19. Housing, Estates and Commemorative Medals

Housing

1. Houses of various descriptions may be purchased for cash as a weekly action in accordance with the Housing Table. Shortages of supply in an area of the property market will be announced in the press.

2. Houses may be sold back to the market for 75% of cost, or sold to another character upon whatever terms those characters agree between themselves. Both of these are pre-monthly actions.

3. No House may be left in a will. All such property reverts to the state upon death.

4. Failure to pay the monthly cost of any House owned results in a loss of one SL.

5. Falling below the minimum SL required to purchase a House already owned incurs no penalty.

6. Any character with a Court Companion or Unofficial Confidante must acquire a House or an Estate before that individual can become his Confidante.

7. Private parties may be held at one's House. The maximum number of guests, including Court Companions, at such an event is shown in the Housing Table. The guest total does not include the host and his Court Companion. Guests at a private party receive half of the difference between their SL and the minimum SL required for that class of property in SP, rounded up, e.g. an SL 7 guest at a party at a Large Villa gets 2 SP in addition to that which he receives for carousing and toadying.

8. The effects of drunkenness do not apply at private parties.

9. The owner of a Large Villa or Castello may host a ball once per season (carousing costs are doubled). All attendees and the host get an additional 1 SP for being at such a ball. On 6+ on 1d6, which may be influenced, Lucrezia de' Medici will attend and allow all guests to toady to her.

10. If more people try to attend a party than can be accommodated at the property, they will be admitted in descending SL order unless the host orders otherwise.

Estates

11. Orphans of noble parentage are the only characters who have Estates when they arrive in Rome.

12. The Pope will consider granting an Estate to a character in the following circumstances:

For every 3 MIDs received by the character.

In December for Papal Legates and Councillors.

When a character obtains an MR of 1 while leading a Faction or Chapter.

When a character obtains an MR of 1-2 whilst a Delegation, Assistant Delegation or Coalition Leader.

When a character obtains an MR at least 3 better than his immediate superior.

For every 4 of the character's compositions which are accepted by the Collegio Romano.

13. The Pope will grant an Estate on a 6 on 1d6. That decision cannot be Influenced, although there is a -1 modifier for every 3 SL the character is above the minimum required.

14. Anyone below the minimum SL required for that Estate, as shown on the Estates Table, or in prison does not qualify for the Estate attempt.

15. If more than one occasion for an Estate attempt occurs in a season, each will be tried until an Estate is received or all attempts have been resolved. Failed past attempts have no effect upon subsequent attempts.

16. Once an Estate has been awarded to a character in a season, he may not receive another Estate that season.

17. If a character is awarded an Estate, his SL is increased to the new SL listed in the Estates Table if his SL is currently lower than that new SL.

18. As for a House owner, an Estate owner receives monthly SP based upon the type of Estate held and there is no penalty if he falls beneath the minimum SL required for such an Estate to be awarded. Unlike a House owner, he receives a monthly income from the Estate and there is no monthly upkeep fee. The level of each of these benefits to the Estate owner is determined from the Estates Table.

19. Private parties and balls may be held at Estates. The limitations upon and benefits derived from any such event are the same as if the event had been held in a House of the same size, save that if the event is held at an Estate outside of Rome, each attendee incurs a 5 Ducat transportation cost. If a host offers to pay his guests' costs, that offer will include the transportation costs.

20. An Estate received from the Pope may not be sold, nor may it be left to another in a Will.

Commemorative Medals

21. If the Pope has not seen fit to grant an Estate to a character (i.e. a failed Estate attempt or insufficient SL), the character receives a chance of a Commemorative Medal being struck in recognition of his achievements. This will happen on a roll of 6 on 1d6. That decision cannot be Influenced, although there is a -1 modifier for every 3 SL the character is above SL 6.

22. Successive medals are minted in metals of increasing value, as shown in the Commemorative Medals Table.

Housing Table

Estates Table

Commemorative Medals Table