Enough with all this – what about the phat lewt?
There is a custom table the DM Staff uses for rolling up PRP treasure. It includes the possibility of magical items of low power, and offers an extended list of possible mundane treasure of appropriate values. Treasure is rolled by the Staff DM who reviews the plot. Plots submitted with treasure rolled will be rejected. If you wish to have a mundane or alchemical item within the parameters of the normal treasure for a plot of this type and level, you may request it, but the request may be denied. Plots centering on the recovery of a magical item of some sort should really be run by a Plotmaster or Staff DM, depending. PRPs are not designed to grant Huge Gobs of Phat Lewt. If you wish to run a plot where the PCs are paid by an NPC to undertake a task, the amount offered will be measured up against 1) what they’ve been asked to do and 2) the average party level and appropriate treasure for same. You won’t get a plot approved for 2nd level characters who are offered 1000 platinum each to
