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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cedric" data-source="post: 863732" data-attributes="member: 2044">Plantation implies established, old, large and with a built in reputation. Initial cost - 250,00gp (though shrewd bargaining may reduce this to as low as 175,000gp)ROI - Roll percentile dice, 95% chance of profit, 5% chance of loss. In the even of loss (2-5%), it's d6x1000gp (One a roll of 1, something special and bad happens)Profit is on a sliding scale, (6-25%) d6x1000gp, (25-75%) d10+2x1000gp, (76-99%) 2d10+2x1000gp. (on a roll of 100, something special and good happens). ROI is a factor of both production rates for the year and market share for that year. She can count on everything she makes being sold, her commodity is rare enough and valueable enough. Harvest season on this 200 acre Coffee Plantation is from October to January, during which time they will harvest and export about 20 tons of Gourmet Coffee. (A good picker can bag 100 lbs of beans in a day).A one pound bag of their regular Coffee will go for about 1gp. They will have 19 tons of this. This will sell for just short of 40,000gp. They will also produce about one ton of their special reserve beans for sale to individuals, inns and countries of great means. This will go for 5gp per pound, selling for a total of 5,000gp. They will also produce 100 pounds of "Plantation Select". Hand picked by the Master Grower of the plantation and cured/prepared individually with great care and attention. This sells for 50gp per pound, producing 5000gp. So the total take for the year (gross) is 50,000gp. But replanting, security, pest/vermin control, pickers wages and the like will take a great deal of that money. If a smaller or larger plantation is wanted, just scale this accordingly to the size of plantation desired. Cedric</blockquote>

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