From:	Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject:	The Meaning of Life(styles) (LONG)
Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:41:56 -0700 (PDT)

> Street - 0
> Squatter - 4
> Low - 10
> Middle - 15
> High - 20
> Luxury - 28
>
> See? You allocate your points among the four 'attributes.'
>
> Okay, the Ratings. I used 4 as the average, sort of...anyway, this
is subject to criticism too. Hit me with yer best shot ("go on, hit me
with yer best shot!!!! Fire awAAAAYYYY!!!").
<BigSnips(TM)>

Your point values are too low on average. If 4 is the average, then
Medium should have 16 points (enough to have average ratings is
everything). I'd also put a couple more points into High and 1 or two
into low. Squatter and street should suck, so they stay the same and
Luxury can't get any higher anyway.

Btw, according to your values, a street lifestyle can only be in a Z
neighbourhood. Or do you say, "Camp out whereever you want, but be
prepared to have the Star roust you out if you're in a nice
neighbourhood"? (i.e. GM's judgement call).

One last thing - what do you do about people who live in vehicles?
GreyWolf (the character owned by the person) is a rigger with a nice RV
that has High living amenities. I think he also had a Low or a Medium
lifestyle, but he didn't LIVE there - that was used for other purposes
- he actually lives in the RV. How do you deal with that?

(Apologies if I misrepresented your situation, GW - I'm going from
memory here.)

Btw, Scott, I wouldn't worry about people maxing out on single ratings
too much. That allows for "safehouses".

For instance say I have a character with a Medium lifestyle where he
lives, but a few Low lifestyle safehouses. The stats would probably go
something like this:

Medium residence: CASH - 4/3/4/4
Low safehouses: CASH - 1/1/5/3 or 2/1/5/2

On the other hand, my richer character who lives at a High lifestyle
place also owns a bunch of Medium lifestyle safehouses might look like
this:

High residence: CASH - 6/4/5/5
Medium safehouses: CASH - 2/3/7/3
(Without security personnel for the rating 7 - might draw unwanted
questions).

Makes sense, don't you think?

One problem I just remembered. A, B, C and D aren't four ratings.
They're two ratings, but for different areas. A and B are equivalent
security ratings, but for residential and commercial areas
respectively. Same for C and D. (This is discussed in a couple of
different books - I believe they're the Lone Star sourcebook and New
Seattle, but don't quote me on that.)

*Doc' gets a Luxury lifestyle rated 14/7/0/7 - pure hedonism and no
security to scare away all those WONDERFUL gatecrashers...mmm...come to daddy...*
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

.sig Sauer
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