Homebrew: Property, Structures

DM Note: Land is more expensive based on population density for many reasons. More protected, more valued, etc...

Room Points
An abstraction not tied to the physical area of a structure, room points instead represent the amount of extra infrastructure the structure is able to support. Room expansions built within or around a structure use up its room points, and a structure's room expansions cannot have used collective room points in excess of what the structure provides.   For example, if a structure has 3 room points, it can have three 1 room point expansions, or a 1 room point and a 2 room point expansion, but not two 2 room point expansions.   Construction Cost and Time. The cost of construction includes materials and labor, and is assumed to be performed by a structure's required hirelings. Other individuals, which can be player characters, additional hirelings, and or other NPCs, can choose to help if they are present for the entire duration of a structure's construction time. If this is the case, reduce the structure's construction cost by a percentage equal to the individual's CR or half the individual's total character level (round up), whichever is applicable. Treat CRs of 0 as if they were 1/8 for this purpose. Multiple individuals can work on a structure for its entire construction time in this way to secure this benefit multiple times.   Approximate Square Footage
Structures vary in general design, and each type of structure has an approximate size listed along with it. This square footage is only an average measure of the interior of a structure, and a structure of a given type may be larger or smaller, within reason. The actual size of a structure has no impact on its function.   If you are drawing a map of your structure using squares, a single square at the scale typically used in D&D is 5 feet by 5 feet, with a square footage of 25. Thus, you can determine the number of available squares to draw your structure by dividing the listed square footage by 25.   Bonus Expansion. Most structures come with an expansion that is a fundamental part of the structure itself. This bonus expansion is completed along with the structure, and does not carry a separate construction cost unless otherwise stated. A bonus expansion also does not count against a structure’s room points, effectively costing 0 room points regardless of what its cost would otherwise be. Expansions for your structure are listed in a subsequent section.   Monthly Installments
Though a structure has its costs listed per day, your DM may wish to collect these payments every 30 days instead of daily, to help simplify the math involved in running a structure. Income from a structure (from things such as room expansions, detailed later) tends to be on a 30 day basis, as well, making this even more desirable.   If this is the case, add together the structure's Total Cost per Day with the maintenance costs of its expansions, and multiply this total by 30. Then, starting every 30 days after the structure's completion, pay this total, which can be offset by the structure's income.   Hirelings
The Skilled and Unskilled Hirelings columns indicate how many hirelings the structure and its expansions require to function (see the Hirelings, Soldiers, & Casters section later on for more). If hireling positions are unfilled, the structure and its expansions do not function until the roles are filled. Soldier and spellcaster hirelings do not count as either skilled or unskilled, and are special categories unto themselves.   If a structure’s Total Cost per Day is unpaid, the structure and its expansions cease functioning or providing benefits for every day it is unpaid. After 7 days of being unpaid (which need not be consecutive), a structure loses 1/4 of its total required hirelings, chosen at random, who wander off in search of better work. This continues every 7 days, until the structure loses all of its hirelings after 28 days. If a structure has less than 10 total required hirelings, all of its hirelings instead leave after not being paid for only 7 days.   Total Cost per Day
Each structure has a basic cost each day to keep it in operation, and to keep any expansions it supports functioning. This cost covers the wages of a structure’s required hirelings, as well as repair and resupply costs. Depending on structure, this cost sometimes includes discounts based on the structure’s inherent ability to provide revenue.   If a structure’s Total Cost per Day is unpaid, the structure and its expansions cease functioning for every day it is unpaid. After the first 7 consecutive days of being unpaid, each hireling must roll 1d20, with a DC of 5. If a hireling rolls lower than the DC, that hireling abandons its post and wanders off in search of work. This check is repeated after every 7 consecutive days without pay, and its DC increases by 5 on every consecutive check.