Chronicle Sheet - Item List

[My PFS Lavode De'Morcaine]

I know this subject has been brought up a while back, but I wanted to see if anything has changed in the last couple of seasons.

Other than partially charged wands.
Have there been any good things on the chronicle sheets that you have purchased for your characters.
I think I purchased a poison for a low level alchemist in the group to use during a scenario (unfortunately, the BBEG made all his fort saves).
Other than that though, I don’t think I have.

There have been a couple that were pretty unique and interesting. I find myself wanting to like them. But they are so build specific and expensive that I really can’t see myself buying them for those few off the wall situations when they would be much help.

I’m actually considering taking arcane armor training so I can purchase the intelligent shield even though it really isn’t all that great.

But I really haven’t played all that many scenarios. I’ve especially not had as much time to participate that last year. So I thought I’d check and see what you guys think about the more recent ones.

[Genuine]

I considered buying the intelligent shield just so I could have it start to argue with my intelligent sword whenever a scenario started to get bogged down. :)

In addition to the partially charged shields, there's also a half-price magic full plate that's nice (assuming you like heavy armor).

I also (really) like the boons that grant discounts and free items. Half-price ressurections, free body recovery, a free item worth up to x-gp. Those are always fun.

I've spent a lot of PP on the expedition manager boon.

[Artoo]

There's one item on a chronicle I can think of that's quite useful for Gish characters. I haven't bought it yet but intend to when I can afford it.

[Belafon]

I'm a bit nervous about this thread.

I fear that someone is going to name a specific item that isn't normally available but does appear on a chronicle. That in turn is going to lead to "what scenario is that on, I want to play it!" Campaign Leadership has stressed in the past that they want to avoid having people pick and choose scenarios based on the rewards.

[My PFS Lavode De'Morcaine]

I haven't seen the half price plate. I have one PC that would probably use that.

Yeah, I agree that some of the boons are pretty decent. Of course the PC that has died twice is not the one that has the half price res or body recovery. :(
But it is nice to have as insurance on any PC.

I can't remember if I've seen the expedition manager boon. The name doesn't ring a bell at the moment.

But I was mainly talking about the listed items for purchase. They've always been too expensive for what they give on the unique things. Or they are things that I can just purchase since by the time I have the funds, I already have the required fame.
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Kevin Willis wrote:

I'm a bit nervous about this thread.

I fear that someone is going to name a specific item that isn't normally available but does appear on a chronicle. That in turn is going to lead to "what scenario is that on, I want to play it!" Campaign Leadership has stressed in the past that they want to avoid having people pick and choose scenarios based on the rewards.

I have no intention of asking someone "What scenario has that?" or answering if someone asks me.

I remember a few years ago that 'they' said there would be an effort to make the list of items something worth while rather than a list of what could just be purchased anyway or that almost no one would want. I just want to know in general if it has gotten any better.

Now I will admit, that as a GM, I do occasionally look through the sheets I have and say "Hmm... My X character would like that. I may have to GM this scenario so I can assign it to him." But I consider that a pretty dang minor perk of being willing to GM sometimes.

[That Crazy Alchemist]

There's a scenario where you can get a magical sickle for like half the price. I strongly considered getting it, but my character couldn't make proper use of it sadly.

[Boomer the Mad]

I took nearly all of the items from We Be Goblins and We Be Goblins Too.

Boomer is a gnome who developed Stockholm Syndrome when, as a child, he was abducted and tormented by the Licktoad tribe of goblins. He now believes he is a goblin and often uses a hat of disguise to appear to be a goblin. He also has a thing for fire.

[GM Lamplighter]

I'd say things have improved overall - there are more things like partially-charged wands and unique items, some with stat blocks right on the Chronicle so you don't need to buy a book to use them. And of course, intelligent items!

[Genuine]

Expedition Manager is a convention boon, it may have even been a GM boon. It's not tied to a specific scenario, which is why I mentioned outright what it was.

