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2017-06-22, 03:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2014
- Location
- Seattle
- Gender
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
Perhaps he was a merchant before becoming a cleric.
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2017-06-22, 11:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2004
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Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
Second sons often go into the clergy. He comes from a wealthy family.
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2017-06-22, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
- Location
- California
- Gender
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
How much are we talking about? 1,000 gp he has on him in gem form or a really nice necklace.
He has craft brewing he has a wagon an a lot of beer friar Tuck
I like the gambling idea as well
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2017-06-23, 04:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2009
- Location
- Moncton NB
- Gender
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
Someone paid the cleric to show up, knowing it was an insult to the Nobles in question. Who *really* hired him?
Last edited by Herobizkit; 2017-06-23 at 04:54 AM.
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2017-06-23, 01:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2016
- Location
- SoCal
- Gender
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
BINGO. He is running a church bingo.
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2017-06-23, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
- Location
- NYC
- Gender
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
I want you to PEACH me as hard as you can.
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2017-06-23, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2016
- Location
- SoCal
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2017-06-23, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2009
- Location
- In a castle under the sea
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Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
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2017-06-23, 07:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2016
- Location
- SoCal
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2017-06-27, 05:49 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2014
- Location
- UK
- Gender
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
Exactly
Have him from a Noble House
1st Son to inherit
2nd Son for the Church
3rd Son into the Army
4th onwards……..
(2nd & 3rd can be swapped depending on the relative power of the two institutions)
I my games both clerics and MU’s rise to political power is not dependant on their actual magic power. I have had the “Pope equivalent” being only a 2nd level cleric (he was the 3rd son of the king)
If you want the snub to be more important (and something the party can get involved in) it could be from a noble faction that is against the house he has been sent to
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2017-06-27, 06:27 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2008
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
Most of the obvious options have already been covered (second/third son of a noble, merchant family, the church is rolling in dough). Some slightly less obvious options:
- Repentant Sinner. It's an archetype for a reason, and if the cleric used to be a highwayman that explains the money just fine.
- Loans. The cleric is really worried about being assassinated, so they borrowed a bunch of money from a bank to pay for bodyguards, hoping to be able to pay it back later.
- Favors. The cleric has saved the life of someone who has real money, and thus was owed a big favor. They called it in for bodyguard services.
- Monastery Money. The cleric has been assumed to be a priest thus far, but he could be a monk, and there were some cottage industries that made some monasteries a lot of money. Alcohol has been well covered, but just copying books is worth something.
- Secret Lover. In a standard chivalric romance fashion, the civilian has a secret lover who admires them from afar, loves them chastely, and who represents a forbidden temptation. They left a bag of money on the road a bit ahead of the cleric, possibly with a note cryptically hinting that it was they who left it. Said person is basically obligated to be a knight of some sort.
- Divine Intervention. The god the cleric follows decided to work in mysterious ways to protect their cleric. They were given a vision that led them to a treasure, enough to pay for protection during the event.
Last edited by Knaight; 2017-06-27 at 06:27 AM.
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2017-06-27, 07:19 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2013
Re: Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money?
Let's say it is totally reasonable for this cleric to be corrupted. He might, in a sense, deserve such a way of death, as his superiors might have found him too covetous and dishonorable that they decide to get rid of him (either to "cleanse" the church or get him out of their own way).
You can even have the PCs discover this later, which can be an interesting twist.
Of course, unless you have planned otherwise.
Other people have provided quite a lot of alternative ways to solve this.One of my favourite quotes from this forum. "Yup, alignment should be descriptive and not proscriptive."