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Old 02-17-2020, 02:38 AM   #16
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Default Re: Cost of clothing in Low-Tech Loadouts

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Originally Posted by bocephus View Post
Have I read the rules wrong? I have always taken this to mean you have $2000 a month and from that you pay your expenses. Now I am world traveled enough to know that $2000 a month varies greatly from place to place, in rural Ohio thats above average where New York City you are well below the poverty line.

I have never ruled that the income was only your discretionary spending, for me thats your total income for the month, That makes far to much money available if you rule it that way. I have also tended to use more the description of what that income means and not so much the specific amount, that has been enough for me but Im not trying to run a campaign based on economic realism (while I try to have it make sense, I dont get super wrapped up in the actual dollar number).
The listed income for a normal Status-0 job at TL8 is $2600/month. Listed living expenses, all up, for Status-0 is $600/month.

Thus you have $2000/month to blow on whatever - savings, adventuring kit, etc.
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