Ragitsu Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 For a "modern day" character (1980 onwards), what kind of background could be fun yet practical that explains their great wealth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Winning the lottery can work. The character may be hounded by the media for a while, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How rich are we talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How rich are we talking about? At least a millionaire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Poker Player would lend itself to being a hero's day-job in a number of different genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Poker Player would lend itself to being a hero's day-job in a number of different genres. That's a good suggestion. The hero can acquire a reputation similar to that of Bruce Wayne, so nobody would connect him with his vigilante alter ego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Inventor would work. Broker Venture Capitalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Inventor of the solar powered flashlight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Inventor of the solar powered flashlight? Dehydrated Water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How upstanding do you want them to be? Slum Lord, er Investment Realtor... (Adult) Movie Producer Music Producer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? My last character with Wealth got it by hacking his Hunted's bank accounts. Lots of computer skills helps with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Fairly upstanding, yeah. One idea I had in mind was the invention of a new very-efficient fuel cell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? If the character had slowed aging or doesn't age, a very small investment at a lousy compounding interest rate will still be worth millions if you wait long enough. Time travel: go back in time. Acquire a small to medium amount of coinage. Bury it in a secure location. Travel back to the present. Dig up your coinage. Sell as antiques. Time travel 2: Go forward in time. Acquire sports almanac, or business section of newspaper. Go back to present. Invest accordingly. Sports star in unusual sport. Bowling champ. Darts champ. Pokeman champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? some suggestions from movies and TV shows in About a boy Hugh Grants character was Independently wealthy based on his dad writing a popular Christmas song. how about creating the next angry birds. only fools and horse (a British sitcom about incompetent street traders) had them discovering that they had an amazingly valuable antique they had picked up years ago in a job lot . the short lived show John Doe which was about a man who wakes up with no memory of his life but knowing literally everything else builds up a fortune from pocket change with a combination of horse racing and stock trading. Canadian mystery show Endgame revolves around a chess grand master confined to a luxury hotel due to agoraphobia following the death of his wife to pay his hotel bill between playing online matches and in against 5 opponents at once in his suite he solves crimes for a fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Inventor of the solar powered flashlight? I used to have a friend who did that for his physics project in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? He invented Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Fairly upstanding' date=' yeah. One idea I had in mind was the invention of a new very-efficient fuel cell.[/quote'] Could get him killed Or at least the oil companies would try to stop him. That could be plot hook right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Could get him killed Or at least the oil companies would try to stop him. That could be plot hook right there. Have you ever ran or been in a Dark Champions game where corporate espionage was the driving motivation to adventure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? this ones plausible, highly unlikely, but it happens on occasion http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110619/ap_on_re_us/us_homeless_man_rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How rich can one get owning the land a vital or popular crop is grown on? I'm thinking "tea owner". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Inventor of the solar powered flashlight? http://www.bogolight.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin2 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How about someone you never met and have no family connections left it you in his will? Story being that a year before they died they changed the will excluding all the family and left it to you. Could be used to add a hunted family member want their money back complication Just explain it to your GM that you do not know why he left it to you but he can make it up. So you will have the family trying to get it back. The reason? Just picked you out of the phone book (they could have an old contact address for you or your mothers address to indicate a very old back story)? Wrong person and the other person with your name will be looking for his money (villain / hero)? Did you assist him or his family or just got rid of an enemy he did not like in your other line of buisness and he found out your secret id? Give it to the GM as a plot idea . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How rich can one get owning the land a vital or popular crop is grown on? I'm thinking "tea owner". Or perhaps the inventor/producer of a popular energy drink, or diet program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? How about someone you never met and have no family connections left it you in his will? Story being that a year before they died they changed the will excluding all the family and left it to you. Could be used to add a hunted family member want their money back complication Just explain it to your GM that you do not know why he left it to you but he can make it up. So you will have the family trying to get it back. The reason? Just picked you out of the phone book (they could have an old contact address for you or your mothers address to indicate a very old back story)? Wrong person and the other person with your name will be looking for his money (villain / hero)? Did you assist him or his family or just got rid of an enemy he did not like in your other line of buisness and he found out your secret id? Give it to the GM as a plot idea . How about the character, sometime in the future, travels to the past and leaves the fortune to himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Or perhaps the inventor/producer of a popular energy drink' date=' or diet program?[/quote'] "Caffeine: it's MY super power" A hero hiding in plain sight...genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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