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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ethandrew" data-source="post: 7210229" data-attributes="member: 17456">So far the players have invested a good amount of time into this project. It's less them putting something on my plate and hoping I gift them gold, and more that they see this as an opportunity. They have a keep, they have a port, they might as well use it. So far they've hired a Steward, who they trust, and a Port Master, who they shouldn't trust. I mentioned the communications they've had with the Dwarves but they've also will be traveling to the local communities to see what can come from that.It seems, from my impression, that they care and are willing to invest both game-time and game-money into making this work. However they have expressed that they do not want to spend the rest of their time managing this port of theirs.The Port & Keep are brand spankin' new courtesy of a Throne card from the Deck of Many Things, which is another story in and of itself. The group has spent the past couple months in-real-time traveling to this Keep, designing it, and clearing it of its resident monsters; in game it's been about two weeks.So on the one hand, this Port is untapped and filled with potential, if the PCs do the right moves. It's also open for exploitation if they trust the wrong people. For the Dwarves Merchants, one of them has expressed an interest in getting in on the ground floor, but the PCs are leery of giving that much control to someone they hardly know.This might be viable and would at least keep their hands somewhat involved in the overall success of the operations. If the timeline was spaced large enough it would give them time to do their normal adventures while still being able to return home and take care of business.But I agree with your last line, which is why I'm here. I don't want this to turn into D&D Minutiae Economics.</blockquote>

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