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Contents 1 Overview 2 Account maximum balance 3 Commands 4 Banks 4.1 Losthaven 4.2 the Temple of Discordia 4.3 Sanctuary 4.4 Ordo Ignis Aeternis guildhall

Overview

Banking in Lost Souls is a service vital to adventurers. Having someone else looking after your money when death is an almost daily occurrence is a very sensible thing.

Lost Souls does not use investment banking, rather a "bank" is part of the treasury and financial dealings of most large organisations. They function more like credit unions, where access to the bank is only granted with membership of the organisation.

Accounts can be opened at a bank with a large enough deposit. Once the account is open deposits of any size can be made. Any deposit into the account attracts a percentage fee. This fee goes straight to the organisation that controls the bank and provides one of their sources of funding. Accounts do not gain interest, and no fees are taken after the original deposit fee.

Banks will only store as much money as they believe the customer can handle. They will refuse to accept deposits past this point.

The account holding the money is shared between different banks, though different banks calculate the maximum balance differently. For example, the Losthaven bank allows the customer to deposit a lot more than Shylock in the Temple of Discordia.

It is not known what methods the banks use to confirm identity, but the methods are foolproof.

Account maximum balance

The maximum balance on account is affected by many skills (and also by which bank the customer is using when doing a deposit). The general guide, explained in the sign in banks, reads:

   All of your skill in finance and ownership is applied to your maximum savings capacity.
   A total of all your skills in trade and craft are applied by one fourth.
   A total of all your social skills are applied by one half.
   Some of your abilities in certain skills may reduce your maximum balance.

In a bit more of tested details:

• Finance and Ownership affect the most.
• Diplomacy, Empathy, Fast Talk, Haggling, Intimidation, Manipulation affect positively
• Appraisal, Garbology affect positively.
• Brewing, Cooking affect positively.
• Carousing and Gambling affect negatively.

Note that Finance also affects one's carried wealth ('show wealth capacity') and keep capacity category 'General/Items/Valuables'. Ownership also affects keep capacity, a lot, in direct 100% skill to keep points ratio to category 'General/Items'.

Commands

all bank commands are prefixed by `account`

• `account open`: Opens an account and deducts the initial deposit from carried gold.
• `account deposit <number>`: Deposits the quantity of gold stated
• `account balance`: Shows how much gold is stored in the account
• `account withdraw <number>`: Withdraws the amount of gold stated
• `account close`: Closes the account and withdraws all money. Accounts also close if they are emptied.

Banks

Losthaven

• Name: The Bank of Losthaven
• Location: Courtly Way, Losthaven, Cimbra
• Availability: Culture of Losthavener (a faerie of the Seelie culture from Arborlon was also allowed to use, so it is probably available quite widely). Confirmed open to all.
• Initial Deposit: 100
• Deposit Fee: 10%
• Banker: Gredius
• Notes: Cheapest by far of the bankers for lessons, but also has the lowest max skill he will teach. Most will not get more than 1 lesson out of him, unless you have a really low assim.

the Temple of Discordia

• Name: Shylock's Savings
• Location: northwestern courtyard, the Temple of Discordia, Cimbra
• Availability: probably all
• Initial Deposit: 5,000
• Deposit Fee: 20%
• Banker: Shylock
• Notes: Considered the standard by which other bankers are measured. Moderately expensive to train, decent training caps, and overall average on all aspects. If a bank does something better than him in one area, like a lower initial deposit, you can be assured that it will be made up for in another area, such as a lower cap on training.

Sanctuary

• Name:
• Location: Sanctuary, Quetlatl
• Availability:
• Initial Deposit:
• Deposit Fee:
• Banker: Krassus

Ordo Ignis Aeternis guildhall

• Name: Thalos's Repository
• Location: the Schola Fervitus, Devonshire, Avalon
• Availability: Ordo Ignis Aeternis members (bank is in restricted area)
• Initial Deposit: 1,000
• Deposit Fee: 10%
• Banker: Thalos
• Notes: Very expensive to train with, but offers a decent cap on his lessons.