I routinely give away free pieces of ring/bronze armor and some weapons, but
if someone begs from me, they get ignored permanently. I cannot STAND
having someone I do not know feel they have the right to beg off of me
simply because I am a higher level than them. I *EARNED* all of my
equipment and money and they can do the same.

Astur il'Ayan, Cleric of Brell
Solusek Ro

> From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
>
> Hi all.
>
> I gave seen this debate before in other places.
>
> What do you all think of begging as a method of acquiring
> cash/armour/weapons?
>
> I don't mean the skill of begging, but I mean approaching other PC's and
> asking them to spare a bit?
>
> Now, I am for it. I beleive that RP'ing worlds parallel the real
> world, and
> inthe real world, there are those who are poor, and need to beg for thier
> sustenance. At the lower levels, I gained most of my armour and my money
> from begging. Now I do it in a RP'ing context, and not as 'Hey, got any
> free armour I can have?'. I think that this is a valid strategy.
>
> As well, now that I am entering the teens, I don't need to beg as often.
> But I do barter with players, and when doing so, I subtly make
> them beleive
> that I am a poor cleric (which I really am). In doing so, I have made some
> great deals, and am able to get some good bargains on armour. Last nite,
> for instance, I bought a bloodforge hammer for 15 pp, and a FS
> staff. From
> what I could see, they usually went for around 30 pp. In my opionion, its
> no different than trading in ussed car and dressing down and making the
> saleperson beleive you are poorer than you really are.
>
> Any other thoughts?