Ship ownership for profit

[rgard]

There are some ideas in this thread...

Commerce Trade Rules.

I linked to the second page. There's doc there by 'Old One' & 'Sigurd' you could check out.

 

[kigmatzomat]

Let them set up businesses, and then have those businesses trend in the long run to making about 4% return on investment per year once the market settles down. Use the businesses as hooks to get them into adventures. Everyone will have fun.

Ships should have a higher average profit margin than land caravans because of the increased chance of catastrophic losses. The are the original high risk/high reward investment.

Of course, this means that the ship should occasionally be in catastrophic danger. But if the PCs are on board that is, IMO, all but guaranteed by the PCs, so no worries there.

 

[Gilladian]

There are some ideas in this thread...

Commerce Trade Rules.

I linked to the second page. There's doc there by 'Old One' & 'Sigurd' you could check out.

Sadly, all the links are broken…

 

[rgard]

Sadly, all the links are broken…

On the second page there's an attached document. If you can't see it, let me know and I'll download it and repost it in this thread.

 

[haakon1]

Harn “Pilot’s Almanac” is good, if you want “realistic” fantasy RPG trading ships. They also have an adventure for a merchant ship called “Dead Weight” and a resource about river trade and a small trading vessel called “Thard River Trade Route”.

Harn

 

[Gilladian]

Harn “Pilot’s Almanac” is good, if you want “realistic” fantasy RPG trading ships. They also have an adventure for a merchant ship called “Dead Weight” and a resource about river trade and a small trading vessel called “Thard River Trade Route”.

Harn

I did find it. Thanks! Just hadn't scrolled far enough...