08-12-2012, 01:08 PM | #51 | |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
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If you get a Sports car and somethign happens to it. If you social connection are such that you would beable to replace it sports car with no hardship they your wealthy, if you you only able to replace it with a used compact then you're not wealthy dispite have an expensive car |
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08-12-2012, 01:26 PM | #52 |
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Re: Do allies earn CP?
"If a poor PC becomes wealthy", not "if a poor PC gets a temporary windfall and wastes it all on ale and ladies of negotiable affection (or even magic swords and armor)".
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08-12-2012, 01:28 PM | #53 |
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08-12-2012, 07:46 PM | #54 |
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If you waste your money on ale and ladies, you don't have it anymore and you're poor again, so that's fine. If you buy magic swords and armor, those are almost as good as money--they're assets that make you worth a lot more than your starting wealth would indicate. I'm not sure what "if a poor PC becomes wealthy" is supposed to mean other than "if you acquire loot/cash/gear worth significantly more than your starting wealth."
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08-12-2012, 08:21 PM | #56 | |
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A magic sword is valuable, certainly. But it only works as a magic sword, or a financial asset. Never both. If you sell the magic sword, it stops being yours. If you offer it as collateral for a loan, the lender is going to be hanging on to it in the meanwhile, not you. Being wealthy is very much about being able to sustain your wealth level, not just your ability to have stuff. |
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08-12-2012, 08:58 PM | #57 |
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Thanks, that's a really useful quote. So Wealth really is more about having a good job or the connections that allow you to make money.
I'm just having trouble understanding when the GM would decide that you've become wealthy enough that you have to buy off a poverty disadvantage. If you're an adventurer with Poor on your character sheet, for example, but every week you make as much money looting dungeons as a person in your world with Wealth, then should you have to pay off Wealth because you now have a good source of income? If it's not about your existing assets, but rather potential assets, then how does one measure whether a PC has a higher Wealth level than he or she had previously? |
08-12-2012, 09:34 PM | #58 | ||
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08-12-2012, 10:49 PM | #59 | |
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The second question is: How long would it take him to get back in the black from 0? Suppose he lost everything; Bad bets, bad investments, bad booze, whatever. What would he have to do in order to re-achieve his previous level of cash flow? How long would it take him? Those are the things I would look at when changing a character's wealth level.
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