Folded Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Famously good: Interior Decorator Hairstylist Makeup Artist Special Effect Artist Stunt Person/Daredevil (30PD/ED would go a long ways towards making stunts safer) Performance Artist (no, you can't make money doing this, but it'd be funny to combine this with a hero) Conductor of a major symphony orchestra Developed effective cure for baldness, flatulence, acne or the like (minor but widespread condition) Invented toy whose fad time has come and gone Made a series of cult classic movies (preferably embarassing ones) twenty years ago, and Netflix/DVDs are generating royalties, even better with a Public ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Marketing and licensing? Action figures, comics, video games, swag, appearance fees, cameos in films and television, full length blockbuster movies.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Making' date=' or selling?[/quote'] Yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Duplicator: He/she is the ENTIRE assembly line, and collects a paycheck for each position, per union rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Zorp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Wildly successful Kickstarter, with commited funds way exceeding needs for production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Internet porn Making' date=' or selling?[/quote'] You made your own sex tape, which gets you attention due to its utter weirdness, which leads to reality show fame, which leads to you getting to produce your own shows and develop a line of clothing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? A termingly socially inept/asocial genius used you as what he called his "face". You pretended to invent all the things he invented, went to meetings to charm investors, gave interviews both TV and magazine, basically be the person people wanted to do business with. The genius pretended to be the lab assistant. The character wasn't as rich as people think but the genius was quite generous (he doesn't really care about money). Then one day some men came to the lab, they claimed to be businessmen, but you knew there was something wrong. Genius wanted you to leave but you stayed in case there was trouble. There was. You managed to see off the "businessmen" but genius was dying. His last word were "Final contingency D-5", which caused the computer to print out a will and testament leaving everything to you, included the results of his "special projects". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? A termingly socially inept/asocial genius used you as what he called his "face". You pretended to invent all the things he invented' date=' went to meetings to charm investors, gave interviews both TV and magazine, basically be the person people wanted to do business with. The genius pretended to be the lab assistant. The character wasn't as rich as people think but the genius was quite generous (he doesn't really care about money). Then one day some men came to the lab, they claimed to be businessmen, but you knew there was something wrong. Genius wanted you to leave but you stayed in case there was trouble. There was. You managed to see off the "businessmen" but genius was dying. His last word were "Final contingency D-5", which caused the computer to print out a will and testament leaving everything to you, included the results of his "special projects".[/quote'] Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? I don't know just how plausible this method would be, but it's certainly eccentric enough: the Edmond Dantes method of getting rich -- the character inherits a map from a dying friend, which details the location of an enormous fortune. The character follows the instructions on the map, finds the fortune, and becomes disgustingly wealthy as a result. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Eccentric but plausible ways a character could be rich? Like 'Mazing Man, you could win a sweepstakes like Publishers Clearing House holds on a regular basis. Their $5000-A-Week-For-Life, is especially nifty--while it won't put you in the same neighborhood as Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark, it will enable you to afford some effective off-the-shelf crimefighting devices, not to meniton being able to devote yourself full-time to upholding justice and destroying evil. Wrote a best-selling series of young adult fantasy or science fiction novels. Once it caught on it became a license to print money with all the movie' date=' videogame and other subsidiary rights that came with it. The downsides are that you are now a celebrity (gets in the way of crimefighting) and everybody wants to know how you're going to follow it up (or, if you're still working on the series, everybody wants to "help" you finish it).[/quote'] Jon Sable was as famous for his series of children's books about leprechauns in Central Park as he was for his mercenary adventures--just not as Sable, but his secret identity B.B. Flemm. A blonde wig and mustache and his reputation as an international soldier of fortune was secure. How about just having a public identity and working for a few large corporations under sponsorship? Your costume is covered in advertisements like a nascar driver. You would also have the need to make appearances for the companies and a code of conduct watched by your sponsors. Not unlike Captain Amazing from Mystery Men--although he had a secret identity. Now a hero with a public identity could have his own reality show, much like all the bail enforcers, repo agents, animal rescuers, and all the other pseudo-law-enforcers with their own TV shows. This assumes, of course, that a hero's show becomes successful enough to give him a decent living--which it could, if he's charismatic enough or his fights/deeds are especially telegenic. How about create a computer AI who is used for national security but on the side' date=' still contacts the hero and helps the hero with diverted funds.[/quote'] I like this. This could be a way to gather together a whole team of heroes, and provide them with funding and direction. The idea that an AI computer is a heroic entity instead of a villainous one is appealing to me as well. Hope those comments help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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