This post is to make known the Dm's rulings as pertains to using the various Downtime Rules in the Kingmaker Campaign Setting. The downtime rules and be found under the "Variant Rules" section on d20pfsrd.com. This section will also introduce new rule sets created by the DM in an effort to streamline the process of using both rule sets in one Setting.
New Systems Introduced (AFTER 12 Months Played): Kingdom Payroll
The new "Kingdom Payroll" system was created to help both the DM and players better keep track of key NPCS being utilized behind the scenes in the Kingdom of Latveria. The system thus far functions as follows:
The Basics of Payroll
The Kingdoms Ruler will assign a number of BP earned during the Income Phase to be allocated into the "Kingdom Payroll" (minimum 1 BP).
The Kingdoms Ruler will assign any person that holds a Leadership Role within the Kingdom (including himself) to become "Pay Master" and allocate the Payroll into gold piece values and divide those values among Leaders to help them cover the costs of running their individual organizations. Each Payroll BP is worth 2,000 GP for this purpose.
-EX: The Pay Master sees that the Ruler has assigned 2 BP per month to be allocated into the Kingdoms Payroll. That means that the Kingdoms Payroll Total is 2 BP per month or 4,000 GP. The Pay Master decides that the Leadership positions that Need to be added to Kingdom Payroll are the Grand Diplomat, Marshal, and Spy Master. He divides the GOLD PIECE AMOUNT of his monthly Payroll BP amongst those three organizations as he sees fit (1k to Marshal, 1k to Diplomat, and 2k to the Spymaster in this example), which is them allocated by the controlling party to pay their people.
How to Use Payroll
Our Heroes and their individual Leaders within Latveria will use Payroll in conjunction with the Teams and Managers sections of the DOWNTIME rules (found on d20pfsrd.com under Other Rules Systems >Downtime).
Each different Team and Manager has a cost listed as a one time GP COST (for Teams) or as GP/DAY(for managers) So for PAYROLL purposes with Managers you multiply the cost/day by 30 to get the Monthly rate, with Teams the one time GP COST is taken from your Payroll in the Month you hire them. The listings for Teams and Managers include a general overall purpose and/or function for them, but based on how they are utilized and input from our Heroes these general uses MAY be altered to include additional static bonuses (either for our heroes individual goals or for Latveria as a whole).
Key NPC Teams and Managers will periodically appear within Latveria that can be utilized by our Heroes. These specialized individuals will have better static bonuses than normal but also come at a higher cost to your Payroll. Key Npcs Teams and Managers will be listed in the "Behind the Scenes" Kingdom post and will only last a short time UNLESS utilized within the Payroll system.
In the Future
I am also currently working on how to include the Capital System into game so you can all have your own personal income... as well as the Rooms and Organizations sections of the DOWNTIME rules...
Im doing ALOT of work on this campaign guys so please bare with me as I continue to sort things out and make new options available to you! I hope you guys like the Payroll System I have developed and utilize it effectively!! More and more to come!
Buildings and Organizations
In order to build individual buildings in the Kingmaker setting you must use the Kingdom Buiding rules and disregard the "Constructing Buildings" rules in Downtime. However, if an individual player that holds a Leadership Role within the Kingdom wishes to "claim" a specific building in any of the Kingdoms City Districts for his own purposes, AND obtains permission from his fellow Rulers than he/she may do so.
Claiming a building in this way unlocks that building "stats" in the Dowtime system (i.e that building has the listed rooms available to it in the "Buildings" section and must pay an upkeep cost per Month to maintain said building. **(Upkeep costs will be determined upon further reveiw of the Downtime Rules)**
Forming Organizations functions much the same way as it does when using the stand alone Downtime rules except for where those rules may contradict, in which case the DM will make rulings on a case by case basis. Organizations will also have an upkeep cost determined upon further review of the Downtime Rules.
Rooms and Teams
Teams may be recruited as normal save for the rules changes listed in "Kingdom Payroll", and have wide and varying functions. As long as you use your imagination there will be no limit to what can be accomplished using these rules!
Once a building has been claimed by a Ruler for their own purposes the "Rooms" section of the Downtime Rules become available to them. The building starts with its normal allotment of rooms ( found in the building listing in the " Buildings" Section of Downtime Rules) and may be improved or added to using the "Rooms" rule set.
Contradictions with Kingmaker Rules will be dealt with by the DM on a case by case Basis.
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