04-11-2013, 02:39 PM | #31 | |
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I've got to dispute the "way more than 75 points" thing, though. Observe: Name: Cynthia, Top-Shelf Call Girl [35] Culture TL 8 [0]; Familiarity: Western [0]; Languages: English (Native / Native) [0]; French (Broken / Broken) [2]; Attributes: ST 8 [-20]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 11 [20]; HT 10 [0]; Secondaries: Spd 5.0 [0]; Mov 5 [0]; HP 8 [0]; FP 11 [3]; Per 12 [5]; Will 11 [0]; Advantages: Appearance (Beautiful) [12]; Empathy (Sensitive) [5]; Fit [5]; Flexible (Regular) [5]; Wealth (Very Wealthy) [30]; Perks: Classic Features (Girl Next Door) [1]; Disadvantages: Dependents (Two Beloved 0-Point Children, 6-) [-30]; Pacifism (Reluctant Killer) [-5]; Secret (Minor-League Criminal) [-10]; Status 0 (Lives Decently but Way Below Her Wealth-Indicated Means; Banks a Lot of Cash) [-5]; Quirks: Careful [-1]; Proud [-1]; Responsive [-1]; Thinks White Eyeliner is Attractive (on her own time; can forgo it at work for a schtick) [-1]; Skills: Acting (A) IQ+1 [4]-12; Carousing (E) HT [1]-10; Connoisseur (A) (Art) IQ-1 [1]-10, (Wine) IQ-1 [1]-10; Current Affairs/TL8 (E) (High Culture) IQ [1]-11, (People) IQ [1]-11; Erotic Art (A) DX+4f [4]-14; Savoir-Faire (E) (High Society) IQ+2 [4]-13; Sex Appeal (A) HT+1 [4]-11; f = +3 for Flexibility Notes: This is about as good as it gets with prostitutes. Having sex with you is almost (sometimes completely) secondary to the services she provides: This girl can convince your friends and family that you are the man that caught her, and that that is something to write home about. She is very skilled, but (more importantly), she lacks the sort of Disadvantages one would usually associate with a prostitute (Addiction, major Daddy issues, etc). She only works a couple of days a week, but provides a very respectable life for herself and her children off of that and is quite happy about it. |
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04-11-2013, 03:01 PM | #32 |
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Re: Street prostitutes and Erotic Arts
Well, the Status can't very well be straight out zero, because she has to be able to appear to be a plausible girlfriend for a very wealthy man, and therefore she has to have expensive clothes to fit that role.
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04-11-2013, 03:05 PM | #33 |
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She spends pocket money on the clothes and fakes the rest with Savoir-Faire, while living in an apartment comparable to mine. The kids' college fund is her top priority. ETA: Give her Sig Gear if you want; it's still less than half of 75.
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04-11-2013, 03:14 PM | #34 |
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Re: Street prostitutes and Erotic Arts
Best Suit + Impersonating Higher Status? That actually seems to be the whole point. (Sorry for not using proper SE terms - I'm in the middle of some calibration.)
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04-11-2013, 03:15 PM | #35 | |
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04-11-2013, 03:17 PM | #36 |
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Even if we give her full Status 1 so we can handwave waxing and baubles and such as CoL (which I don't personally think she lives up to, but for the sake of argument), that's still only 40. Asta's 75-point gutter whores are going to be cinematically exceptional no matter how we slice it.
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04-11-2013, 03:21 PM | #37 | |
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04-11-2013, 03:26 PM | #38 |
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I don't know her that well; she's a client. I'd assume about 5 more points in that sort of stuff if I wanted to be stringently realistic, but I've known her for about seven years now and have received no indication of that sort of thing; assign whatever random liberal arts subjects and personal interests that you like and you're still well below "way over 75."
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04-11-2013, 04:02 PM | #39 | |
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In some periods at least, they were making damn good money. I'm told that in Victorian-or-thereabouts armies, it was sometimes the Regimental Sergeant Major's perk to have first dibs on courting the laundress - because she was probably making better money than he was.
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04-11-2013, 04:29 PM | #40 |
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