aisent, I'm waiting on aithne before I give you anymore.

That's fine

I think I am basically done... do you want to take a look and let me know what I have forgotten ;)

I will do so

to make it less difficult on me, please indicate what choice you made in your trait choice... on the trait. You can do (choice here) after the trait, or whatever you prefer, just please indicate what choice you made.

Done

In reply to The Meta (msg # 120):

Sorry, didn't realize you were waiting on me.

Aithne you need to pick which way you are going left or right....

Sorry all, I've been quiet due to work being a bit manic due to COVID, and so my mind hasn't been as focused on getting my character sorted for the game.

I'm still planning to have my own town, that others are happy to be involved with (. I keep getting torn as to what I have there, debating if I go for lots of small buildings to at as a foundation, so houses, shops, inn, etc., or have a castle and go what would be referred to as a "tall" build in building games, with a small number of more advanced buildings.

Though, as we have our entry town, would there be a reason why people would want to not stay there and come to my settlement?

Are you charging 5 gp to enter the gate? If not then that's reason to come to your place :)

5gp, that's daylight robbery!

im going to post for aithne and aisent soon. I've just been finding myself sleeping a lot this week given there's just nothing going on. Trying to keep my mind stimulated with walks and mathing your guys sheets but my mind is use to a lot more activity so its getting super bored from these empty days (absolutely not saying you guys are boring, just im use to so much more going on in my day)
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:35, Thu 19 Mar 2020.

You get used to multi-tasking then suddenly you find nothing that needs to be done in a hurry.   I went through that a few years ago, you eventually adjust.

Well Abernatch, I hear your place is known for some great feasts. Maybe people would come by for the court-scene. Some high end boutiques, some theaters, and luxury inns. Could make it a cultural center.  Could also toss in a unique resource, plenty of things to mine, farm, fish, chop down, or conjure.

In reply to Finaril (msg # 130):

Lol, I love how so many seem to be gravitating to Abernatch, lol. I look forward to seeing where all that goes.

Well this is what I have in mind for my town/city:
Castle
Noble Villa
Exotic Artisan
Luxury Store
Mansion
Town Hall
Barracks
Cistern
Dump
Jail
Watchtower
House
Library

Main way of managing to get so much, is the Castle makes the Noble Villa and Town Hall cheaper, and then they make all the things under them cheaper.
Only small things bought at full price are the House and the Library.

And that's only 131BP!

There's still some slots left available, though some I've tentatively reserved for upgrading them to larger buildings.

Think of it like an elite town, for the privileged, not the many.

you are making a settlement, this will require you to start the settlment from scratch for the most part. You, and those who fallow to support, will need to travel to the place you want where you guys will then explore and clear the hex to then start building. If you have your plan, and are ready to settle, I can post the map for you and the other kingdom player whos read and you guys can make way for your prefered hex through your prefered travel method.

So are we playing us making it from the very beginning, or having it where we have managed to get it to where we are?

If the former, than surely the 150 BP limit doesn't work, since we're starting at 0 and throwing money and supplies at the problem, building it slowly?

If the latter, then isn't it more about the history of how we got started, as short as it may be due to being relatively new? And using it as a springboard to new adventures and experiences?

You made the message to Aithne to me instead :), I can see both mine and hers :)

In reply to Cornelius Abernatch IV (msg # 137):

trust me, the 150 bp works.

remember, its a representation of more then just wealth. How are you going to buy labor and building material out in uncharted lands?

sure, you can cut down trees... but youd be doing it by yourself.

150 bp is more than new settlement grade, compare it to the adventure path where they give you 50 and some 30 per income. instead, you get a flat 150 to build AND to manage early consumption until you can zero out (or get yourself to some level of income).

then, from there, you have your foundation.

We were going to have you start with a hex and begin building on it but editing premade maps can be a pain. All I saw posted was consent for starting a new map using 'new world' trope, no one expressed being against it.

I'm probably also going to temporarily increase the early construction limits so it wont take so long to get all those buildings in place anyways.

@aisent, darn those similar names XD
ill try to be more careful about that, nothing critical going on right now though so it was an ok time to make that mistake.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:31, Fri 20 Mar 2020.

In case if anyone is wondering, and it is perfectly fine, and probably for the best you aren't, I'm still here, still working on putting things together. This is the first time I'll be playing pathfinder, so there are things I'm still becoming acquainted  with. Also, given that I help manage data for the CDC, my work schedule is a bit all over the place at the moment. Just as a general update, thanks.

In reply to The Meta (msg # 139):



Its a little tricky from my end at the moment to figure out exactly how much BP translates to workers and such, still very much listening to the rules and all, but I'm certainly assuming that BP will need to be spent to get workers, and builders, and soldiers and the like.

Hopefully we can get past this outbreak and life can start returning to normal.

In reply to Enoch (msg # 141):

a good hard and fast for bp is its roughly half valuables and half labor force. some people like to do it in thirds because its labor, material, and expenses and such but I just round it out to roughly half and half.

This accounts for being able to convert it back to gold at about half rate (not exactly whats intended but its fine).

furthermore, you dont need to use bp if you dont want to.

if you want to, you should probably just set aside 100k, or 150k, for bp and spend the rest on your items and such (the hard part). At the end of it all you can make the final decision if you want to start with bp (you can get bp later).

After driving 2200 miles home and settled in, my character sheet is complete.

Please review when you have a chance DM.

I have not spent my gold / BP to buy land and wanted to look on the map after character review.

How are you all doing?  Sheltering in place?  I will be home with my 3 year old daughter.   I'm looking forward to coloring, movies, naps, and introducing her to nerf guns!  =D