Between adventures, you choose a particular quality of life and pay the cost of maintaining that lifestyle.
Living a particular lifestyle doesn't have a huge effect on your character, but your lifestyle can affect the way other individuals and groups react to you. For example, when you lead an aristocratic lifestyle, it might be easier for you to influence the nobles of the city than if you live in poverty."
Aside from the base premise, this leads me to think about the reputations of the players, and/or the group. The level of lifestyle for the player or the group would have an effect on how others perceive them. As a group/player move toward a higher reputation, aristocrats will be more likely to interact with and employ the group, while commoners would be less likely to utilize the group. I know that reputation has been addressed obliquely, or directly, in the various versions and supplements of Dungeons and Dragons, but I think this is an area that asks you to address the situation.
Do opposing NPCs underestimate the group due to their lifestyle? Do monsters? Will an aristocrat require a deposit before granting information or equipment necessary to complete an adventure.
This brings in a complexity that many campaigns lack, and perhaps, rightfully so. It is a lot of work to maintain for a small window of benefit, but may produce interesting outcomes. The interactions with the Aboleth went poorly until Yagmar mentioned the group was the Bane of Fareth (DC check of course). The group had been active in the underdark and the drow had spread tales of there exploits. This has nothing to do with the lifestyle, but again this feeds reputation. Even without a defined reputation system, this could lead to some enjoyable scenarios.
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I dont think Lifestyle is a big deal, it comes to clash with your backstory, if you are a noble, you are expected to have a 2-4gp lifestyle, but i dont think it will affect too much of your reputation, i mean its mostly up to your dm, so if he decides that npc's look after how expensive food you eat etc., it will matter for the reputation of your party. When it comes to NPCs and monsters, i think its comes to what you are dealing with. If you are talking to a snobby king, he will look down on you and maybe underestimate you if all of you have "wrechted" as lifestyle. Monsters, it mostly comes down to intelligence.
So, i think it all comes down to how your DM handles it, but overall, what lifestyle you have, should not matter that much
You are correct it that is does affect, i think i worded it out wrong, i just think its comes down to how the dm handles it, and maybe i said that at didnt have a affect at all, which is wrong
i also said that it depends on the npc you are facing, and what character you play yourself, so i think we just misunderstood eachother
"Lifestyle Expenses
Between adventures, you choose a particular quality of life and pay the cost of maintaining that lifestyle.
Living a particular lifestyle doesn't have a huge effect on your character, but your lifestyle can affect the way other individuals and groups react to you. For example, when you lead an aristocratic lifestyle, it might be easier for you to influence the nobles of the city than if you live in poverty."
Aside from the base premise, this leads me to think about the reputations of the players, and/or the group. The level of lifestyle for the player or the group would have an effect on how others perceive them. As a group/player move toward a higher reputation, aristocrats will be more likely to interact with and employ the group, while commoners would be less likely to utilize the group. I know that reputation has been addressed obliquely, or directly, in the various versions and supplements of Dungeons and Dragons, but I think this is an area that asks you to address the situation.
Do opposing NPCs underestimate the group due to their lifestyle? Do monsters? Will an aristocrat require a deposit before granting information or equipment necessary to complete an adventure.
This brings in a complexity that many campaigns lack, and perhaps, rightfully so. It is a lot of work to maintain for a small window of benefit, but may produce interesting outcomes. The interactions with the Aboleth went poorly until Yagmar mentioned the group was the Bane of Fareth (DC check of course). The group had been active in the underdark and the drow had spread tales of there exploits. This has nothing to do with the lifestyle, but again this feeds reputation. Even without a defined reputation system, this could lead to some enjoyable scenarios.
Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
I dont think Lifestyle is a big deal, it comes to clash with your backstory, if you are a noble, you are expected to have a 2-4gp lifestyle, but i dont think it will affect too much of your reputation, i mean its mostly up to your dm, so if he decides that npc's look after how expensive food you eat etc., it will matter for the reputation of your party. When it comes to NPCs and monsters, i think its comes to what you are dealing with. If you are talking to a snobby king, he will look down on you and maybe underestimate you if all of you have "wrechted" as lifestyle. Monsters, it mostly comes down to intelligence.
So, i think it all comes down to how your DM handles it, but overall, what lifestyle you have, should not matter that much
You are correct it that is does affect, i think i worded it out wrong, i just think its comes down to how the dm handles it, and maybe i said that at didnt have a affect at all, which is wrong
i also said that it depends on the npc you are facing, and what character you play yourself, so i think we just misunderstood eachother