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I'm pretty sure a brothel can come up with enough "optional expenses" to meet how ever many gold pieces are in your pocket.
It would not be unreasonable have one like Al Swearengen's Gem Theater in the show Deadwood - a combination of bar, casino, brothel, procurer of illicit goods, etc.
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And, finally, one last number crunchy: NPC Codex, Bard 12, Courtesan.
This extraordinary person has Perform (dance) at +26, so can earn 3d6 gp (average 10.5) from a single evening's work without you even touching them. While they don't have any ranks at all in profession (courtesan), that should give you a ballpark estimation for the cost of hiring them as an escort/companion since you have to compete with their potential earnings from dancing. Yes, this is the 10gp companion, and is almost certainly worth it, even if there's no intimacy involved.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
That is really annoying. You made this thread nearly impossible to read on my phone.
That is really annoying. You made this thread nearly impossible to read on my phone.
Quoting it ruins a second page...
You all are lowball - 10gp for a night is 'average' IMO - in the real world (yeah I know not pathfinder - but we get the term from some-place and so it's a good place to start for reference) we can look at the recent Gov of New York scandal to get an idea of what high class *starts* to look like.
5,000 U.S. - per night.
I doubt that's the upper limit - and I'm pretty sure that movie stars and richer people have access to even higher class. There is a level where you pay for discretion more than the company.
So the 12th level bard.... Nope I'd go with thousands of gold per night - enough cash to live in the upper crust in a very large city. Any place that has legalized sex work you will find that it's a very good job in terms of compensation without much of the baggage and risk associated when it's made illegal and pushed underground. While it's not something discussed with large amounts of material we know that places like Sandpoint and Magnimar have named brothel locations so we can assume that at least in parts of the world they operate in full view of the law and as such the sums involved are most likely on the 'well off' end of any NPC wealth scale.
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What matters is the socio-economic class of the "worker" and "customer" involved. Also the availability of each. Additionally, wealthier seeming "customers" will likely be charged higher rates by shrewd "workers".
Sounds brutal, I know, and I apologize for that. But that's the economic reality of things. Supply, demand, and perceived quality of the "offering" modifying said demand. The local at a crossroads tavern will cost more than the local in a hamlet somewhere out of the way. The professionals at a brothel in the nice part of a major city - again, will cost more than either. Go to the slums of said city and the cost will be far less.
As an aside, when I DM, if I have "that" player - I make secret fortitude checks for them. It's always fun to tell them they've contracted an STD... or something more exotic. And do not forget a % chance to have a baby - the look on their faces is PRICELESS when you drop that one on them.
You can go cheap, but the STDs are always free. :P
You can go cheap, but the STDs are always free. :P
Getting the local cleric to caste cure disease is not free, however.
I guess that is another thing for high class brothels. They routinely get clerics (probably of calistria) to do some 'spring cleaning' so to speak.
You can go cheap, but the STDs are always free. :PGetting the local cleric to caste cure disease is not free, however.
I guess that is another thing for high class brothels. They routinely get clerics (probably of calistria) to do some 'spring cleaning' so to speak.
Actually, that's in the Calistria write-up in ISG.
And not only that, the clerics might not even *charge* if the rumors, gossip, and information is good enough from the 'pillow talk'.
So the prospective character experience may be clean, possibly even enjoyable... but definitely compromising party security... food for thought.
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How much is the Slovenly trull, and how much more for the Expensive doxy?
That is really annoying. You made this thread nearly impossible to read on my phone.Quoting it ruins a second page...
Oops. You are correct. I goofed up. Sorry. :(
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A wooden holy symbol also covers some twigs tied together or something carved in ones free time. $100 is steep at best.
The usefulness of a holy symbol in real life is much lower that the usefulness of a holy symbol in a pathfinder world.
If in real life you needed one to use your channel energy I'm pretty sure you will pay 100 dollars for it.
And I'm pretty sure once you've had said holy symbol greased out of your hands, you'll shell out even more for a tattoo.
I'd make my players have the holy symbol carved into some bone or the other if they wanted to go without an actual physical holy symbol.
Scroll-worked rib-cages anyone?
I'd make my players have the holy symbol carved into some bone or the other if they wanted to go without an actual physical holy symbol.
Scroll-worked rib-cages anyone?
I had a character who had a holy symbol carved into his skeleton with the GM agreeing for it to function and be priced as a holy symbol tattoo... he wasn't a divine caster though, so the other players just gave me confused looks.