it's on my chronicle sheets, regardless of what books I own. Can somebody please clarify?