Resources
Overview
- Found In: M20 page 322, V20 page 116.
- Available To: All characters.
- In Character Generation: Purchasable as standard Background.
- After Character Generation: Raised through methods below.
- Purchasable When Becoming: No
- Limitations: A rating of 5 is the maximum.
Resources refers to your character's spending power.
| Score | Monthly Income | Starting Equipment | Vehicles | Housing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $50 | 1 weapon, 1 piece of armor, 1 gun* | Bicycle | No housing |
| 1 | $1,500 | 2 weapons, 2 guns*, 2 pieces of armor | Motorcycle or cheap car | SRO or your vehicle |
| 2 | $5,000 | 3 weapons, 3 pieces of armor, 3 guns* | Car or motorcycle | SRO, studio apartment, or one-bedroom |
| 3 | $10,000 | 4 weapons, 4 pieces of armor, 4 guns* | A nice car, or up to 3 normal vehicles (e.g., standard car, bike and a motorcycle) | Small or medium home, or an apartment |
| 4 | $25,000 | 5 weapons, 5 pieces of armor, 5 guns* | Up to 4 vehicles, each can be fancy (sports cars, etc.) | Up to 4 houses and/or apartments |
| 5 | $125,000 | 6 weapons, 6 pieces of armor, 6 guns* | Up to 5 vehicles, each can be fancy (sports cars, etc.) | Up to 5 houses and/or apartments, including a mansion |
(*) Requires Firearms 1 or higher.
On Monthly Incomes And Equipment Costs: Your character gets a monthly allowance, which is intended to be spent on the equipment in your sheet, which costs a certain amount depending on what it is. Please note, however, these monthly costs are an abstraction as a game design aspect. They are not intended to be a realistic representation of what it actually costs to have a particular item, and so staff will not process requests to make a particular item cost less than whatever the equipment system says it costs to purchase and/or maintain.
In Character Generation
Resources is a standard Background bought with Background dots, Freebies, and Starting XP.
When you create a character and pick a Resources score, you will be asked to set a note called "resources" on your character. In this note, please disclose how your character achieves this stable income. The following salary ranges are implied with the resources scores and thus your explanation will need to be appropriate to the rating you take:
- One: Minimum wage.
- Two: Decently skilled trade or professional salary ($60K to $100K)
- Three: Professional/management level salary, or a high-paying field like tech. ($120K+)
- Four: Doctor-lawyer territory ($300K+).
- Five: Easily a millionaire. ($1.5 million+)
Note For Vampires: Vampires who hold a job are valid concepts but please make sure the reasoning behind how they manage to only work during the moonlight hours is actually believable. A security job, for example, is believable. A job at a retail store is not. Vampires who have Resources 5 and have been undead so long that their mortal alias would be dead require the Alternate Identity background.
After Character Generation
- Find An IC Employer: If a character wishes to employ you, you can use their employment as justification. You can try to find a player character to employ you, or you can send in a +request to staff saying "Hey, Jimmy is going to try to find work as a <whatever>" and work it out with staff. The Resources score that you can buy will be determined by the nature of the job and the pay, as above. If someone hires you as a barista, for example, this is great for a Resources 1 spend. If someone hires you as a software engineer or consultant, this would be good for a Resources 2 or 3 spend. This costs XP.
- Staff Run Scenes: Put in a +request describing your goal! Tell us what your goal is and how your character is going to get started in pulling it off. The storyteller will coordinate with you. Once you achieve your goal, you request staff to update your sheet.
- PRPs: Have someone else run a PRP for you. The PRP runner needs to submit a request to have it approved but once it's approved they may run it. Once your goal is achieved, you and the PRP runner tell staff about it so we can review it, and then we will update your sheet.
When acquiring a stat through role play, you must still pay with XP.
Don't forget about Karma! Whether you are getting something through PRP or Staff run scenes, when you pay 10 Karma you can buy a story beat that puts your character into a favorable position that makes whatever your goal is easier. A storyteller will hook you up with a story beat. Your success is not guaranteed, but you will have the wheels nice and greasy.
