04-24-2012, 07:36 AM | #1 |
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Status by Rank: Cost of Living?
This is about B 29: "Rank".
In the beginning of this chapter, it says "Unlike Status, Rank costs no money to maintain." Later on, it says "Rank may coexist with Status. If so, then high Rank grants additional Status at no extra cost: +1 to Status at Rank 2-4, +2 to Status at Rank 5-7, and +3 to Status at Rank 8 or higher." This "at no extra cost" obviously refers to CP. But what about cost of living? Is this, too, for free, as you are recognized as "being of high Status", even if you don't have / spend a lot of money, or do you have to maintain this Status? |
04-24-2012, 07:52 AM | #2 | |
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04-24-2012, 07:54 AM | #3 | |
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However, if you get Status free from Wealth, you do have to pay that CoL. If you don't, how does anyone know you're wealthy? Bill Stoddard |
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04-24-2012, 08:12 AM | #4 | |
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Even naval captains or church bishops might travel without their institution paying. However, they could insist on people refering to them with their title. Would they "lose" the bonus Status as long as they are not paying higher cost of living and regain it when they are back at home? Or would people still recognize them as "something better"? |
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04-24-2012, 08:59 AM | #5 | |
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04-24-2012, 09:00 AM | #6 | |
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04-24-2012, 09:10 AM | #7 |
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Free Status from Rank is free in every sense. The means of support for the Status is abstracted into the point cost for the Rank. High clergy and military officers only enjoy such bonus Status in the society where their Rank has meaning . . . so if their full Status pertains, then they are by definition in a place where the organization behind their Rank has resources and influence, and these assets cover cost of living. If such a person is so cut off from his organization that such support isn't realistic, then the Status won't matter either, so why should he pay cost of living for it? There are certainly cases where a high-Rank person might be sent outside his organization's reach as a consultant, emissary, or what-have-you and yet be expected to look the part, but that's an official function and the sort of thing that the organization will pay for.
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04-24-2012, 09:12 AM | #8 |
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