Friday, March 9, 2012

Location, Location, Location

It would be difficult to top Jeff's living arrangement's list for Wessex posted today. I can't and won't, but it did give me the excuse to rework and post the wee subsystem I have for real estate in and around the Marklinko and Ostrovo cantons in the HC.

Like most luxury items in the campaign, PCs get 1 exp per 2 suns spent on buying a place. Players can also choose to custom build (or expand an existing structure) according to these rules. The price for land will vary wildly. Land ownership of arable land is difficult without engaging into the complicated dance of social relations.

Type
Cost (in gp/suns)
#Housed
Availability
Rural hut
100
2
2
Menstruation hut
80
1
5
Rural longhouse
800
10
4
Meadhall, faux-Hyperborean
3000
20
18
Farmstead, semi-fortified
2200
8
15
Slum hovel
180
2
2
Slum flat
320
6
4
Tower, onion-domed
3000
5
15
Townhouse, whitewashed
2600
10
9
Townhouse, stuccoed
4000
15
15
Manse, creepy and decrepit
15000
25
18
Manse, swanky
20000
30
20

The actual cost is variable and the GM will adjust to fit campaign circumstances (a rush of refugees might drive up the price or what) . It is assumed that this price represents the best deal that can be found in a week's search.
Roll d20 (modified by CHA)
1-2
200%
3-7
150%
8-15
list price
16-19
75%
20
50%

The number housed represents relatively comfort conditions. Twice as many can be housed in cramped, unpleasant, bitch-at-your-companions-out-of-annoyance conditions.

Availability is rolled on a d20 (add levels of thief or mountebank as a modifier) to equal or beat the target number. Again this may be adjusted due to campaign circumstances.

2 comments:

  1. A complicated dance? It's no fun if it's complicated.

    And that's my comment. Home from the market. Now to stack my goodies on the table and wait for Tim to get home.

    Where we then play, guess how much I paid for all this.

    Hope you have a great weekend, Cake.

    Cheers and boogie boogie.

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  2. Very nice chart. Very nice. But are the prices for the Manse a bit low? If it fits the economy of your campaign, then certainly not, but it seems like it might be a bit low.

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