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06-29-2009, 07:55 PM
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Entertainment Pricing
 In one of my scenarios, the characters will encounter a ....ummmm... roving ....brothal... and was wondering what pricing would be appropriate.
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06-29-2009, 08:19 PM
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I have spent way too much time reading business plans. It has taken all the fun out of this question. My mind went immediately to their business model (and not the cute kind of model either).
I guess some of the questions that would need to be answered are. Are the women volunteers/indentured/sexual slaves? Can extra money be made off of amenities (over priced liquor etc) How much competition is in the area? What is the client base? How secure is the area traveled? What is the quality of the women? (ok first time I felt like a man in this analysis) Generally I would put it at the price of 10 times a shot of medium quality hard liquor but with significant variation (mostly upwards). Last edited by kato13; 06-29-2009 at 08:45 PM.
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06-29-2009, 08:59 PM
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Check out Year of the Zombie RPG, they actually have a price for that kind of entertainment in a post-apoc setting.
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06-29-2009, 09:05 PM
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Ask Raellus. He's been there, done that with "Damien the River Pimp"!
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06-29-2009, 10:22 PM
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06-30-2009, 05:01 AM
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Depends on how desperate your game is...If the ladies are just trying to survive, at the minimum, a visit would cost the same as a low cost meal. Kato throws out some good questions also.
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06-30-2009, 08:39 AM
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Anyway, price would depend on the local market. I see the most of the Twilight world reverting to a barter economy. So, ask yourself what the pimp and/or prostitute wants or needs. Damien, for example, needed food and fuel. So, that was the starting price. He also needed drugs for resale so he'd take those as well. What Damien really wanted, though, was nice things- jewelry, furs, alligator skin boots, fancy zippo lighters, aviator sunglasses, etc. Also consider the local market. In Krakow, for example, maybe the price would be ration tickets. I suppose one could barter a service for another service. Perhaps a John could pay be performing some task or duty that the prostitute/pimp needs done. Life is cheap in T2K and I reckon sex would be cheap too. Throughout history, women in warzones have turned to prostitution in order to survive and or feed their families. When one has lost everything and is on the verge of starvation, prostitution quickly becomes a viable option...
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06-30-2009, 10:03 AM
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