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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 6623546" data-attributes="member: 63508">So i was about to start up a game of a playthrough of a 4X strategy game and I got wondering about the expense and maintenance rule for DMG. What if some cray DM wanted to base their campaign about the PCs setting up a colony someplace remote and the adventures were expeditions into uncharted lands to pay off expansion costs on the colony or killing off pillaging barbarians and rival colonies.Here are my observations.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DMG rules assume a 30 day month for everything. If you are going to do this DMs, use  30 day month.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Although not official there seems to be a progression<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Main residence<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trading Post (2 months, 5000gp, 6 pop, 300 gp per month)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outpost (3 months, 15,000gp, 60 pop, 1500 gp per month)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Estate on an Outpost (2 more months, 25,000gp more, 6 more pop, 300 more gp per month)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Small Castle (13 months, 50,000gp, 100 pop, 3000 gp per month)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Large Castle (4 years, 500,000gp, 300 pop, 120,000 gp per month)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are no rules for upgrading or producing.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The rules for businesses are bad profit-wise. It pretty much forces you to adventure to make money as business product is terrible compare to the cost of the game.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Oddly enough, it encourages you to not leave your estates until you can afford a steward.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The only unit you have access to form garrisons are guards and veterans. And you have to get up to castles to get those.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You could rule to build scouts by building hunting lodges. The cost is about right.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A small or large temple could provide acolytes.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A competed abbey could get you a priest or some druids or some knights.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A guildhall might give you spies, knights, and thugs</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The UA on mass combat might be useful for combats where the PCs aren't available.</li> </ul>So what are you thoughts on the matter? Would you like an Unearth Arcana to expand these ideas? I think it could be a cool idea to keep players into the game when not at the session, doing calculations and making decisions via text or email during offtime.</blockquote>

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