D&D 5E How did you lead Trollskull Manor or another bussines?

[Chaosmancer]

My players love investments, but what they do is buy into businesses run by NPCs; that way they don't have to bother with the nuts and bolts.

I added a page to our website to track things:

Investments | Dark Age | Obsidian Portal

Tobias: 30% investment into the jewelry, gem stone, and artwork co-op. Ermig's Herbal Plantation: Skurngarr 12 shares. Syn 75 shares, Job 10, Nissa 50. Current

darkage.obsidianportal.com

That's a really good idea, I never considered doing that before

 

[Jd Smith1]

That's a really good idea, I never considered doing that before

It has worked out really well.

 

[delph]

I'm thinking about "character sheet" for tavern It made it much easier to work it well.

 

[Beleriphon]

I read through Acq Inc but could not get past the 'used car salesman' atmosphere. The downtime rules to run / improve a franchise might / might not be helpful after you dig through that level of distraction.

The rules have a certain capitalism run amok satire going on (its Penny Arcade, I expect nothing less), but the ideas are excellent if you can parse through the humour. In particular recruiting employees, using employees for downtime, as well as roles for the PCs beyond their classes.

My personal favourite is the idea of a major domo being able to act in PC roles when they aren't available, but only one at a time.

 

[Maestrino]

The rules have a certain capitalism run amok satire going on (its Penny Arcade, I expect nothing less), but the ideas are excellent if you can parse through the humour. In particular recruiting employees, using employees for downtime, as well as roles for the PCs beyond their classes.

My personal favourite is the idea of a major domo being able to act in PC roles when they aren't available, but only one at a time.

Exactly. Now, for the group I'm running right now, it's EXACTLY their sense of humor (and mine) so it's a no-brainer. Next up, the new franchisees are getting sent to visit HR, where they will be thrown into a bizarre Portal-style testing facility.