kave99 Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? can i sell off my riding skill down to fam for 2pts of wealth haven't used it in years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Personally, I'd be more interested in higher stats than money. I already have the lowest END in my Karate class and my EGO and PRE aren't the greatest, either. If I could only buy off one thing I'd buy off my several points of overweight. My COM is OK otherwise. I got asked for a date by a Stranger at age 39 and size 18/20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Personally' date=' I'd be more interested in higher stats than money. I already have the lowest END in my Karate class and my EGO and PRE aren't the greatest, either. If I could only buy off one thing I'd buy off my several points of overweight. My COM is OK otherwise. I got asked for a date by a Stranger at age 39 and size 18/20.[/quote'] You were asked for a date by a 39 yr old stranger who was size 18/20? Lucius Alexander Hiding behind the palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Hmmm.... I'd be perfectly happy with selling off a body pip. I could live WELL on 200K a year (Almost 10x my current record annual income). I don't do most of the things I used to do that resulted in body damage, so I'm not all that likely to really care much if I'm a bit more fragile. I'd miss most of the other stats... I probably would've been happy selling off a point of Rec... but I've been buying that off steadily for the last 15 years (Coffin nails, ya know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? I could soak a bit from most physical stats and live pretty happily on the resulting income. They're just going to fade with age anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? I don't think I could do it. I like my stats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Ok, a more interesting question is whether anyone would sell off a characteristic for a 1 time payment rather than a yearly amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Depends on the payment. A million bucks for a point of strength? Not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? A point of Energy Defense. After all, how often do you get zapped by Titanic Force Bolts Of Energy? That should do it: I could live with a 14-fold increase in my income. If I was feeling greedy, I also might trade in a point of STR and increase my income to $200,000/year. As well, since I don't often get into fights/accidents, I could afford to sell off a point of STUN, too. Hmm.... $300,000/year. That should be more than enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? This year I found out I had a degenerative bone disease in my knees (due to excessive sports abuse as a youth)... Hey Genie... WHERE'S MY MONEY?!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? I agree with GoldenAge: I want a word with that genie. Multiple Sclerosis has already snarfed a point of INT (manifests as poor memory and cognitive problems) and DEX (hell, I was either clumsy or hexed anyway), so it looks as if I'm owed $400,00 a year. Any time now, oh supernaturally-endowed Semetic One! I'm waiting.... But what I want to know is, do I get half the monetary amounts in the case of losses that haven't happened yet but probably will? Statistically, I'm likely to get hit again for more INT and DEX losses, and eventually EGO, STR and CON as well...so can I have half the money in contemplation of further attribute losses? (If they don't occur, I'll give it back, I promise...all the genie has to do is find me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Any time now' date=' oh supernaturally-endowed Semetic One! I'm waiting....[/quote']"Supernaturally-endowed...."? Okay, so that's where those points from my other inches of Running went.... (If you don't get it, don't ask. I'm embarrassed that I'm even posting this.... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Bob...you bad boy. I meant "endowed with supernatural powers" -- but come to think of it, the genie did seem to be walking strangely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? You were asked for a date by a 39 yr old stranger who was size 18/20? Lucius Alexander Hiding behind the palindromedary No, the 39-year-old was me. I never saw the mysterious Stranger. I was working in a Store and he called the store and said he'd just been in there and asked if I was married because he'd like a date. I said I was very flattered, but yes, I was married. Fortunately, he was a Gentleman and took no for an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Goodbye 1" of running. 200k per year (is that before or after taxes?) is good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susandwyer Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Depends on the payment. A million bucks for a point of strength? Not worth it. I disagree. I could do a LOT with a million, I don't do that much with STR (and before evenyone jumps all over me, I know I would lose a bit in other stats). Also, I'd sell COM. When you're rich, you don't need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HeroPink! Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Suppose you (the real life you) were given an offer by a genie that you can have great wealth' date=' but it came at a price. You had to trade one single point of a Hero System characteristic [b']for the equivalent Hero System wealth.