Chalice World Commonwealth Jobs

Base Pay $800/Month based on TL 4

  

Job Quality	Status Level	Monthly Income	Daily Average	Hourly Average
Poor	-2	$160	$6	$0.80
Struggling	-1	$400	$16	$2
Average	0	$800	$32	$4
Comfortable	1	$1,600	$64	$8
Wealthy	2	$4,000	$1650	$20

Craft and Mundane Trades

Basic Labor

Generally unskilled work, typically done by minors and those seeking apprenticeships.

Craftsman, Apprentice

The apprentice is working on a specific trade and is typically taken care of by the Master Craftsman training him. Apprenticeships typically last 3 to 5 years.

Craftsman, Journeyman

After learning a trade and passing an exam a tradesperson may become a journeyman. Journeyman are responsible for their own upkeep and tools, though they typically work in the shop or under the supervision of a Master Craftsman. A journeyman can test to become a master craftsman after serving as a journeyman for 3 to 4 years. Even especially adept students who could pass the test sooner are generally required to serve this time in order to pay off the expenses and time spent on them by their master. Also during this time they are working on their reputation for when they become a master.

Craftsman, Master

Master craftsman almost always have their own shop, though some may work as foreman in a larger shop or under a renowned master.

Craftsman, Renowned

These craftsman are famous for their skills and are generally only found in major cities.They typically have long waiting lines for their goods.

Agriculture

Agriculture is buttressed by magic and excellent transportation services. It offers less upward mobility compared to the skilled trades but pay is decent in an effort to offset the desirability of the more urban jobs. Most farms do not have their own mage, instead a town mage covers all the farms surrounding the town.

Landowners and Skilled Mages: Comfortable

Foreman, animal handlers, and apprentice mages: Average

Standard laborers and unskilled mages: Struggling

Transportation

Wagon Handlers

Average

Most wagon traffic is hauling product from farms to villages and small towns. The typical wagon handler owns and takes care of their own wagon.

Carriage Drivers and Guards

Average

Carriages are primarily for personal transportation in the larger towns and cities, and from some rail depots to nearby towns. In town there is typically just a driver, but between towns a guard who doubles as porter is usually added. They typically do not travel all night and will stop at Inns to rest the horses and passengers.

Railroad Jobs

Railroads are run by the dwarves, though they hire porters from other races. They run between cities and also stop at smaller towns along the route, though only for short times.

Engine Crew: $1,600/month (Average wealth, special skills typical of all dwarves)

Porters: Average

Depot Crew: Average

Depot Chief: Comfortable

Shipping

Most shipping is along the coast, though there are some river trips.

Ship Captain: Wealthy

Ships Officers: Comfortable

Ships Crew  Average

River Captain: Comfortable

River Boats Officers: Average

River Boats Crew: Struggling

Urban Management

Mayor, City: Wealthy

Mayor, Town: Comfortable

Mayor, Village: Average.

City Council: Comfortable

Town Council: Average

GURPS Bricks, Comparative Damage

 The ability to withstand damage is a staple of the classic brick class and, specially online I hear a lot of people saying its impossible to build an effective brick because its too hard to have good defenses.

Most of the time people are primarily looking at DR and what I consider one of the most effective defenses (other than avoid being hit) gets ignore or dismissed.  So here are some charts breakind down damage taken based on the defense chosen.

Here are some breakdowns of damage taken per hit for various weapons on an average damage roll.

Weapon	[50] IT:DR/2 DR 10	[75] IT:DR/3 DR 15	[100] IT:DR/4 DR 20	[125] IT:DR/5 DR 25	[150] IT:DR/10 DR 30	[175] IT:DR/15 DR 35	[200] IT:DR/20 DR 40	[225] IT:DR/30 DR 45	[250] IT:DR/50 DR 50
Auto Pistol, .44M (3d p++) 10.5	6 0.5	3.5 0	2.5 0	2 0	1 0	1 0	1 0	1 0	1 0
Auto Pistol, 9mm (2d+pi) 7	4 0	3 0	2 0	2 0	1 0	1 0	1 0	1 0	1 0
PDW, 4.6mm (4d(3) pi-) 14	7 11	5 9	4 7	3 5	2 4	1 2	1 1	1 0	1 0
Assault Carbine, 5.56mm (4d+2 pi) 16	8 6	6 1	4 0	4 0	2 0	1 0	1 0	1 0	1 0
Sniper Rifle, .338 (9d+1 pi) 32.5	17 22	11 17	8 12	7 7	4 2	3 0	2 0	1 0	1 0
10d 35	18 25	12 20	9 15	7 10	4 5	3 0	2 0	2 0	1 0
15d 52.5	26 42	18 37	13 32	11 27	6 22	4 17	3 12	2 7	1 2

One thing not to overlook is straight DR is more swingy, the numbers above are based on average damage, A low roll is less likely to penetrate DR and a roll just a little above average can go from no damage to very serious damage in several cases.

 Matching Offense vs. Defense (Innate Attack of same points as defense).

Attack	[50] IT:DR/2 DR 10	[75] IT:DR/3 DR 15	[100] IT:DR/4 DR 20	[125] IT:DR/5 DR 25	[150] IT:DR/10 DR 30	[175] IT:DR/15 DR 35	[200] IT:DR/20 DR 40	[225] IT:DR/30 DR 45	[250] IT:DR/50 DR 50
10d  35	18 25	12 20	9 15	7 10	4 5	3 0	2 0	2 0	1 0
15d 52.5	26 42	18 37	13 32	11 27	6 22	4 17	3 12	2 7	1 2
20d 70	35 60	24 55	18 50	14 45	7 40	5 35	4 30	3 25	2 20
25d 87	43 77	29 72	22 67	18 62	9 57	6 52	5 47	3 42	2 37
30d 105	52 95	35 90	27 85	21 80	11 75	7 70	6 65	4 60	3 55
35d 122	61 112	41 107	31 102	25 97	13 92	9 87	7 82	4 77	3 72
40d 140	70 130	47 125	35 120	28 115	14 110	10 105	7 100	5 95	3 90

Attack	[50] IT:DR/2 DR 10	[75] IT:DR/3 DR 15	[100] IT:DR/4 DR 20	[125] IT:DR/5 DR 25	[150] IT:DR/10 DR 30	[175] IT:DR/15 DR 35	[200] IT:DR/20 DR 40	[225] IT:DR/30 DR 45	[250] IT:DR/50 DR 50
45d 157	79 147	53 142	40 137	32 132	16 127	11 122	8 117	6 112	4 107
50d 175	88 165	59 160	44 155	35 150	18 145	12 140	9 135	6 130	4 125

The above chart compares damage taken with a standard innate attack based on the same points. The green text indicates exact matches. Armor Piercing will lower the DR so be less effective overall but more effective vs. armor piercing attacks than DR that is not hardened. Once you can purchase IT:DR it is more effective against the same level of attack than DR, though DR may be more effective against weaker attacks. This is especially true as normal IT:DR rounds up and always has a minimum of 1 damage getting through unless its enhanced. Obviously no damage is better than 1 damage so with weaker attacks DR is generally preferable, however if your goal is to be impressive on defense IT:DR is more effective against higher damage.
Also, it looks more heroic when you fight through wounds than if you just casually ignore whats thrown at you!

Another comparison would be DR vs. IT:DR with the Cosmic no minimum damage enhancement. But that shall be another post!