
Khouri P. |

I have a question about rewards for the 5th mini-quest "Prophesy" in 8-16 House of Harmonious Wisdom before I GM it.
House of Harmonious Wisdom (Prophecy) pg.31 conclusion:
"If the PCs return to Ashima with the bejeweled scroll case, Mai Chun is ecstatic. The entire town celebrates the PCs’ triumph in the temple square. If the PCs also persuaded Song Rui to return to Ashima with them, Mai Chun and the old princess get on famously, and the phantom flits awkwardly about the riotous village party to celebrate the PCs’ success. Mai Chun pledges to publish an entire book of interviews based on their conversations, and she delights in trading poetic couplets with the well-educated phantom. A local representative of the Sun Shogun provides a reward of 3,000 gp AND access to a store of magical talismans in gratitude; if the PCs do not return the scroll case to Mai Chun, cross off the Sun Shogun Talismans reward from the PCs’ Chronicle sheets.
If the PCs gave away the scroll case to a foreign agent, they receive the reward offered by the agent and nothing more."
To me, I would take this literally, as in, these are the rewards based on who you give the scroll case to:
Spoiler:
-> Chun Mai -> 3000 EXTRA gold AND Sun Shogun Talismans boon on chronicle sheets
-> Jianghong -> "Marvelous Pigments" purchase option on Chronicle sheets
-> Jiang Fei -> "Headband of Inspired Wisdom +2" purchase option on Chronicle sheets
-> Yue Xin -> a writ of exchange for the "Star of Changdo," a diamond worth 5,000 gp. The diamond can be claimed in Po Li with the signed writ. (Also NOT mentioned on chronicle sheet!)
-> Jianghong -> "Marvelous Pigments" purchase option on Chronicle sheets
-> Jiang Fei -> "Headband of Inspired Wisdom +2" purchase option on Chronicle sheets
-> Yue Xin -> a writ of exchange for the "Star of Changdo," a diamond worth 5,000 gp. The diamond can be claimed in Po Li with the signed writ. (Also NOT mentioned on chronicle sheet!)
Yet there is not actually anything on the Chronicle sheet to notate that, in fact the text seems contradictory because the Chronicle sheet says:
Chronicle Sheet: "Variable Rewards" wrote:
The gold, XP, and Prestige Points you earn on this Chronicle sheet are based on YOUR LEVEL and HOW MANY OF THE QUESTS YOU COMPLETE. [...] Calculate your rewards for this chronicle sheet based on the table below."
...but with no mention of the specifically variable monetary rewards in mini-quest 5 "Prophesy."
I can find no other discussion of this anywhere online?