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--- maintenance [2018/11/27 19:35] – dave
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 =====MAINTENANCE=====
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-—MAINTENANCE**: each month players must pay a maintenance fee for themselves and each of their henchmen, soldiers and hirelings.  If the fee is paid, the character or npc is assumed to have a place to live (rented room if he hasn’t bought permanent structure), regular meals, maintained clothing and equipment that is in repair and good condition.  Additionally, the character or npc will refill his arrows, quarrels, thrown daggers, sling stones, and will have filled any wineskins and will have 1 week of rations on hand from his expense cost.
+—MAINTENANCE**: each month players must pay a maintenance fee for themselves and each of their henchmen, soldiers and hirelings.  If the fee is paid, the character or npc is assumed to have a place to live (rented room if he hasn’t bought permanent structure), regular meals, maintained clothing and equipment that is in repair and good condition.  Additionally, the character or npc will refill his arrows, quarrels, thrown daggers, sling stones, and will have filled any wineskins and will have 5 days of rations on hand from his expense cost.  Npc hirelings and henchmen cash salary is also included in the maintenance fees.
 **2—MAINTENANCE EXPENSE COSTS:**
 •	Player Characters:  50gp per level
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 **4—STRONGHOLDS AND MAINTENANCE**
-If a character owns a stronghold within the Realm, the maintenance costs for himself and for henchmen and hirelings are cut in half.   If the character owns a stronghold in the Wilderness that has attracted settlers, he needs to pay no maintenance for himself or his henchmen, or his non-soldier hirelings, but soldiers still must be paid half standard maintenance for their type.  In all circumstances, soldier hirelings must be paid at least half their standard maintenance.
+If a character owns a stronghold within the Realm or even just a house, the maintenance costs for himself and for henchmen and hirelings are cut in half.   If the character owns a stronghold in the Wilderness that has attracted settlers, he needs to pay no maintenance for himself or his henchmen, or his non-soldier hirelings, but soldiers still must be paid half standard maintenance for their type.  In all circumstances, soldier hirelings must be paid at least half their standard maintenance.
 To gain the stronghold maintenance discount, the stronghold must be able to house all the hirelings and at least 1 servant or laborer for every 5 other people.  Each type of building available in the Gear Book indicates the number of occupants it can house.
+**5--MAINTENANCE AND THE INTERMITTENT CAMPAIGN**
+Since the maintenance system was designed for a single party regular game, there may need to be adjustment made for characters who pop in and out, go dormant, etc.  The rule will be, a character pays maintenance at the beginning of each game session, unless it has been less than 1 in game month since his last adventure.  No character pays maintenance the first session played.  He will pay only 1 month's cost, and will have been assumed to have broken even any additional months.