Being broke

[henny]

I need some input on this. Do you think its feasible in FRC to take a vow of charity/poverty? In mechanics terms I mean collect no loot, donate any gold I am given (quests, other PC's) to the lowly and less fortunate (wether that be low level PC's or most likely just spending it all on healing kits and giving them away freely to avoid )
Can a character like this survive relying on the charity of others? And not on loot drops? Could your character survive like that? Just an idea I'm tossing about. I guess if there was a church or something that had a donation box item (hint, hint) It would make it a simpler question of not how to do it but can I survive like that?

[Talus]

I will happily open the Church of Kam. Where we accept all donations, with a smile and a thank you ;D

If you are looking for donation boxes, I would say the trash receptacles would work just fine. There is one in the Sylvanus temple in Isinhold. Do I think it is feasible. No you will not be able to afford healing and then run into the issue of equiptment not being any good agianst monsters. But it is worht a shot. That is just my humble opinoin.

[Grozer]

Actually I think you could make it work... you would donate everything except enough to continue to do your good deeds, i.e. you would need stronger armor, weapons, etc to fight the good fight, but in the end you only use what is necessary foresaking everything else for the betterment of all.

Good luck..

[StabbingNirvana]

wouldnt being poor kinda ... make your character suck in the long run?

[soulfien]

wow. there's no way a pc of mine could survive FRC's economy by being broke. I mean, take my wizard- he's always broke because he needs money for spells. Those things are expensive!!! Not to mention robes, magic items, etc to survive. Who's gonna "donate" 100,000 gold for a couple new rings? More importantly, how's he gonna survive outside of town without them?

[DM Richard (Retired)]

"Do you think its feasible in FRC to take a vow of charity/poverty?"

Whether or not a vow of poverty could be played and still be survivable would depend on your class in my opinion. And that is only an opinion.

A vow of charity (I'm assuming you mean a lesser form of vow of poverty) wouldn't be rough at all.

Of course if you mean living off of another's charity then it is as hard as the vow of poverty because basically it will be the same thing.


I hope this helps. I can't offer more without a better understanding of what you are trying to say. Your post is confusing because it seems to contradict itself.


"In mechanics terms I mean collect no loot, donate any gold I am given (quests, other PC's) to the lowly and less fortunate..."

The above statement makes sense but then you follow it up with this one.

"Can a character like this survive relying on the charity of others?"

Which doesn't make any sense seeing as any charity you do receive you are going to give away...therefore it doesn't matter if you get charity or not since you will not keep it.


So I hope I answered your question but I'm not sure I did.

[henny]

sorry I didn't mean to lump all this on one PC. I meant to ask opinions on seperate ideals and vows. what each thought of them and which one (though both great for RP) would be more survivable in game terms. (gotta have healing to live on FRC after all)

[kenny26]

well, most definately your char will lack alot of combat skills, especially as you reach higher levels.
high level gear costs anywhere from 70k to 200k+...

you shouldn't expect the benefits of this gear if you're gonna live off the charity of others.
as for giving away all your belongings to charity yourself, be my guest...

your char doesn't have to be an adventurer persuing to constantly better himself through better gear and skill.
some chars (like a few of the lower level bards i've encountered) always stick to the city and perform rather than trying to go adventuring.
if you're willing to do the same, to not be one of the adventurers and stick to the cities/low risk areas, then i think you could play a char with no significant earthly possesions.

[Thrym]

Unlike most other people here, I think that char can, depending on his classes, actually work quite well. Imagine a Monk/Cleric. Just normal clothes and a quarterstaff.

With GMW and Darkfire take care of magical weapons, and you can push your AC quite high, too, especially if you have plant/animal domain for barkskin/cat's Grace.

Actually started such a char once, but I stopped playing on FRC shortly after it.

[cybertroll]

henny said:

I need some input on this. Do you think its feasible in FRC to take a vow of charity/poverty? In mechanics terms I mean collect no loot, donate any gold I am given (quests, other PC's) to the lowly and less fortunate (wether that be low level PC's or most likely just spending it all on healing kits and giving them away freely to avoid )
Can a character like this survive relying on the charity of others? And not on loot drops? Could your character survive like that? Just an idea I'm tossing about. I guess if there was a church or something that had a donation box item (hint, hint) It would make it a simpler question of not how to do it but can I survive like that?

Yep, if you are a Monk/Cleric of Ilmater......

Monk for surviveability in combat, and not having a need for material armor, shields, weapons, etc and Cleric for the ability to heal and buff yourself.

Other possibilities are most monk multiclasses, or almost any Arcane spellcasters.