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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8311805" data-attributes="member: 72555">Having Venture of some kind, be it a sailing ship (or airship!), a castle, a tavern, a church, or a <s>thieves</s> merchants guild or whatever, is a pretty classic D&D thing.I, for one, would appreciate simple rules that let me generate a reasonable set of events occurring in the Venture.I think the stats should be knobs that the DM can turn to describe the Venture.Capital (measured in 1000s of gp)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The bad event for Capital is it takes damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each point of damage gives you a -1 penalty to your Venture roll</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Repairing damage requires officers dedicated to repair.</li> </ul>Crew (Has morale)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Morale varies from 0 to 6.  Gives a bonus to Venture rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Every 10% over or under crewed gives a -1 penalty to Venture rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each Officer dedicated to replacing Crew can recruit 1d8 Crew per week.</li> </ul>Officers (Has skill)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They have a collective skill that varies from 0 to 6.  This gives a bonus to Venture rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Base number is what is required to run the Venture; every officer you are short (dedicated to something else) gives a -1 penalty to Venture rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Extra Officers cost 50 gp/month.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An officer can spend a week recruiting another officer; roll 1d20+officer proficiency.  1-5: None found, 6-15: Inferior, can hire but Officers lose 1 skill point if you do (nobody is found if your officer skill is currently at 0).  16+: Acceptable hire, nat 20: Exceptional hire, gain +1 officer proficiency.</li> </ul>Yield (Has opportunities)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What you get out of it in a month.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some Ventures produce gold.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some Ventures convert gold into something else:</li> </ul>** Frontier keep converts gold into settlement capital** Wizard's lab converts gold into magical research (including items)** A Shrine converts gold into piety (which ... could include getting blessed items)A given Venture has a Capital, Crew, Officer and Yield properties.On the DM's side, the Crew/Officers/Capital should be used to calculate a reasonable Yield.Each month you should roll for Capital Damage (wear and tear), Crew and Officer loss (death or quitting), and a Venture roll.Still too complex.  I think it needs to be more story facing, and less simulationist.  Hurm.</blockquote>

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