Resources
Cost: Variable Social Quality or Drawback (2 points /level, positive or negative)
The character’s level of Resources determines how much material wealth they have access to. This trait varies widely. Some levels are described below.
- Destitute (-5): Has no money, the clothes on her back, maybe ten dollars’ worth of stuff and maybe a shopping cart. Lucky to scrounge a few dollars a month.
- Not recommended for characters
- Miserable (-4): Owns about $100 worth of property (including the clothes on her back). May live in public housing, or might be homeless. Lucky to scrounge $100 a month.
- Not recommended for characters
- Poor (-3): Owns some $500 in property and lives in low-income housing. Has an income of $500 a month or what she gets from welfare.
- Hurting (-2): Owns about $1,000 in property, and lives in a small apartment in a bad part of town. Has an income of about $1,000 a month before taxes.
- Below Average (-1): Owns $5,000 in property (including an old vehicle, perhaps), and lives in an apartment. Has a pre-tax income of $1,500 a month.
- Average (0): Owns $15,000 in property. Has an income of $2,500 a month before taxes.
- Middle Class (+1): Owns $50,000 in property (will usually include a house or condominium, not to mention vehicles). Has an income of $5,000 a month before taxes.
- Well-off (+2): Owns $300,000 in property. Has an income of $10,000 a month before taxes.
- Wealthy (+3): Owns $700,000 in property. Has an income of $40,000 a month.
- Rich (+4): Owns $2,000,000 in property. Has an income of $50,000 a month
- Multimillionaire (+5): Owns $5 million in property. Has an income of $200,000 a month
- Highly restricted
Each additional level adds an additional $5 million in property and $200,000 to monthly income.