[/b] Emphasis added. So yes, Derek Hiemforth, giving up 15 CP worth would give you "unlimited" wealth. Unless you use the Wealth Chart that's in the games I'm in now. 0 points is $50k/year, each plus/minus 5 points is times/divide-by 5. 15 points is $6.25M/year. I'd give up 3 points PRE (money is a PRE Attack all by itself), 2 points REC (the rich don't need to work so hard), 2 points PD, 2 points ED (the rich have bodyguards to take the damage), and 4 points of STUN (same reason). There's my 15 points, so now I have unlimited income. Fork it over, genie! :D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? I like my INT (what's left of it), but anything else is fair game. I'm not greedy though, so one point of something should do. Well, maybe not SPD...I really don't need that much money, and I might need the SPD point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 What would you trade for wealth? No' date=' the 39-year-old was me. I never saw the mysterious Stranger. I was working in a Store and he called the store and said he'd just been in there and asked if I was married because he'd like a date. I said I was very flattered, but yes, I was married. Fortunately, he was a Gentleman and took no for an answer.[/quote'] Ah. He was too intimidated by your attractiveness to ask you to your face no doubt. Or too afraid of rejection to want to suffer it in public. To get back on topic, I'd be too afraid to sacrifice a point of SPD. What can you do if you're SPD 0? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary keeps all four eyes out for that djinni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Well, let's see...assuming this is in payment for what I'd have to put lower than normal anway, due to health problems... My CON is already down in terms of catching illnesses and so on, thanks to a somewhat suppressed immune system. My Running has been gone for years because of joint problems; I figure I can easily sell off 3" of my 6" and not be any worse off than I am now. My BOD is also down, due to overall health issues. I'd rather not touch anything else. So: 1 point of CON + 1 point of BOD + 3" Running sounds like a tidy sum. Where do I sign & thumbprint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? This is a monkey's paw waiting to happen. It all comes down to what sort of rich dead guy I'd like to be. STR - death due to being crushed by a rather small weight. I died from checking out too many library books at once. DEX - One long flight of stairs later, and my estate is being settled. CON - You mean you can DIE from chronic fatigue syndrome? BODY - Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! (thud.) INT - You know that scene from the WB cartoons where the guy pulls his parachute ripcord and camping equipment comes out? Yeah, I'd be that guy. EGO - This seems safe. Who's going to mind control me? My mom isn't Angela Lansbury or anything. I'd wind up drinking Jim Jones Kool-Aid, though. PRE - Bus Driver: "Honest, Officer, I didn't even see him standing there." COM - Hunter: "Honest Officer, I really thought he WAS the chupacabra!" SPD - "I've never seem anyone die in a tortoise stampede before." REC - BoneDaddy, eccentric millionaire, dead of a heart attack at 39. Swimming - glub, glub ... glub. Running - Eaten by a pack of wild snails. I can play it safe and work out to get the muscle back. I'll take the STR and hire a personal trainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? I can play it safe and work out to get the muscle back. I'll take the STR and hire a personal trainer. Then you missed the bit where he specified you can't ever improve that stat again once it's sold off. Work out first, bump the stat, and then sell back down to normal, if you're going to go that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? To me, Str (because it feeds to Rec), Con, Body, and Rec are bad since they'll probably lower my life expectancy to some extent. Int, Ego, and Pre are bad since they'll change my personality and who I am. Spd is bad because it's such a drastic change, to think and/or react at 1/2 my current level. Com is bad because of vanity. That would leave Dex, Running, or Swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhammeWhamme Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? To me' date=' Str (because it feeds to Rec), Con, Body, and Rec are bad since they'll probably lower my life expectancy to some extent. Int, Ego, and Pre are bad since they'll change my personality and who I am. Spd is bad because it's such a drastic change, to think and/or react at 1/2 my current level. Com is bad because of vanity. That would leave Dex, Running, or Swimming. [/quote'] I don't think clumsiness, a limp, or forgetting how to swim is necessarily a good trade off either... although mayb 1" running. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Re: What would you trade for wealth? Im with your initial statement, Whamme Whamme. The Genie can kiss my @$$ on this one. Now, if I was to trade something in return for -better- stats... (Note: Almost every day I drive past a business called "Kim's Alteration Shop". Just once, Id like to go in and tell the proprieter "Id like you to change my appearance, please. Here's a picture of who I want to look like.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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