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At each level, a noble scion gains gold pieces equal to 750 multiplied by her character level as stipend. (She gains 750 gp. at 1st level, an additional 1,500 gp. at 2nd level, and so on.) This is the noble's private spending money, a result of the increase in standing her level advancement brings.  
 
At each level, a noble scion gains gold pieces equal to 750 multiplied by her character level as stipend. (She gains 750 gp. at 1st level, an additional 1,500 gp. at 2nd level, and so on.) This is the noble's private spending money, a result of the increase in standing her level advancement brings.  
  
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A multiclass character only gets this stipend when increasing in level as a noble scion, not when increasing her level in any other class. The amount received is based on her character level, not class level. So a wizard 3 who takes a level of scheming noble gains 3,000 gp (750 times her new character level of four).
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A multiclass character only gets this stipend when increasing in level as a noble scion, not when increasing her level in any other class. The amount received is based on her character level, not class level. So a wizard 3 who takes a level of scheming noble gains 3,000 gp (750 times her new character level of four).<noinclude>{{OGL}}</noinclude>
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|Naturally, the noble's wealth comes from somewhere. At lower levels, this is simply money paid out as a stipend by elders and higher-ups in the noble's family, but at higher levels this is income from her own lands and holdings. So, why can't the noble simply liquidize these holdings and get a huge sum of money right away? The answer is that cultures and families of nobility generally have different views of ownership. Land belongs to the family or clan, not to an individual. The noble has the right to rents and incomes, but the land itself is only held in custody for future generations. This difference between land as property and land held in custody is one of the great changes in modernity. The noble gets to enjoy the ownership, and can hunt in the forests, live in the palaces, be bowed to by the peasants, sit in judgment over the city, and generally lord over an area of much greater riches than their immediate wealth shows. This also includes followers who are nominally under the nobles rule, but busy running the estate; guards, farmers, hunters, burghers, scullions, all under their lord but too busy to actually take direct orders. All these people will bow and scrape for their lord, but making demands on them beyond their customary duties is quite unthinkable. Noble holdings often include a levy, a small army in its own right, but again this can only be used in the direct interests of the land or to fulfill feudal obligations. For private use, the noble has to settle for the benefits outlined by her class features. Everyone in a hierarchical society is very aware of their duties and rights, any exploitation beyond what is customary is likely to be met by reluctance, intrigue, plots, and potentially murder or rebellion.
 
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Affluent (Ex)

At each level, a noble scion gains gold pieces equal to 750 multiplied by her character level as stipend. (She gains 750 gp. at 1st level, an additional 1,500 gp. at 2nd level, and so on.) This is the noble's private spending money, a result of the increase in standing her level advancement brings.

A multiclass character only gets this stipend when increasing in level as a noble scion, not when increasing her level in any other class. The amount received is based on her character level, not class level. So a wizard 3 who takes a level of scheming noble gains 3,000 gp (750 times her new character level of four).

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