Outlanders are expected to swear off the use of currency, and are given tools to help them do so.

For aspiring Outlanders, I'd advise avoiding it, though it isn't quite as set in stone as Battleragers swearing off magic. If you buy a water skin and some bread in the Academy, that doesn't mean you have blacklisted yourself from the cabal. But, this doesn't give you free reign to keep a beefy bank account and to shop til you drop at the potion shop.

Basically the IC perspective is that the Ancients understand that civilization has become a disgustingly necessary crutch for many individuals. Because of this, some minimal understanding is extended to aspiring Outlanders who *occasionally* lean on civilization in matters of personal surrvival. (And no, stockpiling a bunch of preps from city shops does not count as "surrvival".) Once you become an Outlander, you have the blessing of the Ancients and are expected to toss that crutch aside entirely.