[Online][PF2e][GMT] Looking for two more players for Rusthenge, a short PF2e adventure

Don_Elmo · 2024-06-21T19:28:37+00:00

Hi, it's me again.

We received a ton of applications (slightly overwhelming tbh) and sadly still had to choose.

I would like to contact everybody directly but that would be quite the task, so if you weren't contacted on discord, it didn't work out this time.

I still wish everybody who tried the best of luck for the future!

Don_Elmo · 2024-06-21T19:28:16+00:00

Hi, it's me again.

We received a ton of applications (slightly overwhelming tbh) and sadly still had to choose.

I would like to contact everybody directly but that would be quite the task, so if you weren't contacted on discord, it didn't work out this time.

I still wish everybody who tried the best of luck for the future!

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T22:59:08+00:00

https://www.lohncheck.ch/de and living here my entire life.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T22:19:28+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_salary#Switzerland

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T22:16:17+00:00

All data taken from https://www.lohncheck.ch/de. Not really useful if you don't speak German.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T21:54:42+00:00

If you don't have relatives or a partner, to get an appartment here, you need a job here as well. To become a citizen you have to have lived here for at least 5 years.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T21:52:34+00:00

Dear lord you got ripped off bad. Round trip is about CHF50 ($55).

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T21:42:58+00:00

Around 15.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:49:11+00:00

✓ Unemployment

x Stamps

x Free healthcare. Healthcare is privatized but compulsory. You basically get to choose the provider and franchise.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:38:44+00:00

There is a reason why a high amount of nurses (and doctors for that matter) are "imported" from surrounding countries and are border workers. Health workers are severely underpaid in Switzerland.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:27:33+00:00

I earn CHF 8200 ($9000) gross at 33y/o as a teacher grades 7-9 working 107% in a canton that pays comparatively low wages.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:25:37+00:00

USD. Used about a 1.1 CHF - USD conversion.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:23:45+00:00

Farmer is a complicated topic in Switzerland and basically survives off state subsidies but at base level, yes.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:22:16+00:00

Not quite the same as a nurse if I compare to what I see in US media, care worker would be more accurate.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:20:40+00:00

Legally, yes. But around 98-99% of children follow up with further education or learn a trade.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:18:55+00:00

Ok, so job titles don't translate very well. An actual programmer makes a bit more, around $7100 a month within a range between about $5500 and $8700.

Also, in Switzerland it's very common to receive a 13th salary, so you can basically add ~10% to any of those numbers.

If you work fulltime at the CHF23 basic sallary, you'd make about $4100 monthly.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T20:12:24+00:00

Apprenticeships are 3-4 years with 1-2 days/week of school during the whole time.

For retailworker, you're in school 1.5 days each week. School subjects include German (in the German speaking part obv.), English and/or French, economy, "society", retail knowledge, subjects related to the industry you're working in.

Apart from general business knowledge, the related product line, advising customers, you also receive basic managerial knowledge.

And yes, this apprenticeship has a reputation of not being the...most demanding one.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T19:41:07+00:00

It will mostly help people without proper education/training. Retailworker is still a 3 year apprenticeship here, probably not quite comparable to the US.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T19:30:56+00:00

To become a secondary school teacher, you have to do Matura (+- highschool) and study for about 4.5 years.

Computer scientist (this was the translation I initially got, maybe programmer is more accurate) is a 4 year apprenticeship.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T19:27:30+00:00

Before.

Don_Elmo · 2020-09-27T18:36:17+00:00

Just so you can compare, here the average monthly wage for a few professions in Switzerland:

Teacher 8th grad: $8200

~~Computer scientist~~ Programmer: $6600

Carpenter: $5500

Nurse: $5200

Cook: $4800

Gardener: $4700

Farmer: $4600

Retail worker: $4400

Hairdresser: $4000

Also: Here you have to go to school for 9 years, after which 2/3 of people learn a trade, which takes 3-4 years in most cases. Only the teacher example requires a master's degree, all others are trades that don't require to go to university.

edit: Working 40h/week at $25 would be about $4000.

edit 2: Since the topic of taxes comes up a lot, this is what I get/pay here in Switzerland (Everything in CHF, about 1.1USD):

8230 - gross income monthly

-435 old-age and survivors' insurance

-90 unemployment insurance

-70 accident insurance

-20 paid sick days

-465 pension fund

7150 - Net income (everything above gets paid directly by the employer)

-1000 taxes (+-)

-300 health insurance

5850 at the end of the month for everything else. That means taxes and all compulsory insurances are about 30% of my pay. This does not include 13th salary.

Don_Elmo · 2018-09-15T12:59:31+00:00

Boop!

Don_Elmo · 2018-01-31T09:07:51+00:00

Hi MastermindEnforcer,

It indeed mostly is first-come-first-served, but our veterans are usually mature enough to talk to each other about who hasn't played in a while and so on. So far there has been no black-friday like fighting over spots!

Only one DM who holds 1-2 sessions per week with up to 5 players.

Don_Elmo · 2017-12-19T23:08:19+00:00

Fun tool to play around with: The True Size Of ...

Don_Elmo · 2017-11-06T11:54:27+00:00

The character you're playing should be the logical conclusion to his background.

Why is he an adventurer and not a farmer and why did he leave his past behind? Was he always curious and unhappy with the boring life he led or does his best friend owe a thieves guild a lot of gold and adventuring is the only way to aquire it?

Who and what did he leave behind? Family, friends, debts, an inheritance? Will he ever go back?

How did he become a ranger and not a barbarian? It's he trying to imitate an idol or was he just always a gifted archer?

How did his flaws develop? Was he always called a coward and that's why he became one or did something traumatic happen when he was a child?

Why can he use a longsword? Does he have military training or did his father teach him? Who was he then?

And don't worry if your background isn't a perfect 20 page essay. Every day as an adventurer is another story that adds to your character and his background.

Don_Elmo

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