missmvicious
2011-11-25, 06:28 PM
I'm running an experimental solo campaign. It's my first attempt using the Forgotten Realms setting, and we're both trying new stuff with characters, maps, monsters, combat, extended resources (most of our campaigns before now have stuck to core or core adjacent).
My PC gave me advanced warning that she intends to spend some of her hard-earned PP to invest into some shops at The Hap, after it got torn to rubble in an Athach raid.
I'd never thought of that...
She wants to purchase the supplies necessary to help rebuild and receive interest payments in return, effectively making her a private investor for the whole town. That's one way to become a mayor, I suppose.
I assume, based on the free-spirited nature of the townsfolk of The Hap, that many of them will refuse the help. But enough of them are screwed enough that they may have to take the offer, which means she will soon become the proud owner of up to 1/3 of the businesses and farms in and around The Hap.
My question is, how do I calculate costs for that? How do I know how much a good investment would be? Is 200 GP enough to keep a Butcher shop alive and kicking? Or should it be more like 200 PP? What about a farm or ranch?
I have to assume that an Expert would be able to afford their own business, so a king's ransom, say 20,000 PP would be stupid. But setting the bar too low means selling out the town to a Chaotic Neutral PC with too much CHA who has every intention of becoming the secret ruling power behind that town when all is said and done. Allowing this would be fun, but I want to make sure the price is right.
In the PHB it says that sometimes you can win land and use it to make money, but it doesn't say how or how much. Are there any rules somewhere regarding how much a settlement is worth, how much a business is worth, how much a farm or ranch is worth? I'm sure I could wing it from there.
My PC gave me advanced warning that she intends to spend some of her hard-earned PP to invest into some shops at The Hap, after it got torn to rubble in an Athach raid.
I'd never thought of that...
She wants to purchase the supplies necessary to help rebuild and receive interest payments in return, effectively making her a private investor for the whole town. That's one way to become a mayor, I suppose.
I assume, based on the free-spirited nature of the townsfolk of The Hap, that many of them will refuse the help. But enough of them are screwed enough that they may have to take the offer, which means she will soon become the proud owner of up to 1/3 of the businesses and farms in and around The Hap.
My question is, how do I calculate costs for that? How do I know how much a good investment would be? Is 200 GP enough to keep a Butcher shop alive and kicking? Or should it be more like 200 PP? What about a farm or ranch?
I have to assume that an Expert would be able to afford their own business, so a king's ransom, say 20,000 PP would be stupid. But setting the bar too low means selling out the town to a Chaotic Neutral PC with too much CHA who has every intention of becoming the secret ruling power behind that town when all is said and done. Allowing this would be fun, but I want to make sure the price is right.
In the PHB it says that sometimes you can win land and use it to make money, but it doesn't say how or how much. Are there any rules somewhere regarding how much a settlement is worth, how much a business is worth, how much a farm or ranch is worth? I'm sure I could wing it from there.