Basically, it allows you to spend PP on items worth over 750gp. There's a delay built in, but it's still handy.

[dwayne germaine]

I have bought a potion that was above regular caster level off of a chronicle sheet, and a holy hand grenade type item off the same one. I plan to buy a partially charged wand off of a chronicle I just got. I have a character who is going to buy an intellegent shield off of one of his chronicles once he gets enough gold, and another who is going to buy an intellegent sword off one of his chronicles when he gets enough gold. The thing is, once characters get a few levels in they usually have enough fame to buy the 'regular' magic items on their chronicle sheets so it doesn't matter so much, the only things that really matter are the unique items, partially charged wands, and potions that are above minimum caster level.

[Nefreet]

Remember that the items listed for sale on the Chronicle Sheet are typically items you either found as treasure during the scenario, or loot that your opponents were using against you.

I love having Rings of Protection or Amulets of Natural Armor on the Chronicle Sheet, because it means we got to temporarily use something during a scenario that we may not have purchased yet.

And I have a few characters that bought items from Chronicle Sheets even after they could normally acquire them elsewhere, because that particular item had a story behind it.

[dwayne germaine]

Nefreet wrote:

Remember that the items listed for sale on the Chronicle Sheet are typically items you either found as treasure during the scenario, or loot that your opponents were using against you.

I love having Rings of Protection or Amulets of Natural Armor on the Chronicle Sheet, because it means we got to temporarily use something during a scenario that we may not have purchased yet.

And I have a few characters that bought items from Chronicle Sheets even after they could normally acquire them elsewhere, because that particular item had a story behind it.

I agree that thematically it's nice to buy items off the chronicles. I have bought other items off my chronicle sheets too, I just don't remember them so much because they aren't AS special as things you couldn't buy otherwise.

Actually, now that you mention it I probably bought a cloak of resistance with one character before I could have bought it with the fame I had. I certainly don't think that Paizo should remove 'normal' magic items from chronicle sheets, I just LOVE the non-standard stuff on them.

[The Fox]

I have considered running a character who only buys items that are always available or on his Chronicles. I may still do so some day.

[My PFS Lavode De'Morcaine]

dwayne germaine wrote:

Nefreet wrote:

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And I have a few characters that bought items from Chronicle Sheets even after they could normally acquire them elsewhere, because that particular item had a story behind it.

I agree that thematically it's nice to buy items off the chronicles.

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Agreed. that is why I'm considering buying the intelligent shield even though it isn't that great.

[BartonOliver]

I have a character planning on getting both intelligent items and the reforge, I have a character with an otherwise illegal item (the enchantment doesn't work on the item it's on), I've taken advantage of some free items, and been introduced to items that other characters would like. But mostly partially charged wands or the occasional poison are the only things I see bought or buy off of chronicle sheets.

[Nefreet]

BartonOliver wrote:

I have a character with an otherwise illegal item (the enchantment doesn't work on the item it's on)

If it's the longbow you're referring to, that item was discussed at length and clarified to be perfectly legal (and intended to work that way).

[Jeff Merola]

Nefreet wrote:

BartonOliver wrote:

I have a character with an otherwise illegal item (the enchantment doesn't work on the item it's on)

If it's the longbow you're referring to, that item was discussed at length and clarified to be perfectly legal (and intended to work that way).

Well, yes, that's why they said otherwise illegal (in that the only legal source of the item is that chronicle sheet).

[BartonOliver]

I'm sure there was discussion about it. I know it is legal from the sheet and works the way it was intended, but the enchantment specifies a melee weapon which a bow is not making it to be what I believe is an otherwise illegal item. Unless in the clarification they've said you can now add that enchantment to any ranged weapon (or even any bow) besides the one found on a chronicle sheet, which if they did I missed.

[Ascalaphus]

@Barton: no, that chronicle sheet is so far the only way to get it.

