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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redbadge" data-source="post: 5633362" data-attributes="member: 61463">Many of the items I'll eventually want to get for my character during the AP are uncommon. I assume my party members are probably the same. Therefore, I have a few clarifying questions with regards to equipment/prestige so we know when they come up. Just so you know, we haven't started the campaign yet (we start Saturday), so I don't know if or when we'll get our first "paycheck" or if it is possible at all to "shop" at any point during the first adventure.Let's say I am level 1, but want to buy a level 2 common item. Assuming there is a break in the action and I have enough money to buy the item, I can just tell our DM that I want it (perhaps roleplaying the actual transaction as needed), mark off the required gold, and add the item to my character sheet without any other restrictions, correct?Let's say that I'm still level 1, but I also want to buy a level 3 uncommon item. In this case, I wait for an appropriate time and then tell the DM I would like to requisition this item. Since we start at Prestige 2 with the RHC (I'm a Yerasol Veteran) and the Favor Rating for this request is 4, the DM would tell me that 7 days from now, I will receive the item I want, correct? I should add the item to my character sheet at that time, assuming that we are somewhere that I can interact with the RHC authorities?What if I don't want it to take a week and decide to use the Diplomacy/Intimidate option described in the Player's Guide to get the request treated as 1 level lower? Can I get our Eladrin bard to make this check, since our party is the one making the request? Is the DC for this Diplomacy check 27 (3 x 4 + 15)? Assuming she succeeds (which actually seems quite difficult), I should receive the item at the same time the next day instead, correct?Assuming we don't make the check, according to the Player's Guide, no one in the party can make any additional level 4 requests (including additional higher level uncommon items) until I receive mine, correct? Unless someone (anyone?) in the party can succeed in a Diplomacy check to make the new level 4 request be treated as a level 3 request instead? But as soon as I receive my uncommon, the next such request by anyone in the party would be rating 5 anyways, correct?According to the Player's Guide: "Start with a base Favor Rating of 3 for Uncommon items, and 5 for Rare items. Add 1 if the item you’re looking for is higher level than you. Then add 1 for each other uncommon or rare item you have. Do not count single-use items or items that the group providing the favor doesn’t know about." Since we apparently requisition items as a party, do we count all uncommon items possessed by the entire party when determining favor rating? For example, assume that I already have an uncommon item, as does the party Bard? Does the next guy treat the favor rating for acquiring a higher-level uncommon as 6 (3+1 + 1+1)? And the DC to reduce this level to a month (from level 6 to level 5, since we could "never" get it at Prestige level 2) would be DC 33 (3 x 6 + 15)?Finally, do I spend my money when I requisition the item, or when I receive it? For example, could I request a level 1 uncommon (Favor rating 3) at the very start of the adventure, and get it the very next day (assuming I earned enough money between now and then)?Depending upon your responses, I may have additional questions about the reward system.Thanks,Redbadge (Kirk, Human Thief/Yerasol Veteran/Grizzled Sergeant)</blockquote>

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