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If someone could link to a place where one of staffers commented on this, IMO it would be a mistake to ignore that, even though it doesn't exist in the FAQ. Though as I said, I cannot recall where it was expressed to me and since I cannot locate the source, take it as hearsay, but I'm fairly sure (enough to express it here, but not enough to bet a paycheck) it was Tonya who said you could not use a Hero Point on earn income checks because they occur between scenarios and HP do not extend beyond the end of the session. I cannot recall if the "fortune" feature is part of the justification. As such, I do not allow HP on earn income or crafting rolls. Of course since none of us can point to an official source and some seem to think the rules as printed are not explicit enough, expect table variation.
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If someone could link to a place where one of staffers commented on this, IMO it would be a mistake to ignore that, even though it doesn't exist in the FAQ. Though as I said, I cannot recall where it was expressed to me and since I cannot locate the source, take it as hearsay, but I'm fairly sure (enough to express it here, but not enough to bet a paycheck) it was Tonya who said you could not use a Hero Point on earn income checks because they occur between scenarios and HP do not extend beyond the end of the session. I cannot recall if the "fortune" feature is part of the justification. As such, I do not allow HP on earn income or crafting rolls. Of course since none of us can point to an official source and some seem to think the rules as printed are not explicit enough, expect table variation.
I disagree, this hearsay-based "globally consistent rules" thing is not okay.
I understand that getting FAQs all polished up may take too much time. But if as OPF you actually care whether we use hero points, all you have to do is copy Joe Pasini's style: open up a thread and in the first post put your ruling.
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You can call it not okay, but there is an ongoing and consistent history of Paizo staffers clarifying rules in Facebook threads, face-to-face, etc. and there are no indications it'll stop happening any time soon. As long as it continues, people who receive what they believe are good-faith clarifications are going to share them in the various media channels (here included). You are welcome to place whatever level of importance to them as you'd like, but for many these "tid-bits" are a peak behind the curtain. If the staff spoke out of turn, that's on them, and they cannot blame the community for placing weight to their comments. OTOH, if you prefer to ignore these "clarifications" until they appear in an official FAQ, etc. feel free, as the rules support such action. In lieu of an official position by the OP team, there is simply no other course of action than expect table variation. In cases of ambiguity, we should not be over-ruling table GM adjudication unless we can point to a specific rule or clarification. If I chose not to allow Hero Points for earn income checks at my table and the GM at the table next to me allows it at theirs, I'm okay with that.
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Just following the 'no fortune affects allowed on downtime' concept forward, that also means no Assurance use on downtime as Assurance is defined as a fortune affect.
While Hero Points are the 'lucky moment of fate' which didn't apply to long duration activities abstracted away to a single roll, it seems that Assurance is the opposite (steady/predictable progress, not even requiring a roll no luck involved).