New Storyguide Advice

[virgileso]

@Jonathan.Link

Why are you comparing spending a draw to saving up LPs to go to the next level? A draw is a distribution, a liquidation from the business for personal use, and not something done to improve the business, it is the opposite of an investment. Semantics are about meaning, a draw is a distribution. In the case of City and Guild, the draw is the opposite of accumulating labor points to achieve the next income level.

I'm comparing them because in both cases you 'spend' the LP. What you get from it doesn't change the fact the LP is gone in exchange for something, whether it be a business improvement or fancy clothes.

@Jonathan.Link

To the merchant, which I'm presuming has a minor income source, since you didn't detail the nature of the merchant and he's trying to climb socially, it looks to be considerably less. Using the table on page 40, and including the errata, we know that 9 labor points are worth 5 pounds to someone with a minor income source.

@virgileso

I cooked up stats for an average merchant with a Minor income

I was under the impression that the errata just changed the 6 to a 9, not the entire 6/12/36 sentence; and I had seen other people discuss on this forum the idea that the math doesn't add up unless you make it 12/18/36 (that latter part was an assumption on my part).