Here's an example of how this rule could also create negative feelings in some players and a suggestion on how to remove the RAW penalty for brand new players having their first PFS character dying before getting a chance to play him/her.
A player has played an adventure path in 'pre-gen campaign mode' and has applied some/all of the chronicle sheets to one of her PFS characters. She has not reached the levels of of some/all of the chronicle sheets yet. She has gained these chronicle sheets before the guide for season 8 was released.
She goes to an event and her PFS character is not high enough level yet to play her character in the scenario being played. She plays an iconic pre-gen. The pre-gen dies. Let's say she does not have the resources to purchase raise dead. Now her PFS character is dead. What happens to all the higher-level chronicle sheets she has assigned to her PFS character?
Another example: sanctioned modules (Plunder & Peril for example) that grant a bonus chronicle sheet if all three previous chronicle sheets were assigned to the same PFS character. If a player has already played two of the three parts of the module before the season 8 guide was released - they now have to gamble the character if they want to be eligible to obtain the bonus chronicle sheet.
I suggest that the chronicle sheet for the scenario/adventure the pre-gen died in to be resolved when the assigned PFS character reaches the level of the pre-gen played in the fatal scenario/adventure. This would allow players the option of being sure they save money/prestige points before they reach the level of the pre-gen. This would also make it so new players who play a non-first level iconic the ability to not have their very first PFS die as a result of the very first PFS game the player plays in.
