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There don't seem to be any mechanical options in the book.
There aren't. It's really a description of Absalom; its history, districts, and notable locations and people. To answer the original question, just buy a jar of honey and call it "wasp honey". The general rule of thumb is that if there aren't any mechanical benefits you can spend a reasonable amount and buy the item. ("My belt is ostrich-skin, not calf-skin.")
Guide to Absalom has some things that could prove problematic if you tried to use it as a rule book. Did you know that (according to GtA) casting invisibility and related spells is illegal in Absalom, even for defensive purposes? Better hope there are no witnesses around if a fight breaks out and you use one of those. It's a very interesting source book for lore, but isn't a rulebook.
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Did you know that (according to GtA) casting invisibility and related spells is illegal in Absalom, even for defensive purposes? (...) It's a very interesting source book for lore, but isn't a rulebook.
I thought GMs can use materials from Campaign Setting books for flavor? I wouldn't actually arrest PCs because that's a mechanical thing, but I might let them know about the law in advance if I knew a player was invisibility-prone, or have someone give them a warning or something. It's this sort of detail that makes this such a rich campaign setting.
It's no different than goblins being full citizens in Irrisen or holy symbols being outlawed in Rahadoum. PFS still happens in Golarion.
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I'm being serious when I keep mentioning "Masterwork Tool".
Drop 50 gold, and decide something to use it for.
It's obviously not normal honey.
"Purely for roleplay" is hard to pull off. Who just carries around a jar of honey?
+2 Diplomacy when dealing with Calistrians.
+2 Profession (merchant) when bartering.
Counts as a "Trade Good".
Whatever "roleplay" you're intending to use it for, add something mechanical, drop some gold, and go to town.
Plus, if "Wasp Honey" ever gets printed, with stats, you can say yours was from the previous hive, and it differs somewhat.
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I would treat it as honey for the purposes of pricing the item (1 gp/lb., as noted on page 93 of Ultimate Equipment). If you'd like to spend more than that per pound and record the item as "expensive honey" or the like, I have no objections. The first session I GMed for Pathfinder Society involved the PCs having to shop for fancy clothing. My NPC clothier salesman convinced one of the PCs to drop 150 gp on a "masterwork hat" that she kept for the rest of her career. I think it might have come into play once after that (the character's now level 17), but she always held onto that hat as a point of pride.
If your character wants to have a jar of rare honey, I see little issue. If it one day comes up that having a jar of delicious honey would be useful (I can think of one scenario, actually), I suspect your GM will be more amused by your character having it in his inventory than concerned that you purchased honey for ten times the normal price.
