Baron's Business
OK, I've been wrestling with the Ally/Dependent aspect of Amelia. In passing, I'm happy to do all the bookkeeping for this. Open book, of couse. :)
Copy/paste of where we got to:
Increased status (2 to 4) = +10CP Edit: Actually it's: (1 to 4) = +15CP
Increased standard of living = goes from $3k pm (Status 2) to $60k pm (Status 4). Wow. [B265]
Status 4 requires Wealth level Average +4 Fithy Rich (TL4 pay $800x100=$80k pm [B516-7]
So, Wealthy => Filthy Rich = +30CP
Total +35CP 40CP
versus
Duty to the Duke (Quite rarely, but extremely hazardous) (6) [-7CP]
Duty to the Duke (Most of the time, non-hazardous) (15) [-10CP]
Duty to NW Catheran (Brother, vasaal. Fairly often. Hazardous) (9) [-5CP]
Duty to Luscious Meadows (Quite often. 12 or less) [-10CP]
Dependent (Amelia)
So, picking this up again, here are some of my thoughts:
Amelia starts as Ally but would like her to end up as Dependent. At 250CP versus Kenyan's 167CP, RAW she;s not allowed to be a dependent, so "phasing over" would be needed. (More on that later).
Kenyan started off as a wealthy fellow of some importance and only limited ability and limited responsibility.
He's now become immensely wealthy, of great responsibility and still only limited ability. I want to grow his ability.
Query 1: Is Amelia combat capable? (How skilled?) Or is she a big bundle of socio-econonomic skills?
OK, so Kenyan has just gained a huge amount of wealth.
Assuming it's probable that the Baroness getting married to Kenyan won't vastly increase her wealth, then I propose that the pair swop Walth status, with her being somewhat financially dependent on him (long term).
{In mechanics terms, Amelia was Fithy Rich [50CP] but that has majorly fallen to Kenyan to control (as the new Baron), so Amelia "only" has her personal wealth remaining, although Kenyan doesn't actually stop her doing anything, her Advantage drops to Wealthy [20CP].}
Query 2: Did Amelia start with the Advantage Filthy Rich [50CP]?
u>Query 3:</u> Did Amelia start with these Disadvantages? If so, at the same frequencies?
Duty to the Duke (Quite rarely, but extremely hazardous) (6) [-7CP]
Duty to the Duke (Most of the time, non-hazardous) (15) [-10CP]
Duty to Luscious Meadows (Quite often. 12 or less) [-10CP]
This message was last edited by the player at 12:38, Sat 02 July 2022.