03-10-2009, 10:59 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Family Ties
Ok. I have a few problems about be sure about how treat family ties on making some important NPCs here.
Things like: Should a wife or a son have the same wealth level as his parent if none of them have a separate income? Should the wife of a nobleman with no children buy the heir advantage? If this wife is just a court maid or the wife of a ruler, her husband is her patron or her ally? Sometimes i get confuse. In a general way, i am treating any person who dont have a separate income to have a family member who supports them as having a Patron. If it involves titles and possessions, i also include heir. When the family members are apart and the son or wife have a job and dont have constant contact with what would be a Patron, i do buy their separate wealth and buy the powerfull family member as an ally. In some cases, i just buy the entire family as an ally group. How wrong could i be?
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03-10-2009, 11:05 AM | #2 |
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Re: Family Ties
Sounds about right. Now, keep in mind that a lot of the time a noble woman will have things that are, for all purposes, hers - even if they were given to her by her husband. You might want to give them a Wealth level that represents this. They also frequently have spending money given to them by their husbands - this would probably be counted as Independent Income.
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03-10-2009, 11:32 AM | #5 | |
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This is assuming a combat-oriented Ally, of course.
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03-10-2009, 12:05 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Re: Family Ties
Ok, people...thank you. it seems i am going on the right direction, but is very very good may discuss it with someone not involved with the campaing in question. When i started to think about it, i was thinking about a fantasy noble woman, but if i may find a general way to deal with it, better.
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03-10-2009, 12:18 PM | #7 |
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Re: Family Ties
I would usually treat a family member (or other person) who gives you money to live on as a 'job' with a wealth level dependent on the amount of resources you effectively control, regardless of whether you are legally able to hold property in your own name (which I would consider to be part of the appropriate social stigma). This person would probably also count as one or more of the following: Ally, Patron, Contact, Dependent or Duty.
For example, a medieval noblewoman with a bed-ridden husband could have control over all his estates and be Filthy Rich with a Dependent. The same woman with a healthy but miserly husband might have less control over the household finances (say, Wealthy) but her husband might count as an Ally. A slave might not legally be able to own property, but would probably have an effective wealth level of at least poor or struggling to represent the resources he controls, along with a Duty. |
03-10-2009, 12:29 PM | #8 | |
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03-10-2009, 01:33 PM | #9 |
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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Well, Harald... i have been inclined to think this way these days, but while i dont decide it, i still treating many of my important NPCs just as a Player Character. In fact, i do have many and many complete character record sheets for them, specially because my fantasy campaing is not focused on magic, power or fights, but in day by day life.
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03-10-2009, 02:10 PM | #10 | |
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I *could* model that with Wealth or Patron, Debt, Compulsive Gambler, Secret, etc - but he's not a PC, and he doesn't need those traits. |
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