Jobs and Classes

[Cilaes]

Hey all,

I've been looking around and mentions of jobs keep coming up. I think that it's great our characters actually have to do something to support whatever lifestyle we want to give them (or pay for classes) but I'm not sure how all of this works out. How do you get a job and what sort of roleplaying, what types of threads and how many, are required to keep up the job and earn a salary? The same question for classes I suppose. Also, can you take classes/have a job in flashbacks?

Thank you.

[Siiri]

You may arrange for your PC to have a job with a Storyteller of the city you';ll be playing in. You may have a job in a flashback but income will be on a per thread basis I believe. The number of job threads you have to do per season to earn your salary would depend on the storyteller as well. You should consult with them. If you'll be playing in Mura, best consult with Alice or one of her assistant storytellers.

This may also be an interesting read for you: Income.

[Growl]

Well, if you want a job, you should consider what you wouldn't mind writing about, first of all, and what your pc is good at. (For the higher level your pc is in a skill often used in their job, then the higher the pay). For example, if you were a doctor, and had novice levels in medicine and herbalism, you would make less than someone with competent levels in those skills.

In order to get a job, once you have that all figured out, you need to apply to the local DS or AS. You are in Mura, so you'd apply to Alice, who will work something out with you. She may want to mod a thread where you get a job, or she may ask you to self mod, and then send the thread into her for final grading and approval.

When your work is approved, you will have a salary worked out... and all that. BUT, in order to be paid at the end of a season, you need to have written up a fair amount of threads on the subject, or earned a certain amount of points in the skill associated with your job. (I have seen an average of 10 points being asked of players, and 1-3 threads about the job). Note, the more you write about your job, the better you will be, and the more likely you will be to get a higher salary for the next season, and perhaps some seasonal exp... again, apply to the DS about that.

On Mura, at the Opal Temple, one may take a few classes. Mainly in herbalism and medicine. Blythe is also open to teach fortune telling, if you are interested in that, and becoming a fortune teller as well. Note: you will probably have to pay a small fee for both of these things... There is also the suvai pavilion, where you can learn to fight. Again, there is usually a small fee for the services offered there.

Classes may be written up in flashbacks, but, if you are using a specific NPC, say a professor of auristics in Zeltiva, then you may want to talk to Tabarnac about who has already been used... hopefully that makes sense. Also, note, as an eth, if you flashback about past lives, I don't think you can get anything other than a few lores.

I am not sure about the jobs... but I think so... apply to the local DS... again.

Hope that helps!

Ianthe

[Cilaes]

Thanks, that's really helpful. I have never played a game with a system like this, and you've both cleared up a lot of my questions. I'm not sure what I want to do yet, but at least I know how to go about it.