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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zimri" data-source="post: 1676115" data-attributes="member: 15991">Ghandi would not (in my opinion) accepted the house being built for him. If the rich guy went ahead anyway Ghandi likely would have refused acceptance of the dead. If that were somehow forced on him he would have used it for charitable purposes like a temple, orphanage or school. If some rich guy made the same offer to my ascetic monk she would likely turn it into an orphanage, school, or temple to pistis. Just as she is planning on doing with part of the mine/mountain base the party owns. Children of the miners and tradefolk that work for us (or the miners/tradefolk themselves) can avail themselves of an education paid for by "The Dragon's Eye Consortium" out of my share of the mining /adventuring profits.If I can not ride on a horse when a party member has 2 extra unburdened horses and has offered to allow me to use one (though I could say yes to his ebony fly *see the text in BOED*) I certainly can not set foot on a ship that costs thousands of dollars more.I agree if you can borrow a donkey that was going unused you can borrow a warhorse that was going unused (and/or ride on the back of it). Although just now the word "borrow" in this instance seems wrong. The owner, you, and the horse are all travelling in the same direction , down the same road, and not leaving the general vicinity of each other. IN RL do I borrow the glass I am drinking from at my friends house from my friend for the duration I am using it ? that seems odd I think we need a different word. Same with the carriage if someone is sending you to do something that requires you to show up in a carriage (or he is silly/generous enough to loan the party the carriage for travel to something he wants them to do) you should be allowed to ride inside of it. not be dragged behind it.The loans I speak of are not indefinite, there are some very real if not very quantifiable limits to them. Until I die, until you fall out of my favour, until I need/want the favour to end, until the end of the ball, until your service to me ends. I see no incongruity with Ghandi say accepting the use of a car,  driver, and accomodations from the indian embassy or state department in whatever country he is visiting for the duration of his visit. If he were to take up residence in said country I would suspect he then would lose the privelleges of a "travelling dignitary"</blockquote>

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