The Dragon's Demand - Prestige and Fame

[Thordelion Copperpots]

I'm a new GM who is running a home-based core campaign.

I just ran our third adventure, and it's been going well so far. The group is: mage, melee-focused druid, barbarian, archer ranger. They're all pretty good at optimizing, and play well together.

I was thinking of running The Dragon's Demand for them, partially because it seems easier for me to run a single adventure path like that instead of piecing together level-appropriate scenarios. It also seems a little less expensive for me, at $14 to get them to lvl 7 instead of $4 a scenario.

My real question is, Am I shortchanging my players for prestige or fame by running this type of path? Will they earn as much?

I put this specifically in the core forums because it's a core campaign.

Any different advice on scenarios or paths that would be fun for my players, and relatively easy for me to prepare for?

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Thordelion Copperpots wrote:

I'm a new GM who is running a home-based core campaign.

I just ran our third adventure, and it's been going well so far. The group is: mage, melee-focused druid, barbarian, archer ranger. They're all pretty good at optimizing, and play well together.

I was thinking of running The Dragon's Demand for them, partially because it seems easier for me to run a single adventure path like that instead of piecing together level-appropriate scenarios. It also seems a little less expensive for me, at $14 to get them to lvl 7 instead of $4 a scenario.

My real question is, Am I shortchanging my players for prestige or fame by running this type of path? Will they earn as much?

I put this specifically in the core forums because it's a core campaign.

Any different advice on scenarios or paths that would be fun for my players, and relatively easy for me to prepare for?

In a given scenario, one may earn up to two prestige.

A module or story arc tends to earn less from my limited experience with them.

So three PFS scenarios x2=potentially 6 prestige/fame, 3 exp(on normal track)
The modules I've played both were 4 prestige/fame, 3 exp (on normal track)

That's been my experience, mileage may vary for others?

[Thordelion Copperpots]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

In a given scenario, one may earn up to two prestige.

A module or story arc tends to earn less from my limited experience with them.

So three PFS scenarios x2=potentially 6 prestige/fame, 3 exp(on normal track)
The modules I've played both were 4 prestige/fame, 3 exp (on normal track)

That's been my experience, mileage may vary for others?

Is it a big enough loss for a core campaign to not do it?

Am I going to be hurting my players when they get into middle levels?

[Gamerskum]

It slows down your ability to buy things quiet significantly.

[Calenor]

I'm not sure, but have you checked the Chronicle sheets for DD?

Its (on normal speed) 9 XP and 12 Fame, so 3 Levels.
Its less Fame than you can max out, but not every scenario throws both Fame at you easily.

Also check comments on downloadable chonicle sheets regarding the mode to play DD.

[TheFlyingPhoton]

In my experience, Fame never limits purchasing ability except when you save up to buy a single expensive item as early as possible, like a stat item on a sorcerer/wizard.

[Paz]

TheFlyingPhoton wrote:

In my experience, Fame never limits purchasing ability except when you save up to buy a single expensive item as early as possible, like a stat item on a sorcerer/wizard.

The cloak of resistance +1 is quite a common one. Thankfully it appears on chronicles fairly regularly.