Jason asked me a question about whoring his spell casting powers for cash to get XP during down time. I did want to clear that up for everyone. As far as the Lawful Church is concerned, clerics are supposed to use their spell casting powers to help the poor and helpless, for free. The bishops can arrange for adventurers and fat-cat nobles and merchants to purchase cures and the like for money, but the money goes to general church funds and the cures can only be purchased if they aren't needed for the weak and helpless (this is more or less explained in the gear book under NPC spell casting).
Spell casters who are not part of the church are not forbidden to make money casting spells. However, there isn't a whole lot of call for casting most of the magic user spells outside of adventures. In any case, even if they can occasionally make some down-time cash, cash earned through honest work won't be useable for XP gain. XP should come from adventure-based treasure, and through land-ownership (which is an equivalent pain in the ass). I'd consider profits from long-distance trade (caravans and shipping) to be eligible for XP, if the PC's undertake the expedition in person.
I don't like to think of it as whoring, I like to think of it as...yeah, it was whoring.
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