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Okay this is probably a simple question, but I'd like to be sure I'm doing this right.

Can someone confirm for me if primary and success conditions are related? TThis comes after I almost had a party fail the primary success condition but pass the secondary condition. Fortunately in the end it didn't matter as they passed both but what to check for when it comes up again.

My searching on the forum leads me to the following assumption:

1. PC's complete (kill, bypass, etc) 3 or more encounters get 1xp. If they achieve 2 or less encounters they get 0xp.

2. Regardless of 1. If the PC's meet the primary success conditions they get 1pp

3. Regardless of 1&2. If the PC's meet the secondary success they get 1pp.

Which gives the following options:
1. PC's beat 3 encounters and fulfil both primary and secondary success conditions = 1xp and 2pp.
2. PC's beat 2 encounters and fulfil both success conditions = 0xp and 2pp
3. PC's beat 3 encounters and meet either (but not both) primary or secondary conditions = 1xp and 1pp
4. PC's beat 2 encounters and meet either (but not both) primary or secondary conditions = 0xp and 1pp
5. PC's beat 3 encounters and none of the success conditions = 1xp and 0pp
6. PC's beat 2 encounters and none of the success conditions = 0xp and 0pp

Is that correct or have I missed something?

Well, as happens to us from time to time, I died....

Got resurrected etc. all good. However it seems that my bonded staff is now...a long (masterwork) stick of wood...
(Yes, I know, probably should have taken a familiar, but thats in the past, and this was my first character, so I made mistakes)

Okay cool, happy need to replace said bonded object, 200gp x level (4) = 800gp, plus the cost of the item itself.

Since I've got to replace it anyway, seems like as good a time as any to change away from the staff, since I can't add bonuses to my staff until level 11 anyway.

My gut feeling is to change to a ring (easy to hide, still have two hands, etc) but I have a couple of questions:

1.Do I have to buy an existing magical ring? ie: ring of protection +1 or similar?

I ask this because the enhancements I'd like, I can't afford at this time (something about dieing, gold and PP....)
What I would like to do is buy a masterwork ring and enchant it in a few levels once I've got the money and I meet the level requirement.
(I will understand completly if I can't do this, since I can't see a masterwork ring...can't see ring period...)

The argument I have for this is the phrasing of the bonded item segment, bolding my own:

If the bonded item is lost or destroyed, it can be replaced after 1 week in a special ritual that costs 200gp per wizard level plus the cost of the masterwork item. This ritual takes 8 hours to complete. Items replaced in this way do not possess any of the additional enhancements of the previous bonded item. A wizard can designate an existing magical item as his bonded item. This functions in the same way as replacing a lost or destroyed item except that the new item retains its abilities while gaining the benefits and drawbacks of becoming a bonded item

My reading of that is I can use a mundane item as a new bonded item OR I may choose to use a magical item.

If the general conclusion is I can't do that, I've got a cheap wand on one of my chronicle sheets that I'll buy and bond with. So I don't mind either way, I can see the benefits of either (half price ring of invisibility, or half price wands *shrugs* I can cope with either)

Thanks all