i think im now more or less set on the idea of adding a secondary account-level currency to handle character slots and restricted species, just to get rid of that weirdness.
kinda struggling to think of other things this currency could be used for though
Blessed are the rich
May we labor, deliver them more
Blessed are the envious
Bless the slothful, the wrathful, the vain
Blessed are the gluttonous
May they feast us to famine and war