CapnZapp
Legend
Hah.Not in this particular adventure it's not It's quite permanent. You die here, you die for good. No take backs.
Unless we're massively misunderstanding each other, Flaming Fist want half of all your loot AFTER signing their 50 gp charter.The reason I brought up 50gp is because by the time the PCs get that (can be as early as level 1 ), the whole thing is moot anyway. They would have enough to get a charter and do what they want. So let's say you have a party of level 5 PCs. They are approached by the FF who declare they are the legal authority and demand the 50gp as a charter fee, or they will confiscate the items. The party looks around at each other and says, "10gp a person? I spend more than that on a meal. No probs." I.e., there wouldn't be much incentive for the PCs to fight the "law" just to save 50gp. At 5th level, they probably have a lot more than that in their pockets.
The 50 gp gets credited towards that sum.
Say you loot 10000 gp. You get to keep 5025 gp since you've already paid 50 gp so the sum to split is 9950; they "only" take half of that or 4975; ergo you keep 5025 gp.
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