Restoring Citadel Altaerein

[Derek Raines]

PART 1: Ruling The Keep

Ruling over a citadel is no walk in the park. Tending to the various expenses, maintenance, and upkeep of a large construction like this requires a capable ruler.

A keep cannot function without someone to handle the minutiae of the day-to-day affairs. This is something that could, technically, be done through extensive roleplaying and counting every slim copper that crosses the threshold. However, we will accomplish this with a Downtime Activity. When the PCs are in the area, they may perform the role of Administrator or hire a seneschal to run things in their place.



(The cost for hiring a seneschal is 5 silver pieces per day).

*Velladonna will act as the Citadel's Administrator while you are currently on a quest to meet her old arcane master, Malkor'Tahl.

[Derek Raines]

PART 2: Repairing the Citadel

It's now time to get your hands dirty. Before you can upgrade the Citadel, you have to restore it to working order. We will say that the weeks of downtime after the battle with Malarunk were spent cleaning out the keep of bodies and debris.

The following activities are available to the party. Each of these repairs costs one gold in supplies per day. If you critically succeed on your Craft check, you accomplish two days worth of work for every physical day that you labor. If you fail a check, however, you are not able to accomplish anything with the time you allocated and lose the gold you invested into the project. It may be more prudent to break up larger projects to avoid devastating losses. If the PCs are unable or unwilling to perform these repairs they may be able to hire specialists/organize labor to tend to these tasks.

[Derek Raines]

PART 3: Organize Labor and Hire Specialists

Note the requirements for repairs, more specifically, that the party may need organized workers/specialists to complete certain tasks.

Specialists offer expert advice, and can be hired to lead repairs (much like a Seneschal Administrator) for 5 silver pieces a day. This eliminates the PC's need to make a Crafting check if they are questing or lack the relevant skills. Specialists always succeed on their check, but never critically succeed. A group of NPC craftsmen exist within Beachill, each bringing their own "special flair" to the citadel. This will open up new opportunities later on.

Organizing labor, however, is slightly more tricky. You need to "convince" people to work on the infamous Citadel instead of going about their normal lives. This is done through yet another Downtime activity!

[Derek Raines]

PART 4: Upgrading the Citadel

When all of the basic repairs to Citadel Altaerein have been completed, the party can begin work on the keep upgrades! This will include specialized rooms such as an infirmary, arcane library, forge, training facility and more! It will also mean constructing defenses capable enough to withstand an invading army.

Stay tuned for more on how to get the most of your new property.