Wondering if the subject of how an Acolyte is paid is described anywhere. In a multi-world setting in which communication between worlds is slow and unreliable, I am not thinking there are any ATMs available to access one's salary. How does an Acolyte access their collected wages?

Why also is an Acolyte's wages based on their career path if they are doing the work of the inquisition instead of their career path?

Just puzzling over this, there is so much background fluff in novels and other 40K games I have not personally read, I imagine it has been described somewhere at some point.

Stacktrace said:

Lets start with your second question first. This topic has been discussed as naseum, but basicaly it boils down a) what you do when you're not working for the Inquisition b) How important the Inquisition sees your particular job is to theirs and c) game balance. Also, the Inquisition isn't paying you, you're old work is paying you, the Inquisition has just pretty much permanently requisitioned you. More indepth discussions of this are all over this board and other 40k boards and have gone on for pages.

The first question, well there are two ways probably. One is, when you get your orders, you also get cold-hard cash, and or a bank note. Its just part of the packet you receive from who-ever gives you your assignments. This also can mean delays in advancement pay, and the like.

The other option is that part of the Inquisition offices that they have on most major world contains some kind of banking system that alcolytes can access to draw out funds. Due to delays in communication you may find that your pay hasn't caught up to you on someworlds, or on others a withdraw hasn't posted yet, which could be an interesting roleplaying oppertunity. Do you really want to owe the Inquisition as a whole money?

Edit: The other more likely way is that your Inquisitor has a line of credit with certain trading houses that he or she works closely with, and anywhere that trading house goes, you'd have access to those funds to a degree. Those funds would boil down to wages plus whatever your Inquisitor allowed you access to.

Generally its done in such a way, that most of the times its a transparent wand waving issue, the money is just there, but if there is a reason in the story for the money to not be accessable, then its not.

Excellent reply, thank you for taking the time to write it.

Stacktrace said:

As answer for the first question: Either the Acolyte is carrying their money with them, or they have them uploaded onto a credit block (if its particularly large sums). Also there is a banking service that is pretty much use:able in the entire Calixis sector (the Goldenhand bank of House Krin, based in Hive Tarsus if im not mistaken). Sure on certain primitive feral worlds the money might not be useable, but in most other places you should be able to find someone who can accept your credit block and change it into that particular worlds currency.

The Acolytes wages are based on their carreer path because during downtime between missions from the Inquisition, the Acolytes work with pretty much the same jobs that they had before being requisitioned to the holy ordos. And it doesn't really matter which world they are on, a Cleric just goes to the local Cathedral and seeks employment, A Tech-Priest to the Adeptus Mechanicus equivalent. A Guardsman seeks job opportunity as either a PDF employee or as a Mercenary. The Adept as any bureoucratic proffession, and the Scum... Well s/he just robs people or scam them out of their money. Assassins certainly wouldnt have a hard time finding work either (no matter where you go in the galaxy there will always be someone who wants someone else dead, and is willing to pay for it to happen), and Arbitrators can either work at an Arbites HQ, or as an Enforcer.

Quite simply, the Acolytes will probably find siomething to do between missions, than just twiddling their thumbs.