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 ====== Upkeep ====== ====== Upkeep ======
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-=====  +===== Just How Much Silver Should a Player Spend on Upkeep? =====
-Just How Much Silver Should a Player Spend on Upkeep? ===== +
 Jarold W. Holland-Hibbert © 1997 Jarold W. Holland-Hibbert © 1997
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 +Rescued from [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705095120/http://www.columbiagames.com/HarnPage/harnmaster/economics/upkeepv2.html]]
  
 ==== Introduction ==== ==== Introduction ====
  
  
-One of the strengths of the H’rnMaster system is in its detailed history and the completeness of the campaigning environment. The environment ranges from urban encounters in the dark, alleys of crowed cities to countryside skirmishes in the thick forests of H’rn. Role-playing the everyday experiences encountered in H’rnWorld provides the backdrop for atmosphere in a campaign and potential encounters for adventure. Characters in a H’rnWorld campaign have the same basic requirements of regular folk. They need to eat, sleep, pay taxes, spend money on equipment maintenance and purchase everyday items ranging from apples to yulpris. Role playing the haggling experience between shopkeepers and players for major purchase can provide entertainment for players and GM alike. How much should a player be expected to pay to keep their character alive and well?+One of the strengths of the HarnMaster system is in its detailed history and the completeness of the campaigning environment. The environment ranges from urban encounters in the dark, alleys of crowed cities to countryside skirmishes in the thick forests of Harn. Role-playing the everyday experiences encountered in HarnWorld provides the backdrop for atmosphere in a campaign and potential encounters for adventure. Characters in a HarnWorld campaign have the same basic requirements of regular folk. They need to eat, sleep, pay taxes, spend money on equipment maintenance and purchase everyday items ranging from apples to yulpris. Role playing the haggling experience between shopkeepers and players for major purchase can provide entertainment for players and GM alike. How much should a player be expected to pay to keep their character alive and well?
  
 Each player is unique in their spending habits and the manner in which they portray their character. Keeping track of the different levels of day to day spending for several players on such items as food and drink can soon become tedious. Often there will be a need for the game to focus on the immediate or medium range goals of the party and the daily haggle for butter and eggs would interfere with the smooth flow of the game. Simplifying the bookkeeping of some daily routines can help maintain game flow and allow players to focus on more pressing concerns of the campaign. Each player is unique in their spending habits and the manner in which they portray their character. Keeping track of the different levels of day to day spending for several players on such items as food and drink can soon become tedious. Often there will be a need for the game to focus on the immediate or medium range goals of the party and the daily haggle for butter and eggs would interfere with the smooth flow of the game. Simplifying the bookkeeping of some daily routines can help maintain game flow and allow players to focus on more pressing concerns of the campaign.
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-Players often spend most of their time during spring, summer and fall adventuring in the classical sense by traveling the breadth of H’rn, exploring ruins, plundering tombs and hiring themselves out as adventurers. Generally, the only time players provide honest labour for long periods is as journeymen on H’rn during the winter months when traveling in the snow would likely cause them to die of exposure. Typically the wages earned during the winter months would average 80% of those net incomes listed in H’rnDex.+Players often spend most of their time during spring, summer and fall adventuring in the classical sense by traveling the breadth of Harn, exploring ruins, plundering tombs and hiring themselves out as adventurers. Generally, the only time players provide honest labour for long periods is as journeymen on Harn during the winter months when traveling in the snow would likely cause them to die of exposure. Typically the wages earned during the winter months would average 80% of those net incomes listed in HarnDex.
  