[BigNorseWolf]

A very nice +int necklace was great for expanding Flutter's skills. The headband was just ridiculously expensive to upgrade from wisdom to wis/int.

[The Great Rinaldo!]

My wayang sold gear Monday night in order to buy the Hat of Disguise I found on one of his chronicles (before heading into a town we knew would have a high level of prejudice against such an odd looking creature, and where we were supposed to keep a low profile). I was SO thankful to find it on the chronicle, as I didn't have the fame for it. *phew*

[grandpoobah]

There are some useful and cool "Tech" items on some Season 6 adventures that will hopefully be useful on later Season 6 (or Season 7+) "tech" oriented adventures.

I rather liked that.

It's like finding demon bane stuff in early Season 5: you know it will be useful later.

Those are the kinds of things I like to find - something that will be useful on future adventures with a similar theme.

Otherwise the odds of finding something specifically useful for the character that happened to play that adventure are generally low - unless it's early access to a "common" useful item like a Belt of STR +2 or a handy haversack.

In the rare instance that I see something super cool and think "my other character would really like that", I just go GM that adventure next and put the GM credit version on it. Came in handy for my Improvised Weapon character; there are at least two cool improvised weapons out there and I had to use GM credits to get them (barring that, I still have 2 of my 3 replays available).

[kinevon]

Well, one of my PCs used a boon he had for a 25% discount on an item to buy a Pathfinder Pouch for 750 instead of 1,000 gp. It helped, as he only had 890 or so gp at the time. And the Pouch was really helpful in that scenario, and, for this PC, it will continue to be useful in the future...

[Protoman]

Wounded Wisp

Spoiler:

has a nice boon for Darkness spamming scenarios. Not useful against Deeper Darkness, but I intend on getting it anyways for my brawler.

[Covert Operator]

I was GM for a session, and a rogue bought a cloak of elvenkind (I think) for 1,000 GP off the CRB price (2500 -> 1500). One of the veterans said it was a mistake in the writing of the chronicle, but I let him buy it anyway. It didn't mention that it was discounted either :)

[Tamec]

Covert Operator wrote:

I was GM for a session, and a rogue bought a cloak of elvenkind (I think) for 1,000 GP off the CRB price (2500 -> 1500). One of the veterans said it was a mistake in the writing of the chronicle, but I let him buy it anyway. It didn't mention that it was discounted either :)

I was told a long time ago, and shown in writing, that if an item is on a chronicle sheet and there is a pathfinder equivalent that you had to get the pathfinder version (no discount for purchasing the 3.5 version cloak of elvenkind). I am not finding the links at the moment, but I would have purchased the same cloak.

[Genuine]

Tamec wrote:

Covert Operator wrote:

I was GM for a session, and a rogue bought a cloak of elvenkind (I think) for 1,000 GP off the CRB price (2500 -> 1500). One of the veterans said it was a mistake in the writing of the chronicle, but I let him buy it anyway. It didn't mention that it was discounted either :)

I was told a long time ago, and shown in writing, that if an item is on a chronicle sheet and there is a pathfinder equivalent that you had to get the pathfinder version (no discount for purchasing the 3.5 version cloak of elvenkind). I am not finding the links at the moment, but I would have purchased the same cloak.

Doesn't that just apply to the Season 0 stuff that was built out of WotC 3.5 material?

[Tanbeidi Dogsburn!!!]

Boomer the Mad wrote:

I took nearly all of the items from We Be Goblins and We Be Goblins Too.

Boomer is a gnome who developed Stockholm Syndrome when, as a child, he was abducted and tormented by the Licktoad tribe of goblins. He now believes he is a goblin and often uses a hat of disguise to appear to be a goblin. He also has a thing for fire.

I'm a pyrokineticist. The Licktoads liked my aptitude with flame. His Mighty Girthiness declared me goblin and a goblin I am!

Some other Pathfinders have claimed I'm a gnome. They're as crazy as Vorka.

Skyrockets are soooo much fun.

