Has anybody created a "Dilettante" noble per Book 8 ? (Put it in quotes, as the book allows for various classes and types). Did you find the Portfolio benefit (a lot of monthly income) destabilizing to the campaign? How many Portfolio benefits did you allow (I'm thinking max of two). I already had rolled up a "noble since birth" character (natural 11), but as he also had decent Int and Edu, sent him to the Naval Academy and he had a good naval career (increased Soc by 1 upon leaving career) and then spent one term in the 2nd ed. Core Rulebook Noble career - received a "yacht" ((safari ship)) out of it with 25 %mortgage paid off, an inheritance from a relative under Life Events). While rolling up other characters (ret. Navy CPO engineer; ret. Marine Col, knighted; former Navy Lt. pilot; ret. Marine Gunny - all of whom served together) also got another with 10 Soc, but poor Str and End, and mediocre Edu, but good Dex. Seemed like a bad candidate for the armed services but possible Dilettante (rolled her up per Book 8 as Aristocrat, Chevalier subclass - the good Dex making her a possible duelist). In addition to being knighted eventually (Soc 11), she also received a "yacht" with 25 % paid off. If I use her in this crew, I'm toying with the idea of it being the same vessel and the two nobles being cousins having to share the bequest from their great grand aunt (could be amusing if their goals don't perfectly align). What is giving me pause is that her Portfolio monthly income is over 26,000 credits and this steady infusion of cash could mean the crew might not be as "hungry" to earn monthly mortgage and ship costs. Thoughts ?