Lifestyle is the style in which you live and includes all upkeep costs, taxes, feed for your horses, etc. Your lifestyle is noted in your character sheet notes and is primarily determined by your [[Income|job]]. ==== Earning Lifestyle Points ==== Each job provides you with a certain amount of "Lifestyle Points" which you can spend to decide how you live your life. By default, most characters earn 10 Lifestyle Points if they have a job, and 15 Lifestyle Points if they have an advancement on their job (( Officer or higher counts as an Advancement for Military Commissions )). //Exceptions: Unemployed characters get 0 Lifestyle Points by default. If you work a Common Job, you get 2 Lifestyle Points and 3 with an Advancement.// If you have one of the Noble Born or Knighted [[Traits]], you get an additional 10 Lifestyle Points from your family. If your spouse has the Married Noble trait, you get an additional 5 Lifestyle Points. You also gain 2 lifestyle points if you have your own [[Player Housing|house]], see there for details. Finally, you can buy additional lifestyle points beyond the above for 1 gold per week per lifestyle point, however, you cannot sell lifestyle points. IfYou cannot exchange any lifestyle points you have any left over, they are lostto gold, however. ==== Using Lifestyle Points ==== You can use lifestyle points to buy a lifestyle for yourself from the following list. Descriptions are an example and you can fill in the details yourself. * Dirt Poor (1 Lifestyle Points): You live in squalor, eating cheap meals and gathering extra's when you can. You sleep in a community area with 3-6 others and wash yourself from a bucket. * Meagre (3 Lifestyle Points): You eat enough to fill your belly, and on occasion eat meat or drink wine. You share a room with a roommate or have your own tiny room. You wash yourself in a tub and wash your own clothing once a month * Comfortable (8 Lifestyle Points): You get three square meals a day, with meat or fish and drink wine or ale when you please. You have your own room with a proper tub to wash yourself and a washer woman cleans your clothes once a week * Luxurious (15 Lifestyle Points): You eat what you wish and how much you wish and have exotic meals on occasion, drink good wine and enjoy a smoke or perfume as the mood strikes. You have access to a warm and comfortable bath when you wish. You have your own rooms with a valet to clean it and help you dress. Your clothes are clean and pressed when you wake up each morning * Extravagant (25 Lifestyle Points): You eat only the very best, often with exotic spices or variations as your mood strikes. You drink only the best wines, can smoke like a chimney if you wish and wear expensive perfumes as you desire. You have your own rooms with a valet and maids to tend to your every need and access to luxurious private baths. Your clothes are clean and pressed and your shoes are polished every morning when you wake up You also use lifestyle points to support dependents, feed your animals, etc. Any humanoid dependents are presumed to live at your standard of living above. For animals, the cost include stabling, taxes, feed, medical care, etc. ^^ Support ^^ Cost ^^ Example || || Child Dependent || 1 Lifestyle Point / Two children || Adopted orphan, baby, etc. || || Adult Dependent || 1 Lifestyle Points / Adult || Stay-at-home Spouse, Grandmother you support, etc. || || || || || || Creature granted by Class || Free || Familiar, Animal Companion, Special Mount, etc || || Small pets, up to 3 || 1 Lifestyle Point || Small dog, cat, shoulder parrot, goldfish || || Small pet, more than 3 || 2 Lifestyle Points || ((Within some level of reason)) || || Medium pet or mount || 1 Lifestyle Points / Creature || Wardog, Riding Dog, Pony, Donkey || || Large pet or mount || 2 Lifestyle Points / Creature || Light Horse, Heavy Horse, pet gelatinous cube ||