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Originally Posted by Donny Brook
Why is that a problem?
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Its plausible that you need different amounts of capital to support a given lifestyle in different societies. But from a story perspective, 'my character can pay expenses and has some disposable income without working full time' should be of similar utility regardless of setting, so the point cost should be similar. Just like its easier for an English speaker to learn Italian than Russian, but all languages cost the same in GURPS because in principle they offer the same utility and because GURPS is an adventure game not a modern language teaching game.
This is one of the ways in which mixing up the gamist concept of points and the economic concept of money leads to problems in these rules.