N18 Trading Post Rarity Roll

[Waynecheeky]

Ok, so, my group and I need some clarification since different sources say different things.

In a Dominion campaign (and/or in general) what modifications are made for a Law-abiding gang to buy Illegal items and vice versa?

I've seen -4 to your roll, I've seen -1, I've seen nothing.

 

[TopsyKretts]

Leader: +2
Champion: +1
Per full 10 Rep: +1
Law Abiding - Illegal (X) penalty: -4
Wasteland: -3 (instead of -4)

This is what I got, it should be according to N23 rulebook and all other sources.

 

[Waynecheeky]

Yeah, that was one of my sources but the Trading Post was different.

 

[TopsyKretts]

Which Trading Post?

 

[Waynecheeky]

The GW 2021 Trading Post pdf

 

[TopsyKretts]

That's outdated and replaced by N23 Rulebook. It should be ignored (almost?) completely.

 

[Waynecheeky]

Roger that. I assume N23 is Necrodamus?

 

[TopsyKretts]

N23 is official GW rules released in 2023. Typically every year (and even every book) the rules change. Case in point the N21 TP pdf and N23 rulebook.

 

[Waynecheeky]

Is the -4 modifier the same for an Outlaw gang buying non illegal goods?

 

[TopsyKretts]

No, that doesn't exist (if it did, it would be included in my list above).

N19 used to have symmetrical penalties for law-abiding and outlaw, but the divide didn't separate illegal vs non-illegal (rare), but rather trading post (common & rare) vs black market (common, rare & illegal) if memory serves me right.

 

[Aulenback]

Also, Outlaw gangs have a variety of penalties around collecting bounties, that law abiding gangs do not have, so that may have been part of the reasoning behind the "trading post asymmetry"?

 

[Scabs]

On a couple of occasions, a couple of guys in our group got REALLY creative with skills and such and boosted TP Rarity rolls to +8-ish. One even "sold" Rarity rolls. We don't game with them no more.