What is fame? Is it going away? Why do I have it? Can I spend it? How do I spend it?


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I've only been doing organized play for a few weeks, but I have 29 fame. Can I still spend it? I don't see it on my boons page. How do you spend it?

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If you've only been doing organized play for a few weeks, you shouldn't have any fame on a character -- fame stopped being awarded around September. They gave us a grace period from then to the end of the month (Jan '21) to spend any fame you had earned before they stopped awarding it.

Fame was a per-character currency that could be spent on a few boons. The list of things that could be bought with Fame is archived here in the PFS2 Guide.

You spend it by annotating on your most recent character sheet usually in the Notes section. Some people record it under Item Bought/Conditions Cleared, but that's mixing Gold and Fame currencies and some people dislike that.

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JohnnyRelentless's profile wrote:
Secondary Initiation Boon purchased. Must find out what it is.

Saw this question on your character's profile.

The Pathfinder Society is just one of many organizations across Golarion, and some character options such as Feats or items require you to be a member in an organization before you can gain access to them. Every character is a member of the Pathfinder Society by default. The Secondary Initiation boon allows you to count as a member of another organization, in addition to being a Pathfinder.

So, for example, if your character wanted to become a member of a Hellknight Order, you'd purchase the Secondary Initiation boon using your Fame, and stipulate which Order it applies to.

(cool for flavor and RP, but most people use it just for access to Uncommon options)

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Eric Nielsen wrote:
If you've only been doing organized play for a few weeks, you shouldn't have any fame on a character -- fame stopped being awarded around September. They gave us a grace period from then to the end of the month (Jan '21) to spend any fame you had earned before they stopped awarding it.

I actually registered for organized play over a year ago, I think, but I only created a character and began playing a few weeks ago. Maybe that's why I've gotten fame? I definitely have 23 fame for the character I made a few weeks ago, and 10 for a character I made a few days ago. Under each character it says:

Radiant Oath: 21
Vigilant Seal: 2
Fame: 23

and:

Grand Archive: 2
Horizon Hunters: 4
Radiant Oath: 4
Fame: 10

A few days ago a GM mentioned just as I signed off that there were eight days left to spend it, which is what prompted me to ask here.

Thanks for the information. But now I'm not sure if I should spend it.

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JohnnyRelentless's profile wrote:
Secondary Initiation Boon purchased. Must find out what it is.
Saw this question on your character's profile.

Thanks, I guess I got a bonus question answered! That was a note to myself to look into it, lol. But I never found a good answer. Now I don't have to post the question!

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JohnnyRelentless wrote:
Eric Nielsen wrote:
If you've only been doing organized play for a few weeks, you shouldn't have any fame on a character -- fame stopped being awarded around September. They gave us a grace period from then to the end of the month (Jan '21) to spend any fame you had earned before they stopped awarding it.

I actually registered for organized play over a year ago, I think, but I only created a character and began playing a few weeks ago. Maybe that's why I've gotten fame? I definitely have 23 fame for the character I made a few weeks ago, and 10 for a character I made a few days ago. Under each character it says:

Radiant Oath: 21
Vigilant Seal: 2
Fame: 23

and:

Grand Archive: 2
Horizon Hunters: 4
Radiant Oath: 4
Fame: 10

A few days ago a GM mentioned just as I signed off that there were eight days left to spend it, which is what prompted me to ask here.

Thanks for the information. But now I'm not sure if I should spend it.

You’re getting tripped up by a terminology change between 1st edition and 2nd edition. In 1E PFS, fame was a running total of how much prestige you earned, and prestige was something that you spent on things like raise dead.

In 2E, reputation is a running total, and fame is a thing you spend.

To make things even more confusing, the running total is still listed as fame in the system. What you actually have is 23 and 10 reputation, not fame. Fame would be listed on your chronicle sheets, but as was mentioned, it hasn’t been awarded for a while now. So if you’ve only been playing for a few weeks, you wouldn’t have earned any. If a GM mistakenly filled in the Fame on your chronicle sheet, it was just that. A mistake.

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Ferious Thune wrote:
If a GM mistakenly filled in the Fame on your chronicle sheet, it was just that. A mistake.

Ok, thanks for clarifying that.

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