So in the wake of PaizoCon my daughter and some of her friends which to keep playing PFS characters. Some questions.
1) The group is 4-5. Two of them have PFS IDs, the others don't. If everyone has a legal character, does everyone have to have a PFS ID? I ask because in some cases I will have to have the parent create and account for them (age range is 11-15).
2) I wanted to start them on Mummy's Mask. I assume I can play them through the whole AP, but do I only award them XP and loot for the PFS approved sections? In other words, I want to play them through the whole AP, can that work?
3) I'm still having trouble understanding how loot is dealt with after the session. Is there a good tutorial for this?
3.1) I think I understand it - all loot is available to all players via their chronicle sheet, and can be purchased if as per buying rules. But during PaizoCon, in our sessions we collected some basic loot that is not on the Chronicle, like a potion of cure light wounds. Does this mean it is NOT available after the session? Or was this just a clerical error?
3.2) Our DM mentioned something about selling back items. It was loud and I didn't catch his meaning. Can players sell the items on the Chronicle sheet? Again, before I start DMing PFS I really want to understand how loot is dealt with.
Thanks!
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1) you can pre-generate #s for them. https://secure.paizo.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/browse?path=pathfi nderSociety/myAccount/coord#tabs
@ the bottom, there's a button for "Reserve 10 Pathfinder Society Cards"
2) correct -- that's "campaign mode"
3) if you're doing mummy's mask as a campaign, do what you'd do in a home game (more in a sec). For scenario play -- the loot that's found throughout the scenario disappears, and cash is handed out in its place. Even if it's used up.
3.1) The Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play includes list of "always available" stuff -- which is how people can buy potions of CLW (the ones you find still disappear -- so use them. it doesn't hurt the payout!)
3.2) the scenario "cash" appeared because your party magically sold stuff back. alternately, if you HAVE actually bought stuff previously, you can sell it back for 50% the purchase price.
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CAMPAIGN MODE
Chaper 6 of the Guide talks about adventure paths and chronicles for PFS. Mummy's mask is an adventure path (AP).
Some details exist within http://paizo.com/download/pathfinder/PZO9000-14-Rules.zip
Of most interest to you:
"Alternatively, if you are participating in the Mummy’s Mask Adventure Path with an ongoing group undertaking the entire, six-chapter campaign, you may receive credit for playing the sanctioned portions of the adventure as if you had played a pregenerated character. In this case, GMs running the Adventure Path are not bound to the rules of the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign (such as 20-point buy, unavailability of hero points, etc.) when running the campaign or the sanctioned portion of the adventure. Pathfinder Society characters and characters from an ongoing Adventure Path campaign may not play in the same adventure."
In other words, since you plan to run it as a campaign, run it like you would normally (gear does NOT automatically get sold @ the end of each session but it's instead shared out to the party, etc).
The portions of the adventure which result in scenario sheets still result in you handing out sheets. These sheets can be applied to any character -- but the character must be in the level range specified in the sheet.
Thanks for the detailed answers! Very helpful.
