Possible typo in 4-11 The Disappeared chronicle sheet?

[Minna Hiltula]

I'm sorry if this has been commented on before, but this scenario is impossible to search for on the forums because of its name, and I didn't notice anyone commenting on it in the GM Discussion thread either (if it's there, I apologize even more sincerely).

Not really a spoiler but putting it behind a cut anyway:

One of the items available for purchase after the scenario is a cloak of elvenkind. Its selling price is 2500 gp. However, in the chronicle, its price is listed as 1500 gp.

I'm presuming this is just a typo, and not a spontaneous discount?

[Sean H]

If it is a spontaneous discount, it can't really be abused since you always sell items at 1/2 what you bought it for in PFS.

[Xot]

I'm really hoping it's a discount, but it's probably a typo.
What if say... I had played up a brand new character (0xp @ start) and decided to purchase the item... and then it turns out to be a typo.

what's the proper way to fix it?

[Mike Lindner]

Typos like this should be treated as such - mistakes. If a player wants to purchase the item they should pay the standard price.

[Eric Saxon]

Not a typo. I've seen this discount in several products for Cloak of Elven Kind. And even if you sell it for half of its going price, it will only give you back 1,250gp, so you still loose 250gp.

The way I figured it, PFS has so many of these that they actually sell them on the cheap to their members and if they decide to sell them back, they still won't get their paid price for them and since its a crappy item, no one actually wants to buy it, except for rogues. After all, what would my Cleric really do with a Cloak of Elven Kind?

I'm not sure about not being able to sell them for 1/2 of their regular price, Sean H. You sure about that rule?

[CRobledo]

Eric Saxon wrote:

Not a typo. I've seen this discount in several products for Cloak of Elven Kind.

It is a typo. The official price (For PFS, it always is the most recent reprinting of the rules) is the Ultimate Equipment price, and it is 2,500 gp.

It has been stated in the past that there ARE mistakes in chronicle sheets, and GMs and players are expected to go by correct prices AND type of item.

For example, there are at least 2 season 0 scenarios that include "Gloves of Dexterity +2" in their sheets. We are all expected to correct them to "Belts of Incredible Dexterity +2" as no such gloves exist in PF.

[Lab_Rat]

There has never been an on purpose chronicle sheet discount. Assume typo unless Mike or Mark show up and state otherwise.

[Eric Saxon]

Moonscar is another one, has a Belt of Physical Perfection +4 for 40,000gp, nice item that normally goes for 64,000gp. And then the Fortress of Nail also has the Cloak of Elven Kind for 1,500gp, if I remember my sheet correctly.

So, if these are not intentional, then they probably need to be fixed.

[CRobledo]

Eric Saxon wrote:

Moonscar is another one, has a Belt of Physical Perfection +4 for 40,000gp, nice item that normally goes for 64,000gp.

Interesting find. My guess there is either they meant a belt of physical might +4 which IS 40,000 or they took the price from that one and applied it incorrectly. Seems like it would be an easy error to make.

Without reading the module to see who/where the players get the item, I would say go for physical perfection for 64,000.

I do agree and wish that updates to erroneous chronicles happened more often. Usually only glaring errors and not typos are corrected :(

[Mattastrophic]

Perhaps if chronicle listings for items which have a set price did not include the price in the listing, then there would be no opportunity for error.

-Matt