How would you do this ?

[D10]

In about to GM a campaign in a few hours, and theres something that I have been unable to figure out.

Its a high powered low tech campaing.

One of the characters is a prince, son of the emperor of the worlds most powerfull nation by far.

But he the youngest son, and he has 4 brothers and 2 sisters older than him, he was sent into a far away province to honor its lord and marry his daughter, and now hes returning to the capital with his bride for his marriage.

What im having trouble figuring out is his status/entitlement to things.

Hes not the favored son, but hes not the blacksheep either.

Hes a prince but he doesnt have lands or wealth (as of now) and basically receives allowances from his brides father or his own father.

Still he commands as much social respect as the emperor, and any slight towards him can be seen as a slight towards the emperor if he can paint it in the right light.


I was thinking of something like

Status 3 (Hes a lord without lands, can vote in instances where they do, arbitrate conflicts, and do many diplomatic and military functions, and in the absence of a lands lord, he could even provide justice in the name of the emperor)

But has a courtesy rank 6, to reflect that people allow im in places and conversations he might now have participated if he was a mere landless lord

I also gave him a very expensive Patron, government, but thats where I really dont know if im right or wrong, would it be better to create allys out of the people who would give him this sort of help ?

[D10]

I ended up just adding a ridiculous ammount of powerfull allies for all the people who would help him, and just left him without wealth, with status 3 and courtesy rank 6

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by D10

I ended up just adding a ridiculous ammount of powerfull allies for all the people who would help him, and just left him without wealth, with status 3 and courtesy rank 6

Technically what he has shouldn't be called Courtesy Rank, because being an emperor isn't a Rank, but a Status. GURPS Power-Ups 2: Perks has the general category of Courtesy Title as a leveled perk, with Courtesy Rank as one example; you can also have Honorary Title in place of Status. So this character would have the Honorary Title of Prince. You'd give him Status 3 [15] and Honorary Title 3 [3] for an effective Status of 6.

How well off is he? If he has, say, Very Wealthy [30] that gives him one level of Status free, reducing the cost to [10].

Bill Stoddard

[D10]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Technically what he has shouldn't be called Courtesy Rank, because being an emperor isn't a Rank, but a Status. GURPS Power-Ups 2: Perks has the general category of Courtesy Title as a leveled perk, with Courtesy Rank as one example; you can also have Honorary Title in place of Status. So this character would have the Honorary Title of Prince. You'd give him Status 3 [15] and Honorary Title 3 [3] for an effective Status of 6.

How well off is he? If he has, say, Very Wealthy [30] that gives him one level of Status free, reducing the cost to [10].

Bill Stoddard

As of right now, he has no wealth on his own, as he was sent still very young to this distant province, and was taken care by the provinces lord, now hes returning to the capital, he willl probably receive as a wedding gift, some sort of lands/wealth, but as of the start of the campaign, he wont have any wealth

[Sir Tifyable]

Originally Posted by D10

As of right now, he has no wealth on his own, as he was sent still very young to this distant province, and was taken care by the provinces lord, now hes returning to the capital, he willl probably receive as a wedding gift, some sort of lands/wealth, but as of the start of the campaign, he wont have any wealth

So at the moment he has all the trappings of wealth - clothes, food, servants, living in a palace - even though none of the income is in his name. Regardless of his actions in the campaign, he will soon become Very Wealthy.

So since that is how he will be in the campaign, charge him for it now.

[D10]

Originally Posted by Sir Tifyable

So at the moment he has all the trappings of wealth - clothes, food, servants, living in a palace - even though none of the income is in his name. Regardless of his actions in the campaign, he will soon become Very Wealthy.

So since that is how he will be in the campaign, charge him for it now.

Points arent important in this campaign, one guy its a 500 point mage, while this guy is a 1000 point prince (630 pts in allies)