 To simplify the accounting associated with year round routine monthly expenses I allow my players to choose a "lifestyle" or "quality of life" from a choice of four. Players are encouraged to make a selection that best suits their individual style of play and how they want their character to be portrayed in encounters. The player's lifestyle effects how their social and financial status is perceived by royalty, guild members, merchants, shopkeepers, guards, Lia-Kaviar and by the common people. The reactions of NPC's to players are influenced to a degree by first impressions and the often mistaken identity assumed from dress and mannerisms. Humble players often choose to be thrifty living the lifestyle of a peasant or farmer and maintaining a quiet profile. Others will attempt to overstate their wealth to make political and social connections that would otherwise be inaccessible. Most players will select a lifestyle somewhere between that of a serf and that of an aristocrat. To simplify the accounting associated with year round routine monthly expenses I allow my players to choose a "lifestyle" or "quality of life" from a choice of four. Players are encouraged to make a selection that best suits their individual style of play and how they want their character to be portrayed in encounters. The player's lifestyle effects how their social and financial status is perceived by royalty, guild members, merchants, shopkeepers, guards, Lia-Kaviar and by the common people. The reactions of NPC's to players are influenced to a degree by first impressions and the often mistaken identity assumed from dress and mannerisms. Humble players often choose to be thrifty living the lifestyle of a peasant or farmer and maintaining a quiet profile. Others will attempt to overstate their wealth to make political and social connections that would otherwise be inaccessible. Most players will select a lifestyle somewhere between that of a serf and that of an aristocrat.
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-The lifestyle's players choose to live are derived from four basic models of maintenance--in order of increasing expense Thrifty, Standard, Superior and Extravagant. The characters run by players are often more boisterous, daring and adventurous than the typical H’rnic citizen and as such rarely have the capability to effectively budget their expenditures of silver nor the willpower to stick to a budget should they come across one. The expenses detailed below are above average for the typical H’rnic citizen but players tend to live more than average lives. The exact expenses associated with each lifestyle should be carefully tailored to availability of silver in a campaign and the number of days spent in urban environments. Game Masters should remind PC's to maintain a surplus at the end of the Fall campaign season to enable players to survive the winter, perform expensive forms of archive and lab research or buy that shiny long hauberk. +The lifestyle's players choose to live are derived from four basic models of maintenance--in order of increasing expense Thrifty, Standard, Superior and Extravagant. The characters run by players are often more boisterous, daring and adventurous than the typical Harnic citizen and as such rarely have the capability to effectively budget their expenditures of silver nor the willpower to stick to a budget should they come across one. The expenses detailed below are above average for the typical Harnic citizen but players tend to live more than average lives. The exact expenses associated with each lifestyle should be carefully tailored to availability of silver in a campaign and the number of days spent in urban environments. Game Masters should remind PC's to maintain a surplus at the end of the Fall campaign season to enable players to survive the winter, perform expensive forms of archive and lab research or buy that shiny long hauberk.
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-The **Thrifty** player spends roughly 55d total per month: +
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-15d on food and beverage +
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-15d armour and weapon maintenance +
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-15d equipment and clothing maintenance, tolls and taxes +
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-10d accommodation +
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-The **Standard** player spends roughly 95d total per month: +
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-30d on food and beverage +
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-20d armour and weapon maintenance +
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-30d equipment and clothing maintenance, tolls and taxes +
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-15d accommodation +
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-The **Superior** player spends roughly130d total per month: +
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-40d on food and beverage +
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-25d armour and weapon maintenance +
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-45d equipment and clothing maintenance, tolls and taxes +
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-20d accommodation +
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-The **Extravagant** player spends roughly175d total per month: +
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-60d on food and beverage +
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-30d armour and weapon maintenance +
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-60d equipment and clothing maintenance, tolls and taxes+
  
-25d accommodation+==Monthly Expenses== 
 +^ ^  Thrifty  ^  Standard  ^  Superior  ^  Extravagant  ^ 
 +^ Total | 55d | 95d | 130d | 175d | 
 +^ food and beverages | 15d | 30d | 40d | 60d | 
 +^ armour and weapon maintenance | 15d | 20d | 25d | 30d | 
 +^ equipment and clothing maintenance, tolls and taxes | 15d | 30d | 45d | 60d | 
 +^ accommodation | 10d | 15d | 20d | 25d |
  
 These monthly rates include standard Harnic tolls and head taxes but do not include property taxes and transportation. Upkeep for horses, their tack, harnesses, grooming and fodder would add an additional 60d expense per month. Players are assumed to do their own minor repairs to weapons, armour, clothing and equipment using appropriate tools to which they must have access or carry as additional equipment. Major repairs such as the reattachment of a severed arm on a coat of mail or replacing the lining of a leather tunic is performed at an additional cost as outlined in the HarnMaster Core Weaponcrafting rules. The lifestyle costs assume approximately 10 days stay in average quality inns (rated 3 stars) in shared accommodations with the remainder of the month spent sleeping under the stars, in out buildings (i.e., sheds) or as the guests of NPC's. Players are also expected to exploit opportunities to supplement their diet with game obtained from hunting, poaching or foraging while in the wilderness. When staying for extended periods in an urban environment upkeep is usually increased by 10%-50% depending on individual circumstances. While working as a journeyman, a PC's rent and food are usually included as part of their wages whereas the same PC enjoying himself without employment for 30 days in an inn will increase expenses related to food and accommodation upkeep by 50%. The specific equipment and armour of each player character vary and the upkeep costs associated with each lifestyle are generalized. If a player does not wear armour or carry many weapons the upkeep fees represent costs for expendable items such as quills, ink, vellum, spell seeds, incenses and Clerical/Shek Pvar vestments. These monthly rates include standard Harnic tolls and head taxes but do not include property taxes and transportation. Upkeep for horses, their tack, harnesses, grooming and fodder would add an additional 60d expense per month. Players are assumed to do their own minor repairs to weapons, armour, clothing and equipment using appropriate tools to which they must have access or carry as additional equipment. Major repairs such as the reattachment of a severed arm on a coat of mail or replacing the lining of a leather tunic is performed at an additional cost as outlined in the HarnMaster Core Weaponcrafting rules. The lifestyle costs assume approximately 10 days stay in average quality inns (rated 3 stars) in shared accommodations with the remainder of the month spent sleeping under the stars, in out buildings (i.e., sheds) or as the guests of NPC's. Players are also expected to exploit opportunities to supplement their diet with game obtained from hunting, poaching or foraging while in the wilderness. When staying for extended periods in an urban environment upkeep is usually increased by 10%-50% depending on individual circumstances. While working as a journeyman, a PC's rent and food are usually included as part of their wages whereas the same PC enjoying himself without employment for 30 days in an inn will increase expenses related to food and accommodation upkeep by 50%. The specific equipment and armour of each player character vary and the upkeep costs associated with each lifestyle are generalized. If a player does not wear armour or carry many weapons the upkeep fees represent costs for expendable items such as quills, ink, vellum, spell seeds, incenses and Clerical/Shek Pvar vestments.
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