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<blockquote data-quote="Arravis" data-source="post: 864095" data-attributes="member: 327"><p>This does not count bribes to guilds, etc... only taxes and costs of running the business normally. Well, here's what I got so far.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Coffee Plantation:</p><p></p><p>Cost (this includes 200 acres, housing for 30-40 workers and their families, equipment, etc.): 250,00 gp (Can be bargained down to 175,000 gp)</p><p></p><p>Return on Investment:</p><p></p><p>1d100:</p><p>1-2: Catastrophe</p><p>3-5: Loss</p><p>6-7: No Profit</p><p>8-99: Profit</p><p>100: Double profits</p><p></p><p>Catastrophe: Weather, brigands, rivals, etc.</p><p>Loss: d10x1000gp loss.</p><p>No Profit: Break even, whatever is made is used to maintain the Plantation.</p><p>Profit: Roll the proper business skill check. This amount includes the loss of beans sent to the Coffee House.</p><p></p><p>Profit DC:</p><p>10: 500 gp</p><p>15: d2x1000 gp</p><p>20: d4x1000 gp</p><p>25: d8x1000 gp</p><p>30: d10+2x1000 gp</p><p>35: 2d10+2x1000 gp</p><p>40: 2d10+5x1000 gp</p><p>45: 2d10+10x1000 gp</p><p>50: 2d10+15x1000 gp</p><p></p><p>Harvest:</p><p>Harvest season is from October to January, wherein an average of 21 tons of coffee willl be harvested.</p><p>Average Total Harvest:</p><p>20 tons: Regula beans. (Sells for 1 gp/lb, total: 40,000 gp)</p><p>1 ton: Special reserve beans. (Sells for 5 gp/lb, total: 5,000 gp)</p><p>100 lbs: Plantation select beans. (50 gp/lb, total: 5,000)</p><p></p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p></p><p>Coffee House:</p><p></p><p>On an average year the Coffee House will use 5 tons of regular coffee, 500 lbs of Special Reserve and 25 lbs of Plantation Select.</p><p></p><p>Coffee leaves plantation to export: Taxed upon leaving port, 10%</p><p>Coffee arrives in Waterdeep: Taxed upon entering, 5%</p><p>Coffee House is taxed: 10</p><p></p><p>Return on Investment:</p><p></p><p>1d100:</p><p>1: Catastrophe</p><p>2-5: Loss</p><p>6-7: No Profit</p><p>8-99: Profit</p><p>100: Double profits</p><p></p><p>Catastrophe: Out of favor, rivals, etc.</p><p>Loss: d10x1000gp loss.</p><p>No Profit: Break even, whatever is made is used to maintain the Plantation.</p><p>Profit: Roll the proper business skill check. This amount includes the loss of beans sent to the Coffee House.</p><p></p><p>Profit DC:</p><p>10: 1d4x1000 gp</p><p>15: 1d8+5x1000 gp</p><p>20: 2d8+5x1000 gp</p><p>25: 2d10+5x1000 gp</p><p>30: 3d10+5x1000 gp</p><p>35: 4d10+5x1000 gp</p><p>40: 4d10+10x1000 gp</p><p>45: 4d10+15x1000 gp</p><p>50: 4d10+20x1000 gp</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arravis, post: 864095, member: 327"] This does not count bribes to guilds, etc... only taxes and costs of running the business normally. Well, here's what I got so far. Coffee Plantation: Cost (this includes 200 acres, housing for 30-40 workers and their families, equipment, etc.): 250,00 gp (Can be bargained down to 175,000 gp) Return on Investment: 1d100: 1-2: Catastrophe 3-5: Loss 6-7: No Profit 8-99: Profit 100: Double profits Catastrophe: Weather, brigands, rivals, etc. Loss: d10x1000gp loss. No Profit: Break even, whatever is made is used to maintain the Plantation. Profit: Roll the proper business skill check. This amount includes the loss of beans sent to the Coffee House. Profit DC: 10: 500 gp 15: d2x1000 gp 20: d4x1000 gp 25: d8x1000 gp 30: d10+2x1000 gp 35: 2d10+2x1000 gp 40: 2d10+5x1000 gp 45: 2d10+10x1000 gp 50: 2d10+15x1000 gp Harvest: Harvest season is from October to January, wherein an average of 21 tons of coffee willl be harvested. Average Total Harvest: 20 tons: Regula beans. (Sells for 1 gp/lb, total: 40,000 gp) 1 ton: Special reserve beans. (Sells for 5 gp/lb, total: 5,000 gp) 100 lbs: Plantation select beans. (50 gp/lb, total: 5,000) ----- Coffee House: On an average year the Coffee House will use 5 tons of regular coffee, 500 lbs of Special Reserve and 25 lbs of Plantation Select. Coffee leaves plantation to export: Taxed upon leaving port, 10% Coffee arrives in Waterdeep: Taxed upon entering, 5% Coffee House is taxed: 10 Return on Investment: 1d100: 1: Catastrophe 2-5: Loss 6-7: No Profit 8-99: Profit 100: Double profits Catastrophe: Out of favor, rivals, etc. Loss: d10x1000gp loss. No Profit: Break even, whatever is made is used to maintain the Plantation. Profit: Roll the proper business skill check. This amount includes the loss of beans sent to the Coffee House. Profit DC: 10: 1d4x1000 gp 15: 1d8+5x1000 gp 20: 2d8+5x1000 gp 25: 2d10+5x1000 gp 30: 3d10+5x1000 gp 35: 4d10+5x1000 gp 40: 4d10+10x1000 gp 45: 4d10+15x1000 gp 50: 4d10+20x1000 gp [/QUOTE]
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