Post by Father on Apr 18, 2019 10:24:53 GMT 1
Discretionary funds.
A house can generally find the funds for various minor expenses, such as wedding gifts in applicable events, one PC may represent their house and have expenses up to the lord's status rank in GD refunded within reasonable limitations. This option should generally only apply for characters who otherwise would have some difficulty affording it out of their own purse.
Tourney Ransoms
Lords generally are expected to provide their sworn swords with such equipment as they need to serve them, therefore it would not do to find them without horse and armor after a tourney. The various lords have different means to cover such losses:
Only a net loss in ransoms are covered, so if one first won 1200 in ransom and then lost 2000, the net loss of 800 is covered, if you won 2000 and then lost 1200, you turned a net profit and no reimbursement is offered. It is generally considered proper for a knight who have considerable personal funds, such as from earlier tourney winnings, to defer such support to those of greater need. (Narrator note: It's primarily there as insurance against being all out of horse and armor)
House Levalle can afford to re-imburse a chivalric knight in it's service the value of a rounsey and chainmnail, though any chivalric knight of significant skill (Either Animal Handling 4 or Fighting 5, or equivalent level of competence) or family member can be reimbursed the value of destrier and full plate.
The Companions in the service of Kingsbridge may enter their communal insurance pool, where each pledge to donate up to a twentieth* his net gains in ransoms to cover the net losses of others (up to the value of Destrier and Full Plate), with Lord Starling covering any shortfall. Such knights as are flush with coin from earlier winnings will sometimes chose not to enter and instead personally bear the risk of an early defeat. Though it is not unheard of for them to join the pool anyway as these would then overall contribute to the fortunes of their comrades.
*A number much reduced after the stellar performance of House Kingsbridge at Highgarden and Whitewalls.
Lords Jon Blackbriar and Ulbert Starkwood can afford to reimburse chivalric knights in their service with the value of rounsey and chainmail, chivalric family members with the value of courser and full plate.
Lord Gormon Peake is willing to reimburse any chivalric knight in his service with the value of Full Plate and Destrier.
Larger expenses would require a house to dip into it's coffers.
A house can generally find the funds for various minor expenses, such as wedding gifts in applicable events, one PC may represent their house and have expenses up to the lord's status rank in GD refunded within reasonable limitations. This option should generally only apply for characters who otherwise would have some difficulty affording it out of their own purse.
Tourney Ransoms
Lords generally are expected to provide their sworn swords with such equipment as they need to serve them, therefore it would not do to find them without horse and armor after a tourney. The various lords have different means to cover such losses:
Only a net loss in ransoms are covered, so if one first won 1200 in ransom and then lost 2000, the net loss of 800 is covered, if you won 2000 and then lost 1200, you turned a net profit and no reimbursement is offered. It is generally considered proper for a knight who have considerable personal funds, such as from earlier tourney winnings, to defer such support to those of greater need. (Narrator note: It's primarily there as insurance against being all out of horse and armor)
House Levalle can afford to re-imburse a chivalric knight in it's service the value of a rounsey and chainmnail, though any chivalric knight of significant skill (Either Animal Handling 4 or Fighting 5, or equivalent level of competence) or family member can be reimbursed the value of destrier and full plate.
The Companions in the service of Kingsbridge may enter their communal insurance pool, where each pledge to donate up to a twentieth* his net gains in ransoms to cover the net losses of others (up to the value of Destrier and Full Plate), with Lord Starling covering any shortfall. Such knights as are flush with coin from earlier winnings will sometimes chose not to enter and instead personally bear the risk of an early defeat. Though it is not unheard of for them to join the pool anyway as these would then overall contribute to the fortunes of their comrades.
*A number much reduced after the stellar performance of House Kingsbridge at Highgarden and Whitewalls.
Lords Jon Blackbriar and Ulbert Starkwood can afford to reimburse chivalric knights in their service with the value of rounsey and chainmail, chivalric family members with the value of courser and full plate.
Lord Gormon Peake is willing to reimburse any chivalric knight in his service with the value of Full Plate and Destrier.
Larger expenses would require a house to dip into it's coffers.