Buy a House / Stronghold

This is the guide to buying a place to live in the city.

Buying a house is pretty straightforward. You pay the money, you get a house.

For a keep, tower, temple or establishment, we'll be using the benefits from Strongholds & Followers. The exception is troops. There is a limit on the number of units you can acquire, both because the city limits it and because it's hard to attract trained units. This is not a game where you'll march troops into the jungle.

There is potentially a lot of money to be made as an adventurer in this realm. Here is a list of prices for an average home or stronghold by district in Seregon. Note that there are restrictions on troops stationed at your stronghold in Seregon. The default troops required to maintain your stronghold does not exceed this.

These are average homes. Some homes in the Starfire Hill District sell for several hundred thousand gold pieces. A large stronghold implies it is on the same footprint of land as the smaller stronghold. Otherwise, you would buy another lot, adding the house price again to the total. There are limits. If you exceed one plot, there may need to be community discussion.

Seregon	House	Keep	Keep	Keep	Tower	Tower	Tower	Temple	Temple	Temple	Estab	Estab	Estab
District	Price/gp	Small	Medium	Large	Small	Medium	Large	Small	Medium	Large	Small	Medium	Large
Old Knot	500	10,500	20,500	30,500	8,500	14,500	26,500	8,500	14,500	26,500	6,500	10,500	14,500
Harbour	3,000	13,000	23,000	33,000	11,000	17,000	29,000	11,000	17,000	29,000	9,000	13,000	17,000
Westerpark	5,000	15,000	25,000	35,000	13,000	19,000	31,000	58,000	64,000	76,000	11,000	15,000	19,000
Upper	6,000	16,000	26,000	36,000	14,000	20,000	32,000	14,000	20,000	32,000	12,000	16,000	20,000
Kerkhof Fairy	8,000	18,000	28,000	38,000	16,000	22,000	34,000	16,000	22,000	34,000	14,000	18,000	22,000
Starfire Hill	50,000	60,000	70,000	80,000	58,000	64,000	76,000	58,000	64,000	76,000	56,000	60,000	64,000

Type of Strongholds

Seregon

TYPES OF STRONGHOLDS

There are four types of basic stronghold, one complex stronghold, and many varieties. Any character can build or use any stronghold.

A keep is a martial stronghold for characters interested in raising armies and defending the local townsfolk. Barbarian camps and pirate ships are variations on this. Seregon is lightly defended and there are limits to the number of troops you can station in the city. For example, The Ithosian Talons have Fortress Ithos in town, but they are also enticed to build forts outside of the city. The Immortals of Karsis are carefully monitored to ensure their troop strength couldn’t overwhelm Seregon’s defenses.
A tower is an arcane stronghold for doing spell research and learning battle magic.
A temple is a divine stronghold for summoning extraplanar allies and learning battle magic. A druid’s grove is a popular variation.
An establishment is an espionage stronghold for sabotaging your enemies and generating revenue. In Seregon, an establishment will always be in a gang’s territory and will need to be fine with the Seven Sins and Bargemasters.
A castle combines a keep and one or more of the above into a larger complex owned and run by multiple characters, each of whom can gain the mechanical benefits thereof. A castle adds 10% on top of that.

For example:

	Large	Large	Large
Seregon	Castle with	Castle with Temple	Castle with Temple
District	Temple	and Tower	Tower, Establishment
Old Knot	62,700	91,850	107,800
Harbour	68,200	100,100	118,800
Westerpark	122,100	156,200	177,100
Upper	74,800	110,000	132,000
Kerkhof Fairy	79,200	116,600	140,800
Starfire Hill	171,600	255,200	325,600

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Repairing a Ruin

Say you fined a ruined tower, what will it take to turn it into a stronghold?

Usually half the cost of a new one, always starting at the small size. For example, a (small) wizards tower in the Old Knot District would normally cost 8,500gp, but you can fix it. up for 4,260gp.

There are times a stronghold is clearly more than an entry level building, in which case the benefits and costs go up accordingly.

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