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For the past few weeks, my players have expressed anxiety, stress, or complete disinterest when it comes to spending their hard-earned gps in town. Initially, I told them to just suck it up and do it, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized the current system we have could use a fix.

Magic Items Done Correctly

Now, of course who am I to think I know better than the paizo developers? Well I've been playing pathfinder for five years now, and I've been a hardcore GM for four of them. So it's not like I don't know what I'm talking about. Not to mention that we can all agree that sometimes the development team doesn't always hit a home run every time.

I also understand that my idea is only a variant rule. If you guys like this, feel free to use it. If not, then don't! It's as simple as that.

I am looking for feedback and constructive criticism! If you liked this, please let me know.

I've been using so much great content from this thread, I figured I had to give back in some way! After about 50 hours I've finally finished making statblocks for all of the most important Sandpoint NPCs primarily for use in Fortress of the Stone Giants. I've tried to make each NPC unique and stand out from the rest. This can also be very useful for Burnt Offerings and The Skinsaw Murders, especially with the stats of Father Zantus, Belor Hemlock, and some Sczarni members, to name a few.

Sandpoint NPC Stats

I hope my hard work can be of help to you guys! If there's anything missing or incorrect, please let me know!

Mr. Jacobs, I've always wondered how game developers/staff members interact with the rulebook in their own personal games. Personally, I GM no matter what decision I make in my prep time I have to make sure everything is 100% possible within the realm of the rules of the system I am playing in. To me, I feel like it is almost my duty to my players to make sure that we are all in agreement as to what is and isn't possible in this universe. It is also in part as to why I will blanket ban my players from any 3rd party content (obviously I understand there is some very well done content, but it's far easier to level the playing field). For example, I frequently will spend hours tinkering with the pathfinder rules to get exactly the result I want for a certain spell or spell combination. And if there is one tiny clause that prevents it from happening quite the way I want it to, I have to find another way to justify it.

Long-winded rambling aside, my question to you is, how often do you yourself fudge the rules when GMing pathfinder, or any other system in general? And additionally, what is your thought/personal preferences in regards to homebrewed content?