Hey all. I am getting ready to run PfD, and I was considering ABP (the players really love it). Has anyone else started with ABP, and if so, how did you adjust the starting loot suggestions?
I use Automatic Rune Progression in all my games (ABP but for armor, weapons, and apexes only).
I also did not adjust any of the starting loot or the loot they got during the adventure so far. We are now probably 2/3rds of the way through chapter 1 and there haven't been any incidents. Whenever I use ABP this way it just gives room to my players to be more creative with their item purchases. It has never felt good to have an entire collection of items to choose from then feel like you need to spend it on a striking upgrade.
Il keep you posted if anything unexpected happens but my group has played this way for our past 4 adventures paths so I'm sure it'll work out.
Thanks! I was leaning towards this as well. We are doing the automatic rune progression sort of thing on another game and it seems to be working well.