cleverkobold
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The local mob demand a small monthly payment for protection, the payment is small. Then prohibition, business drops, cant pay th mob, the mob gets angry.
My players want to buy an Inn.
i would make up a list of possible "events" and roll on that list say once a game week (or month) or something. If the players are away on some adventure you could roll on that list a couple times to see what happened while they've been away. If the players still plan on adventuring they will need to hire someone to run the Inn while they are gone.
These events can be a mix of random stuff that might happen in a normal inn (good and bad), stuff that helps immerse the characters into the local culture/area and meet local NPC's, and stuff that hints at or moves the plot along, and stuff that can lead to side quests. The trick to making it seem realistic is most of the stuff should be stuff that would happen in an Inn on a regular-ish basis. Don't bore them with the details of everyday events, but Some of the events could merely be things that test the PC's managerial skills, which will in turn allow them to succeed or fail.
some ideas:
-perhaps a local band of thugs has begun to see their Inn as a favorite "hang out" or drinking area. This could lead to all sorts of options, perhaps a bar fight, or an introduction to the local crime lord, or theives guild.
-perhaps one of the other Inn owners doesn't like the PC's moving in on his "territory" and begins to subtly sabotage them.
-One of the employees that the players have grown attached to may have gotten in trouble with the law, or perhaps they are being framed!
-a recent shipment of Ale has turned sour, or keeps arriving really late. Or maybe the Manager they hired ordered to much food or beer, and the players have to sell it at a discount before it goes bad.
If you have a good list of events made up, then you will only have to write up one or two new events or possibilities per game session after that, depending on what you roll. Many of the events can be variations on each other.
My personal advice is to let the Inn be an entertaining side plot, but don't let it take over unless the PC's really aren't that interested in going out on regular adventures.
*edit = on looking back on the thread i realize most of what i said has already be touched on!*
These events can be a mix of random stuff that might happen in a normal inn (good and bad), stuff that helps immerse the characters into the local culture/area and meet local NPC's, and stuff that hints at or moves the plot along, and stuff that can lead to side quests. The trick to making it seem realistic is most of the stuff should be stuff that would happen in an Inn on a regular-ish basis. Don't bore them with the details of everyday events, but Some of the events could merely be things that test the PC's managerial skills, which will in turn allow them to succeed or fail.
some ideas:
-perhaps a local band of thugs has begun to see their Inn as a favorite "hang out" or drinking area. This could lead to all sorts of options, perhaps a bar fight, or an introduction to the local crime lord, or theives guild.
-perhaps one of the other Inn owners doesn't like the PC's moving in on his "territory" and begins to subtly sabotage them.
-One of the employees that the players have grown attached to may have gotten in trouble with the law, or perhaps they are being framed!
-a recent shipment of Ale has turned sour, or keeps arriving really late. Or maybe the Manager they hired ordered to much food or beer, and the players have to sell it at a discount before it goes bad.
If you have a good list of events made up, then you will only have to write up one or two new events or possibilities per game session after that, depending on what you roll. Many of the events can be variations on each other.
My personal advice is to let the Inn be an entertaining side plot, but don't let it take over unless the PC's really aren't that interested in going out on regular adventures.
*edit = on looking back on the thread i realize most of what i said has already be touched on!*
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JacktheRabbit
Explorer
Actually it sounds like why the alignment concept is quite flawed. It allows for those of good alignment "especially npcs" to be pricks with no repercussion to their action.
It would also look very odd. Most end games are in a pseudo medieval setting where 90% plus outside the Muslim world drank alcohol. It was the only thing to do with excess grain before it spoiled. Your lg cleric would run afoul of every hardworking farmer, merchant, the clerics of the gods of drink and harvest, etc etc. The problems faced by the tavern owning players would be small potatoes.
Sigurd
First Post
In a medieval setting their would be great sickness without beer.
Brewing was seen as an improvement on water. Beer is clean compared to river water - the small amount of alcohol kills bacteria and its full of vitamin B. Small beer, the beer made from largely spent grains after the most potent stuff is poured off, was reserved as food for the sick and infirm.
Prohibition would be even more unsuccessful in a medieval setting.
Brewing was seen as an improvement on water. Beer is clean compared to river water - the small amount of alcohol kills bacteria and its full of vitamin B. Small beer, the beer made from largely spent grains after the most potent stuff is poured off, was reserved as food for the sick and infirm.
Prohibition would be even more unsuccessful in a medieval setting.
gamerprinter
Mapper/Publisher
No time to respond now, but my players 'own' a spice merchant house and 4 merchant spice runner ships.
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GandalfMithrandir
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mob comes in, no one likes the mob, they ask for protection money, and have large weapons and clearly know how to use them, therefore you have to, or the manager has to, pay the mob for the time being, then the PCs can try to get rid of the mob, or maybe the mob patrons would be fine and not cause trouble, only ask for a miniscule payment once in a while and the PCs have no problem with them, as long as they keep the city guard out of their hair and don't screw up what they happen to be doing from time to time.
having them there can actually be a good thing, depending on how rowdy and destructive they are, because for example, if one gang is in an area, usually you don't get other ones around unless they are fighting, so the mob would keep out your other rougher people, at least those in larger crime organisations, maybe the mob would respect the PCs, and behave themselves, and then ask the PCs for help in a large conflict with a rival mob half a mile away. just a thought, it doesn't fit your average view of crime syndicate, but it can happen.
having them there can actually be a good thing, depending on how rowdy and destructive they are, because for example, if one gang is in an area, usually you don't get other ones around unless they are fighting, so the mob would keep out your other rougher people, at least those in larger crime organisations, maybe the mob would respect the PCs, and behave themselves, and then ask the PCs for help in a large conflict with a rival mob half a mile away. just a thought, it doesn't fit your average view of crime syndicate, but it can happen.
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TorintheBadger
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Could someone please tell me where to find the DMG II for 3.5 on the internet? After viewing this thread, I really think I could use it. My characters have mused about buying a boat and using it for trade for a bit of profit, and I had to write my own "Merchants Guild Trading system" from scratch ( a 4 page work).
Please for the Gods' sake help me so I don't have to do this every time they decide to become entrepreneurs!
Please for the Gods' sake help me so I don't have to do this every time they decide to become entrepreneurs!
TorintheBadger
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My players always want to play D&D in D&D. I went with it one time, and we ended up playing 4 dimensions of D&D (a game in a game in a game in a game).
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