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I ran the Beginner Box adventure Menace Under Otari for my home campaign and reported both the upper and lower dungeon levels for PFS credit. However, the sanctioning document for the adventure says "Players earn access to the items and options listed on the Chronicle Sheet through their actions during the adventure. If the PCs don’t discover an item or fulfill the conditions described in the adventure to gain access to an option, cross that option off of each player’s Chronicle Sheet."
My issue is that some of the items listed on the chronicle sheets are not available to find during the Menace Under Otari adventure. For instance, the pyrite rat and the belt of good health are not found in the adventure. Interestingly enough, these items are available during the Troubles in Otari adventure, which my home campaign is running through now. In an instance like this where an item listed on the chronicle is not available to find in the adventure itself, should I cross it out? I'm guessing this was an oversight in the directions for the sanctioning document, but I thought I'd check in case there was some relevant rule here I'm unaware of.
Venture-Lieutenant, Finland—Turku
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This is an issue that pops up every now and then. I strongly believe that the intent is to cross out items the players missed either due to their own actions (failed a check or made a decision to not explore a place) OR if the scenario has alternative, mutually exclusive paths (some scenarios give you an option to run version A, B, or C), then they can't find the items on the paths you did not run. But, if an item was not able to be found at all, but was listed on the sheet, I just assume access is given 'as a reward'.
Note that since it's run in 'Adventure Mode', As the GM you have the power to make whatever changes you feel like in the adventure. You could have the quest giver (Forgot her name) hand out All the magical items to the PCs at the beginning of the adventure, if you wanted, or drop an item they missed to the boss' treasure pile.
