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bertman4
01-15-08, 12:43 PM Recently at a gameday some PCs were drained. One (the Cleric) had 2 levels drained and did not make either save. Another PC had 6 points of ability drain. They were more than a week out of Stormreach. So my question is how do I report this? There is a place on the reporting form for level drain. I am assuming that once they got back to Stormreach, the PC with the ability drain could get a Restoration cast? How much would it cost? I think this would be a GP debt? Thanks for any help.
Bertman
Istaran
01-15-08, 01:34 PM I believe it is fair to continue the session long enough to go buy spellcasting services in Stormreach. Anything the PCs purchase during the module (including spellcasting services) can be paid for with a mix of Cash On Hand (which refreshes every mod and does not need to be recorded) and GP Debt (which is a permanent loss, and should be recorded). So if the party did not keep enough cash floating around to pay for the restorations then they will take GP debt.

I don't know about the level drain though. If you want to be generous, it can be restored by spellcasting services by having a higher level cleric cast Restoration (costs 100gp + 40gp x caster level), since the time limit is one day per caster level, not a flat week. In that case see the above comments on COH/GP debt. Otherwise, it will need to be reported as XP loss, and I do not know off hand the exact number (but it will be something on the order of 500xlevel or 1000xlevel).
Skerrit
01-15-08, 02:53 PM I'll get this in the next XECS. Level loss should be dealt with just like loosing a level due to character death. Lose 500 xp x PC's level, or pay the gold for the restoration spell to be cast using PHB cost (unless the mod gives you a way out of that cost) and record it as a gp debt (minus any COH or Story Objects you might use to defray the cost). As with dying, you can split this gp debt among other PCs if they agree.

I will also try to add a section about buying spells in Stormreach as well.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
bertman4 01-15-08, 12:43 PM	Recently at a gameday some PCs were drained. One (the Cleric) had 2 levels drained and did not make either save. Another PC had 6 points of ability drain. They were more than a week out of Stormreach. So my question is how do I report this? There is a place on the reporting form for level drain. I am assuming that once they got back to Stormreach, the PC with the ability drain could get a Restoration cast? How much would it cost? I think this would be a GP debt? Thanks for any help. Bertman
Istaran 01-15-08, 01:34 PM	I believe it is fair to continue the session long enough to go buy spellcasting services in Stormreach. Anything the PCs purchase during the module (including spellcasting services) can be paid for with a mix of Cash On Hand (which refreshes every mod and does not need to be recorded) and GP Debt (which is a permanent loss, and should be recorded). So if the party did not keep enough cash floating around to pay for the restorations then they will take GP debt. I don't know about the level drain though. If you want to be generous, it can be restored by spellcasting services by having a higher level cleric cast Restoration (costs 100gp + 40gp x caster level), since the time limit is one day per caster level, not a flat week. In that case see the above comments on COH/GP debt. Otherwise, it will need to be reported as XP loss, and I do not know off hand the exact number (but it will be something on the order of 500xlevel or 1000xlevel).
Skerrit 01-15-08, 02:53 PM	I'll get this in the next XECS. Level loss should be dealt with just like loosing a level due to character death. Lose 500 xp x PC's level, or pay the gold for the restoration spell to be cast using PHB cost (unless the mod gives you a way out of that cost) and record it as a gp debt (minus any COH or Story Objects you might use to defray the cost). As with dying, you can split this gp debt among other PCs if they agree. I will also try to add a section about buying spells in Stormreach as well.