Resources

From Masq
Category: Backgrounds
Reference: Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised edition/WW2300), page 132.


Resources covers your personal assets and standard of living. You may not have access to all your money at a time; some is likely to be tied up in your possessions and perhaps investments. Your dots in this Background will determine your monthly $cash disbursement. You'll need to include the source of your income in your background and/or judgenotes.


x : Dirt poor. You're living on the street, unemployed, and in the WoD most people run out of unemployment benefits after a few months (of course the rich people get huge unemployment benefits that stretch for years, but that's because they're working with the Man). You're probably being kept down by the Man.
• : Slightly better than Dirt. You rent a room or small flat, and might have a motorcycle or old beater car. You're working as a cashier at the local Quick-E Mart or busy flipping McBurgers, doing low level secretarial work, or some other dull dead end job as a lowly toady for the Man.
•• : Unwashed masses. You're just one of the crowd. You likely have a decent apartment or condo, and a reliable car. You probably work 40 hours a week as a computer technician/police officer/store manager/etc. Quite possibly still a dead end job, but at least you don't work 60 hours a week to pay for rent on a one room apartment. You are a worker for the Man.
••• : Well off. You probably possess some skill or training not easily duplicated by the unwashed masses. Some people might call you rich, but the really rich people wouldn't look at you that way. You might own a house. You are possibly a Doctor, Lawyer, or own a very successful small company (possibly with 2 or 3 outlets). You might simply be very good with a skill that is not common for the unwashed masses (8 dice in intelligence+computers, for instance). You know the Man.
•••• : Rich. You were probably born into money. If not, you probably are extremely good at some skill that is ordinarily hard for the unwashed masses to learn (8 dice in intelligence+medicine as a cardiothoracic surgeon). Most likely the work you do takes about 20 hours a week and revolves around money, such as investments, banking, or drug running. You might own a large and successful business, like Subway Sandwiches. You have a very large house, or a dilapidated mansion. You are friends with the Man.
••••• : Filthy Rich. You were almost certainly born, cradled, and raised in a dumptruck of money. You are undoubtedly smart and savvy about money in order to have kept from losing the money you were born into. Managing your money is your job. You would be a cardiothoracic surgeon, but it just doesn't pay very well. You might own a large and profitable chain of businesses, such as Arco or the like. You are the Man.


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