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#1 shivafang Aug 18, 2014 13:50:20	Using your downtime to practise a profession uses the downtime day without spending costs.  What's the point of this?  Wouldn't it be better to just not use your downtime days and to something else with them later?  I can't see any reason to do this.
#2 freemanjc Aug 18, 2014 14:27:32	shivafang wrote:
#3 shivafang Aug 18, 2014 14:46:54	freemanjc wrote:
#4 Skerrit Aug 18, 2014 15:16:07	In the DnDAL, there is not a lot of reason to choose this option, unless a future certificate or Faction gives you a reason to.
#5 Feeroper Aug 20, 2014 6:39:44	The only reasons I can think to use this are to:   1. Upgrade your lifestyle to a higher level if you are living at poor levels or below as you can maintain a modest lifestyle and it takes 30 days to increase your lifestyle default   1. If you are between episodes of D&D encounters and others in your party are spending downtime days and you don't want to loose any money on your lifestyle expenses during that time.
#6 Skerrit Aug 20, 2014 9:08:40	Feeroper wrote:
#7 Feeroper Aug 20, 2014 11:00:27	Oh really? Thanks for clarifying! That was a question I had before I couldn't seem to get an answer to. So even in between Encounters episodes if other characters take downtime days before the next episode, a player who doesn't also take downtime between episodes doesn't have to pay the corresponding lifestyle expenses for that time?   That is good to know!
#8 Skerrit Aug 20, 2014 11:13:35	Correct. Remember that while Encounters adventures may often be the same group, not all of them are. Expeditions and Epics are almost never the same. If you spent days based on those days other people spent, it would be a paperwork nightmare.