Sharing Discounts

[SCPRedMage]

Let's say a character has a discount on certain items; for the purposes of this question, let's say they have the Artisan's Shop vanity, and they've associated it with their Craft (alchemy) skill, which would give them a 5% discount on alchemical items, rounded to the nearest gold piece, while in the same city as said shop. That would mean that character could buy an alchemist's fire for 19gp.

If, during the course of play, another character wanted to purchase an alchemist fire, could they hand the 19gp over to character with the Artisan's Shop to purchase it for them? In other words, can you allow other characters to take advantage of discounts your character has, by acting as a middle-man?

[FLite]

No.

For much the same reason you cannot craft alchemical items and sell them to your fellow players.

Now, if you want to buy the items at your discount and loan them to other players during the course of the adventure, that is fine, but if they don't get used they wind up in your inventory at the end of the night. (And in any case, none of the other players money winds up in your pocket.)

[SCPRedMage]

Jared Thaler wrote:

For much the same reason you cannot craft alchemical items and sell them to your fellow players.

I haven't seen any actual ruling on that; to my understanding, it's just generally accepted that crafting has to happen during the downtime between adventures (since it takes a fair amount of time to do), and you can't interact with other players during that downtime. EDIT: Scratch that, re-read the FAQ.

On the other hand, players can already scribe spells from each other's spellbooks without paying access costs, and have other players cast permanent spells on each other, while only paying material component costs.

[countchocula]

important text in artisan shop vanity wrote:

" Additionally, you receive a 5% discount on all nonmagical merchandise in your area of expertise when purchasing it in the same city as your shop, rounded to the nearest gold piece."

seems kinda cut and dry that it only applies to the owning character. Now you can hand them the 19gp fire so that they may use it (it is still bought and paid for by you) but ultimately the discount only applies to the owner of the boon.

[GM Lamplighter]

Chronicle boons are a benefit of experience, and so apply to the character who gained the experience.

[claudekennilol]

What about this? I have a scroll of breath of life. You die, I use my scroll on you. Are you allowed to replace my scroll at your cost?

I know the answer is no, but I also know that enough GMs allow it that the rule should either be revisited or reinforced. Imo, the rule should be, "if I use your consumable, I should be able to reimburse your consumable (not the cost, but the item).

[Gary Bush]

claudekennilol wrote:

What about this? I have a scroll of breath of life. You die, I use my scroll on you. Are you allowed to replace my scroll at your cost?

I know the answer is no, but I also know that enough GMs allow it that the rule should either be revisited or reinforced. Imo, the rule should be, "if I use your consumable, I should be able to reimburse your consumable (not the cost, but the item).

This very well may be a question that is best left unasked!

[GM Lamplighter]

Different issue, one that probably deserves its own thread.

[FLite]

claudekennilol wrote:

I know the answer is no, but I also know that enough GMs allow it that the rule should either be revisited or reinforced.

Reinforced. For the time being. If you see someone doing this, remind them that it is not allowed.

I too would be interested in seeing this rule change, but there are questions it raises (can they just give you the cash to buy a new one?)

And discussing it would be a whole separate thread

[Fromper]

Ok, I started a separate thread to discuss that.