Dragon's Deman in PFS - The Auction

[shalandar]

I will be running Part 2 of Dragon's Demand in a few of weeks, and a part of it is an auction where players can bid on items. While most of the items are junk to an adventurer, some of them are not....such as a Book of Extended Summoning (2750gp), Flesh Golem Manual (8000gp), and a Manual of War (7500gp). Some of these items would be unavailable to purchase due to fame restrictions for some characters. On top of that, the person they are working for offered to pay half the cost of an item (up to 7500gp) for helping her.

So, how do I handle this, officially? Do I let them buy it and write it on their chronicle sheet? Do I just tell them they aren't permitted to bid unless they have enough fame? Is there something else I do?

[GreySector]

If you are running it in campaign mode, then Fame doesn't matter (just run it how you like).

If you are running just the PFS sanctioned sections then I would gloss over the auction and run the combat at the end (the backing of the Baroness doesn't matter since they can't really purchase things for a discount).

The effect of the auction is represented by a boon on the chronicle sheet.

EDIT:

Of course, describe the important plot points of the auction.

Also, this should be in the GM discussion forum.

[shalandar]

Michael Eshleman wrote:

If you are running it in campaign mode, then Fame doesn't matter (just run it how you like).

If you are running just the PFS sanctioned sections then I would gloss over the auction and run the combat at the end (the backing of the Baroness doesn't matter since they can't really purchase things for a discount).

The effect of the auction is represented by a boon on the chronicle sheet.

EDIT:

Of course, describe the important plot points of the auction.

Also, this should be in the GM discussion forum.

Hmm, I didn't think getting a +3 to fame one time was worth the same as 1/2 off one of those items.

Edit: Seems like no matter what forum I post something, it's the wrong one....

[GreySector]

BTW just keep in mind these are my off-the-cuff suggestions. I haven't devoted a great deal of thought to it.

You are right, they aren't equivalent. Regardless, a PFS character can't get discounted items or free items if they are not on a chronicle sheet or through some other effect (like an Exchange Faction Journal Card).

I don't recall if there is already a thread in the GM Discussion forum about Dragon's Demand for PFS or not.

EDIT

Here is a thread in GM discussion about this module. As a warning things are rarely spoiler tagged in that forum since it is designed for GMs.