I have been thinking that when a character dies, thats it all his money and possesions disappear into thin air. Could we not have a rule that allows a player to leave a will which would maybe provide a bit of continuity.
The way I see it it could be done in a couple of ways.

1) If married everything goes to the wife and if it is sufficient she then gets the attribute of wealthy (if she isn't already).

2) If not married then a will is discovered after his death , the player will have to write it on the Yahoo site or in the forum and nominate who all his possesions go to.

It could be restricted to money only or houses and horses could be included. The only proviso is the money cannot be left to his new character.

What do you think?

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Tricky as there is the oppotunity to enrich a fellow player.

Houses etc could be say spirited off to a distant member of the family.

But money, possibly IF death duty is paid to the goovernment first say 25%?

Just a thought.... :type:

CEW tried this but could not do it. :huh:

Often players don't think of this until after their character's untimely death.

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Thats why I suggest the player writing it after he has died. It adds a bit of role playl to the characters farewell.
I go along with the idea of the house disappearing to a distant relative but cannot see the problem of his money going to another player or even NPC like wife and mistress.

I like the idea of rich widows with mansions knocking about, so I'll give it some thought. And maybe wills leaving money to characters, with the characters having to pay for the funeral/memorial service/wake. The problem from a game point of view is that you don't want too much money sloshing around - it would make it too easy for players.

Hence death taxes for the Government B)

If you do this then there should be risks...

The beneficiary would have to host the funeral and the wake at their own costs and they should be informed that they have been included in the will but not the amount. The character making the will should be charged a fee and must appoint a lawyer to act as executor of the will. There should be a chance of the lawyer stealing a large percentage and of the beneficiary ending up out of character. The size of the wake/funeral could also lead to SP’s (or cost them SP’s)…and the deceased character could leave them an amount based upon the size of the funeral and wake that they throw for their friend…

mmm ... just had a thought:

Great Expectations! (Dickens) ... Contested wills ... Court of Chancery ... legal fees ... debtor's prisons ...!!!

That all sounds very good, chances of role playing and maybe senior characters having an influence through their patronage and positions. :p2:

just went over to yahoo and re-read CEW's mail on the subject

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrinyEnGarde/message/863



> Betreff: Re: [BrinyEnGarde] Tib getting nervous of any battles
It's a bit of fun to publish wills, but they won't be honoured as
> the current Briny rules don't allow them. CEW's wasn't (Sorry Pete).
> Like Christian says, the wily veteran's way around this is to loan
> or give your money away when you go on campaign.
BIG SNIP

Yikes!

I like the ideas all except for the last part. The deceased character should leave the money, and then he's out of it being, well, deceased.

Say a character dies and leaves something to three living characters. They have no idea who gets how much, and perhaps one just got the dog or the bear tooth.

If the three combine resources to throw the funeral, one may do well (be willed more than his share) and the others might not.

Meanwhile, ANYONE should be able to throw a funeral and get points. What if someone spent his last groat on his new commission and had little left of his posessions? Does he deserve less of a funeral than the midshipman with 100 guineas?

If the heirs decide to run off with the cash and have no funeral, well, I doubt anyone will want to leave them anything after that. So there is a consequence to their actions. (Leave the money to Sum Yun Gai, he will do right by you...) :s2: