Gold in PFS scenarios


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1/5

Quick question:

When a scenario tells you " the PCs defeat Xxxxxx Yyyyyy, give each PC NN gp.", is this in addition to the "max gold" on the chronicle sheet or do I add the various numbers together until I reach the "max gold" value?


All that has already been summed, that's what the "max gold" value is. The only time you should have to bother with the individual "the PCs defeat Xxxxxx Yyyyyy, give each PC NN gp." stuff is if they don't defeat Xxxxxx Yyyyyy, then you'd subtract NN gp from the max gold.

1/5

OK. Thanks, Bearded Ben.

Scarab Sages 5/5

Yes, Beared Ben is correct.

There might also be other conditions other then just defeating Big Guy Xxxxx Yyyyy, they might have you recover an item, or something else. So if they do not meet the condition they should not receive the gold.

The numbers added together should equal the max gold.

4/5

I would like to highlight, though, from pages 35-36 of the Guide to Organized Play. Forgive the lengthy quote:

Creative Solutions:
Sometimes during the course of a scenario, your players might surprise you with a creative solution to an encounter (or the entire scenario) that you didn’t see coming and that isn’t expressly covered in the scenario. If, for example, your players manage to roleplay their way through a combat and successfully accomplish the goal of that encounter without killing the antagonist, give the PCs the same reward they would have gained had they defeated their opponent in combat. If that scene specifically calls for the PCs to receive gold piece rewards based on the gear collected from the defeated combatants, instead allow the PCs to find a chest of gold (or something similar) that gives them the same rewards. Additionally, if the PCs roleplayed past an NPC who carries a specific potion or scroll that the PCs might be granted access to on the scenario's Chronicle sheet, don't cross that item off the sheet--instead, allow the PCs to find rthe item elsewhere as a reward for creatively resolving the encounter without resorting to combat. Pathfinder Society Organized Play never wants to give the impression that the only way to solve a problem is to kill it--rewarding the creative use of skills and roleplaying not only make Society games more fun for the players, but it also gives the GM a level of flexibility in ensuring players receive the rewards they are due.

TL;DR: "The PCs defeat Xxxxxx Yyyyyy" =/= "The PCs kill Xxxxxx Yyyyyy"

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