Appling a higher level module to a 1 level character

[Tarci]

I have a question about applying a say 5th level mod to a starting first level character (if they played a pregen). I have seen one person do this: asked about it and so far everyone that i have asked at this PFS site agrees. He took the Mod and applied it to a starting character so a 2 level character has 6k gold and just hit 2nd. This seems a tad broken to me even if you always played up at the most you would have 4k. what is the official ruling on this and where is it sourced.

[BigNorseWolf]

Mac the Dude wrote:

I have a question about applying a say 5th level mod to a starting first level character (if they played a pregen). I have seen one person do this: asked about it and so far everyone that i have asked at this PFS site agrees. He took the Mod and applied it to a starting character so a 2 level character has 6k gold and just hit 2nd. This seems a tad broken to me even if you always played up at the most you would have 4k. what is the official ruling on this and where is it sourced.

The guide, page 6

If you play a non-1st-level pregenerated character,you can apply the credit to your character as soon as she reaches the level of the pregenerated character played.
You may also opt instead to apply the credit from the non-
1st-level pregenerated character played to a newly created
character with the gp gained reduced to 500 gp (or 250
for characters using the slow advancement track). You
do not lose access to Prestige Points, boons, and items
listed on the Chronicle sheet that were earned during
the adventure. Equipment listed on the pregenerated
character sheet may only be sold to clear conditions such
as death or during the play of a sanctioned event, and
any remaining gold does not carry over at the end of
the adventure.

I think the bold section is what they missed.

[Sammy T]

He either takes a reduced award when applying it to a brand new L1 or applies full rewards at the level of the pre-gen played.

PG 29-30 GtPSOP 4.3

If you play a 1st-level pregenerated character, you may apply credit from the pregenerated character played to a newly created character of your very own, with the gp gained reduced to 1,398 gp (or 699 gp for slow advancement track characters). If you play a non-1st-level pregenerated character, you may apply the credit to your character as soon as she reaches the level of the pregenerated character played.

edit to add:
this is specifically referring to modules per OP

[Steve Derouin]

thank you guys that is just what i wanted to know.

[Don Walker]

BNW is referring to Scenarios.

Sammy T quotes the text for Modules.

Note there is a small error in the text for Modules. It should read:

PFS Guide 4.3 pg 29 wrote:

If you play a non-1st-level pregenerated character, you may apply credit from the pregenerated character played to a newly created character of your very own, with the gp gained reduced to 1,398 gp (or 699 gp for slow advancement track characters).

[Stargypsyd]

Thank you for clearing this up. It isn't fun to to be yelled that you are wrong when you start to say the 1st part of what is written on pg. 6.