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<blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 7090740" data-attributes="member: 17607"><p>That's a good point, and it's even more significant at a con; at the FLGS, somebody probably just burned some gas and some free time to decide to try out your table, while at a con, that same player put down cash money to get a seat. (Though admittedly, as a con DM, you don't have to usually make that call on your own -- you can call over the con organizer to support you if you feel the character being presented is actually a result of cheating rather than just shady play practices.)</p><p></p><p>But here's the thing -- the admins have made it clear that running single encounters out of hardcovers solely to get treasure and magic items is not supported in AL (see p.14 of FAQ 6.1); if you as DM are convinced that this is what happened (because, for example, the character's log shows minimal XP for the chapter in which the magic item was awarded, which suggests that only the one encounter was run), then you as DM are absolutely in the right to restrict use of the item. (Kicking the player off the table is a wholly different option, and not one I'd recommend in this situation, unless the player becomes disruptive as a result of being denied use of the item.) If the same player comes back to the con next year with the same character and shows you the logs for the rest of the encounters in that chapter (which is allowed -- p.12 of FAQ 6.1), then you can allow the use of the item.</p><p></p><p>AL rules are not a license for players to do whatever they want and try to force those option down DMs' throats -- ideally, DMs shouldn't do that, either, but sometimes there's no other way to make a game go well (and in rare cases, it's the only way to prevent disaster).</p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Pauper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pauper, post: 7090740, member: 17607"] That's a good point, and it's even more significant at a con; at the FLGS, somebody probably just burned some gas and some free time to decide to try out your table, while at a con, that same player put down cash money to get a seat. (Though admittedly, as a con DM, you don't have to usually make that call on your own -- you can call over the con organizer to support you if you feel the character being presented is actually a result of cheating rather than just shady play practices.) But here's the thing -- the admins have made it clear that running single encounters out of hardcovers solely to get treasure and magic items is not supported in AL (see p.14 of FAQ 6.1); if you as DM are convinced that this is what happened (because, for example, the character's log shows minimal XP for the chapter in which the magic item was awarded, which suggests that only the one encounter was run), then you as DM are absolutely in the right to restrict use of the item. (Kicking the player off the table is a wholly different option, and not one I'd recommend in this situation, unless the player becomes disruptive as a result of being denied use of the item.) If the same player comes back to the con next year with the same character and shows you the logs for the rest of the encounters in that chapter (which is allowed -- p.12 of FAQ 6.1), then you can allow the use of the item. AL rules are not a license for players to do whatever they want and try to force those option down DMs' throats -- ideally, DMs shouldn't do that, either, but sometimes there's no other way to make a game go well (and in rare cases, it's the only way to prevent disaster). -- Pauper [/QUOTE]
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