Each sanctioned adventure comes with a freely downloadable sanctioning document located on the product’s description page on paizo.com. This document contains the rules for running that adventure, as well as Chronicles awarded for completion.

Read the sanctioning document carefully, as it might modify the adventure's rewards. Specific information in a particular sanctioning document always takes precedence over the general information presented in this Guide.

Unlike Scenarios and Quests, Chronicles for other sanctioned adventures are assigned at the completion of the adventure. A player can assign a Chronicle for a sanctioned adventure (other than a Bounty) to a character that is "busy" taking part in a Scenario or Quest. This can happen with play-by-post or with multiple live sessions, for example. In this case, Chronicles are applied in order of start date; apply the Chronicle from the adventure they are "busy" with first, followed by the Chronicle from the other sanctioned adventure.

A group can complete an adventure when it is not sanctioned. If it later becomes sanctioned, the GM is allowed and encouraged to issue Chronicles to all interested players. These Chronicles are applied as if the group had completed the adventure on the date the Chronicle is issued. Such Chronicles must have an accurate issue date (that is, they cannot be backdated) and cannot be applied such that they retroactively affect other Chronicles.