D&D 5E Players Want to Set Up a Shop in Port Nyanzaru

[Yenrak]

Thanks for the suggestion! We watched a film on Yanomamo when I was in school, ifrc. Anyway, I don’t think they could support even a small city with their lifestyle. What do these merchant princes trade, given the low level of production in Chult? I’m more and more thinking it is serves as a money laundering, banking, and clearing house for pirates, brigands, and even some merchants bringing things from the east to the sworrd coast and vice versa.

 

[Yenrak]

I was just searching for some more ideas about the economics of Chult and came across this thread. A thread I started two years ago!

We're still in Chult. The party just returned to Nyanzaru from Omu. They still want to become traders in Chultan goods to the North.

 

[MockingBird]

Maybe your characters have the support of the Flaming Fist & Baldurs Gate behind them? Not sure off the top of my head what the relationship is between Chult and Baldurs Gate. I just recall a couple Flaming Fist outposts being near. Also, how do the Yuan-ti feel about the characters? Surely their spy network has taken notice of the new comers.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Take a look at the NWN2 expansion Storm of Zehir. This has the player running a D&D trading company. It even trades with Chult.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir - Wikipedia

 

[Weiley31]

As mentioned before, Acquisitions Incorporated has rules/subsystems for running a business/franchise for your 5E games. Tome of Heroes by Kobold Press also has rules in it for managing a Trade Company too.

 

[Umbran]

Anyone got ideas?

Time to read Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes.

 

[aco175]

Hook up with an Amnian fleet sailing to Maztica and figure out how to smuggle out coffee seedlings to plant in the Chult and start a plantation. Coffee would be worth a ton in Waterdeep.

 

[Yenrak]

Take a look at the NWN2 expansion Storm of Zehir. This has the player running a D&D trading company. It even trades with Chult.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir - Wikipedia

I'll have to check that out. Since my Chult is practically overrun with Yuan-Ti imposters, it sounds like the basic storyline would be a good fit.

 

[Yenrak]

Maybe your characters have the support of the Flaming Fist & Baldurs Gate behind them? Not sure off the top of my head what the relationship is between Chult and Baldurs Gate. I just recall a couple Flaming Fist outposts being near. Also, how do the Yuan-ti feel about the characters? Surely their spy network has taken notice of the new comers.

Good ideas! Thanks! In my Chult, the Flaming Fists are led by a Yuan-Ti imposter. The players discovered this but decided they were fine with it. Could make a trading alliance interesting.

 

[Yenrak]

Hook up with an Amnian fleet sailing to Maztica and figure out how to smuggle out coffee seedlings to plant in the Chult and start a plantation. Coffee would be worth a ton in Waterdeep.

Since we're all huge coffee drinkers in real life, this would be a pretty great plotline. Thanks!