- Tanbeidi Dogsburn

[Boomer the Mad]

Tanbeidi wrote:

Boomer the Mad wrote:

I took nearly all of the items from We Be Goblins and We Be Goblins Too.

Boomer is a gnome who developed Stockholm Syndrome when, as a child, he was abducted and tormented by the Licktoad tribe of goblins. He now believes he is a goblin and often uses a hat of disguise to appear to be a goblin. He also has a thing for fire.

I'm a pyrokineticist. The Licktoads liked my aptitude with flame. His Mighty Girthiness declared me goblin and a goblin I am!

Some other Pathfinders have claimed I'm a gnome. They're as crazy as Vorka.

Skyrockets are soooo much fun.

- Tanbeidi Dogsburn

That is the character I will be taking through Eyes of the Ten. I'm just waiting to play one more module with him, then he will be ready.

[Tamec]

Genuine wrote:

Tamec wrote:

Covert Operator wrote:

I was GM for a session, and a rogue bought a cloak of elvenkind (I think) for 1,000 GP off the CRB price (2500 -> 1500). One of the veterans said it was a mistake in the writing of the chronicle, but I let him buy it anyway. It didn't mention that it was discounted either :)

I was told a long time ago, and shown in writing, that if an item is on a chronicle sheet and there is a pathfinder equivalent that you had to get the pathfinder version (no discount for purchasing the 3.5 version cloak of elvenkind). I am not finding the links at the moment, but I would have purchased the same cloak.

Doesn't that just apply to the Season 0 stuff that was built out of WotC 3.5 material?

That is exactly it. The 3.5 version of the cloak of elvenkind costs 1500gp.

/shrug

I can't only go by what I'm told by Campaign Leadership, and in this case it was my VC.

Edit Not by VC but ...

Walter Sheppard wrote:

Well as you may have noticed, I never make mistakes. Nevar.

I've never seen my VC make mistakes....He did give me a beautifully printed map for Risen from the sands with 1" = 10' but I never "saw" him printing it.

[Saving Cap'n Crunch]

Scabbard of Vigor.

[Covert Operator]

Well, I just checked my GM history, and this was a 4th season scenario

Spoiler:

The Disappeared

[Gamerskum]

Didn't they say the chronicles that showed armor and other items that were half price was a typo and you buy them for normal price?

[Nefreet]

There's a Season 1 Chronicle with a Ring of Protection +2 for half price.

After scouring the forums I couldn't find anyone saying it was in error, so I bought it.

I've noticed other non-Season Zero chronicles with variant pricing as well.

Occasionally, it's intended.

[Kigvan]

Tamec wrote:

Edit Not by VC but ...

Walter Sheppard wrote:

Well as you may have noticed, I never make mistakes. Nevar.

I've never seen my VC make mistakes....He did give me a beautifully printed map for Risen from the sands with 1" = 10' but I never "saw" him printing it.

Haha, knowing Walter that post was surely in jest and to take it out of context and assume otherwise would be a mistake.

[Jeff Merola]

Nefreet wrote:

There's a Season 1 Chronicle with a Ring of Protection +2 for half price.

After scouring the forums I couldn't find anyone saying it was in error, so I bought it.

I've noticed other non-Season Zero chronicles with variant pricing as well.

Occasionally, it's intended.

Well, according to this post, we're supposed to bring mispriced items to the attention of John, to make sure they're not something that needs to be changed.

[Conman the Bardbarian]

Jeff Merola wrote:

Nefreet wrote:

There's a Season 1 Chronicle with a Ring of Protection +2 for half price.

After scouring the forums I couldn't find anyone saying it was in error, so I bought it.

I've noticed other non-Season Zero chronicles with variant pricing as well.

Occasionally, it's intended.

Well, according to this post, we're supposed to bring mispriced items to the attention of John, to make sure they're not something that needs to be changed.

I need to get me some of that +1 vorpal full plate.

[Covert Operator]

I've PMed John Compton about it.