Non-traditional Lifestyles, In the SR sense Options

[ludomastro]

Ok, so as not to hijack someone else's thread on Lifestyles, here we go.

[mintcar]

There might have been something about this in SR Companion, I don't remember. I know there was expanded rules for lifestyles in Sprawl Survival Guide, tough. I never used them.

This:

[TinkerGnome]

The expanded lifestyles in SSG are great. You can balance neighborhood, size, amenities, security, etc., to your liking, It's even better when you use it to build non-primary lifestyles (safehouses, etc.).

[Guest_MK Ultra_*]

There are however some stats involved, that would need conversion to SR4, security ratings mainly. Also, the Squatter Lifestyl cost only 100 :nuyen: and the Low Lifestyl 1.000 :nuyen: in SR3, which is reflected in the pricescale.

While I personally allways liked the possibilities of the SSG system, I didn´t like, that the prices for the stats were not indipendant. I.e. you payed more for High Security in Downtown, then you did in the Barrens. Sometimes, this makes sense (paying more for sec in a huge house as oposeed to a small squatt and paying less for space in a bad naighbourhood), sometimes it doesn´t.

However, the system gives good ideas for variation and for lifestyl edges and flaws (though the insurence is redicculus), even if you don´t use the payscale.

EDIT: IIRC the Companion doesn´t cover lifestyle. You can find some info in sprawlsites and the neoanarchists guide to real life, but most of that was included in SSG.