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I'm a little confused as to when I can buy gear. What I've done previously is that I would buy gear between scenarios and record it on my next chronicle. I was under the impression that the downtime rules allowed me to do this. However, I recently played in a game that started in an area where we couldn't buy gear and the GM didn't allow me to do so. I understand that ruling, and have no qualms with it, but wanted to check and see what the actual gear buying rules are. Am I allowed to buy gear between scenarios, or must it be done either at the beginning or the end of a session?
Finally, a related question. Last time I played my -2 character, she died and was brought back to life via a scroll of breath of life. At the end of the session, I paid for the casting of one restoration on her. Now, I know that the PFS rules only allow you to pay for 1 restoration/session. Does this mean that I have to wait until the end of the session to purchase my restoration, or could I do so at the beginning, either as part of downtime buying (if that's allowed?) or during any time we may have between the briefing and starting our mission?
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1. The rules in the Guide to Organized Play state
A GM must be present in order for you to purchase items.
This can be done before, during or after the adventure. All
transactions must be recorded on the scenario’s Chronicle
sheet and reflected on your character’s Inventory Tracking
Sheet.
This means that you have to buy during a session, with the gamemaster there. You can -plan- for purchases between sessions, but as you found out, there might not be an opportunity at the beginning. (Most gamemasters I know allow you to purchase at the same time as the briefing, which, in some scenarios is a recollection after the fact.)
2. Breath of Life doesn't cause anything to require restorations. It causes a temporary negative level that lasts for one day, not the permanent levels as are caused by Raise Dead.
Edit: corrected BoL negative levels.
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Venture-Captain, Massachusetts—Central & West
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Hi Lunar,
Unless the scenario description states that you don't really have time to purchase things, most GMs will let you show up with a list of "I'm going to buy this before I show up" items and have the GM sign off on it. It's a part of the whole "time between scenarios is undetermined" phenomenon.
As part of Season 5's purchasing rules, a GM must sign off on chronicle sheets for purchases made.
As for spellcasting services, you can purchase a Restoration between scenarios if you have access to spellcasting. In some cases, you may be stuck in an area with no spellcasting available between parts of multipart scenarios.
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In fact, you don't have to record all transactions on the Chronicle Sheet. Yes, the Guide says that, but there was an update. Here is a blog post from John Compton that includes this:
Although a player must record purchases on the ITS, a player need not also record an itemized list of purchases on the Chronicle sheet. A simple note of "Adventuring gear purchased—see ITS" or "bucket of wands—see ITS" will suffice.
What I've seen in practice, I have to admit, is not even this. However, the purchases that you make must go into your ITS (personally, I put everything there, not just stuff 25gp and more), and the accounting in the right boxes must be right (i.e. you must include the amount of the purchases in "Gold Spent").
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For that, I just keep adding more lines, and crossing off the earlier ones when I've used enough up. It is a little chaotic. However, I also have my ITS in a spreadsheet (rather than on paper), so I can search if necessary. (For games at tables, I print it out, and amend it on paper, but then put the changes back into the spreadsheet later.)
This is the ITS I use. Anybody who wants can feel free to make a copy and use it.