11-18-2009, 08:47 PM | #51 | |
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11-18-2009, 09:29 PM | #52 |
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Re: Status & Wealth - Nobility
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=5658
Your question(s) appear to be answered - however this link should work... sorry about that. Kromm's explanation starts at 27. Cheers!
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11-19-2009, 06:40 AM | #53 |
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I pride myself on being persuadable; so few people are, especially on the interwebs.
It is the surest sign of a mind at work, actually listening to the opposing arguments rather than just waiting for your opportunity to restate your own opinion louder. I applaud you, sir. May others learn from your example.
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11-19-2009, 07:00 AM | #54 | ||
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-He records the reduced Wealth advantage on his character sheet, reducing his character point value. -He becomes Status 1 and this is recorded on the character sheet, with no resulting further change of character point value. -All rolls etc that involve Status are carried out at Status 1, not two. -wealth that he may retain in excess of this new Wealth level is now fair game for the GM to chip away. -the character's in-play title would change in whatever way the setting dictates -- in my TL3 fantasy setting that could mean that he still styles himself 'Sir', but 'everyone knows' about his debility and treats him a little less respectfully than unencumbered knights, or that his 'Sir' title was ex-officio and he can't use it. The point here is that the in-play, in-setting defintions can vary in different ways and really are like 'special effects' of the status Advantage. |
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11-19-2009, 08:41 AM | #55 | ||
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In any case GURPS generally focuses on adventurers, not lottery winners. It is a common adventuring trope that vast riches gained in adventures rarely "stick," so the way Wealth works is fine for an RPG. The name is still unfortunate. Like "Honesty" and "IQ," it is significantly different from the common English word it is identical to. Counter intuitive naming conventions are hard to avoid in a long running agglomerative project like GURPS, but they are annoying. |
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11-19-2009, 09:57 AM | #57 |
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To be fair, I wanted to call it "Economic Rank" or "Economic Status," but others felt that was too close to "Rank" and "Status," and probably easily confused given its relationship with the political kind of Status.
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11-19-2009, 10:16 AM | #58 |
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Socioeconomic Standing? Still not too snappy. (And more commonly seen as "... Status", but we're trying to avoid that word. Grade, Station, Place, Condition, Degree. Or Capacity, as that helps emphasize the potential more than just the current wealth.
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11-19-2009, 10:23 AM | #59 |
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Honestly it wouldn't be all that bad an idea to replace status and wealth with a single advantage that combines the two and can have limitations and enhancements like "cash-poor" and "nouveau riche"
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11-19-2009, 10:28 AM | #60 | |
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Affluency!
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