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Originally Posted by SCAR
A big pile of Cash is not the same as the Advantage Wealth.
The benefits of Wealth require point expenditure (or the advantage could be gifted by the GM like any other Advantage - Rank granted by a Patron, Unaging granted by a God, etc.
Having a big pile of cash does not 'require' you to spend points on the Wealth Advantage -
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I agree, but it's been argued so by others.
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Originally Posted by SCAR
with 2 possible exceptions: Dead Broke, and where you have a Job of a higher Wealth Level.
If you don't spend points to increase your relative Wealth level, then those characters who are Dead Broke will 'lose' their money (the cost of a -25 points Disadvantage is being hosed by fate/GM); and those with a Job from a higher Wealth level risk losing their Job (the rules don't actually say that, but its a logical resolution to the situation).
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I think that's an overly harsh logical resolution (more on the dead broke thing than the job one though).
Wealth's only game effect is in Char gen in how much money you start with (plus a fee bonus possibly to status), which is why applying its effect further directly into the game is IMO not appropriate
No where in the description does it say in dead broke that you are incapable of retaining money.
Basically:
You start with nothing but here's 25cp ≠ you will never have anything but here's 25cp
or
You start with $200 but here's 15cp) ≠ you will never be able to have more than $200 worth of anything but here's 15cp.