How do Seeker of Knowledge replays work?


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Second Seekers (Jadnura) 1/5 5/55/5

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I'm having trouble interpreting how the Jadnura meta-boon works for replays. Quoted here for reference:

Roleplaying Guild Guide wrote:
You can use this boon once for every Reputation Tier you possess with the Second Seekers (Jadnura) faction. Each time you use this boon, you can replay one scenario you’ve previously played as though that scenario had the repeatable scenario tag. This allows you to earn a Chronicle sheet and all associated rewards with the scenario, though you cannot select a scenario you’ve already played with this character.

It's the last part that I'm confused about: you cannot select a scenario you’ve already played with this character. Does that imply that any given character cannot benefit from its own Seeker of Knowledge boon? Is the only use of the boon, then, to give the Repeateable tag to scenarios another of your characters is playing? I guess I'm not clear on what the intent of this boon is: is it to let GMs who have run a lot of stuff replay scenario as players instead of GMs, or is it to let multiple different characters of the same Player replay scenarios, or is it both, or is it neither and something else altogether, or, or, or.

For example, consider this scenario. I've got two characters, 701 and 702. 701 has played in (non-repeatable) Scenario X, and has Tier 1 Reputation with SS(Jadnura.) 702 has not played Scenario X.
1) Can 701 use Seeker of Knowledge to replay Scenario X for credit? (I'm pretty sure no.)
2) If 702 also has Tier 1 Rep with Jadnura, can they use their own Seeker of Knowledge to play Scenario X for credit? (I'm pretty sure yes.)
3) Can 702 use 701's Seeker of Knowledge to play Scenario X and get credit, even though 702 does not have that boon themselves?
4) Does it change the outcome at all if 701 had GM'd Scenario X and not played Scenario X? I.E. if 701 has received credit for GMing Scenario X but not playing Scenario X, can they use Seeker of Knowledge to play it themselves for credit?

Possibly related: is there a generally understood convention that use of the verb "played" specifically excludes GMing? Like when they say "playing a scenario" does that very specifically refer to playing as a Player Character and not running or gamemastering (or whatever verb you want) as a GM?

Acquisitives 1/5 ***

The way I read it, is the boon allows you to replay a normally not-repeatable scenario, with a different character. For instance, if your 702 has played Live Exploration Extreme! your 703, if they have the Jadnura boon, can then go in and play Live Exploration Extreme!. However, your 702 would not be able to use the boon to play Live Exploration Extreme a second time.

Also, as an FYI, a single individual can always Play a scenario, and GM it, in either order, and still get credit for it each time.That credit must go to different characters however, and you can only gain credit from non-repeatable once for playing, and once for GMing, without using the Jadnura boon.

Dataphiles 4/5 5/55/5 *

Right so..

1) No
2) Yes
3) No
4) GMing is not playing; and no they have already received credit for the scenario, the repeatable tag does not allow a single character to get credit for the same scenario twice.

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Starfinder Superscriber

Its pretty simple. Seeker of Knowledge treats a non-repeatable scenario as if it had the Repeatable tag for one chronicle sheet. GM should write "Seeker of Knowledge #1" (etc) at the top of the chronicle sheet.

Sczarni 5/5 5/55/5 ***

Say your Exoguardians PC had credit for #1-10, and your Jadnura PC has credit for #1-20.

Your Jadnura PC could use the Replay Boon for #1-10, but not #1-20.

Your Exoguardians PC could not use the Boon, because they're Exoguardians.

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