But at this point, I'm not in the cabal, so the hard-coding doesn't factor into it yet, unless it prevents me from getting inducted.

I seem to remember from a previous outlander that having coins on me made me lose the benefits of unfettered spirit, and that using civilized stuff got me plagued, but I might be smoking purple crack. Again. Anyway, if it is just stuff like that I'd quite happily live with it.