Ultimate Campaign – Discounted Buildings

[Thiles Targon]

"This cost reduction applies only to the first constructed building of the types listed in the line."

For example an academy has casters tower, library, and magic shop listed for discount. Does that mean the first library the first casters tower and the first magic shop are half cost, or only the first building period?

[CrazyElf]

I'm no expert, but I read it as AND, not OR.
So the 1st Caster's Tower, AND 1st Library, AND 1st Magic Shop. Any additional ones ones would cost normal price.

[Chemlak]

What the elf said. Not to get into too deep a parsing of the phraseology of the sentence, but it really does mean "the first building" not "the first of each building".

[Thiles Targon]

Chemlak - Actually it sounds like you and the elf disagree. He is saying you get one of each free. It sounds like you are saying just one building.

[Chemlak]

Thiles Targon wrote:

Chemlak - Actually it sounds like you and the elf disagree. He is saying you get one of each free. It sounds like you are saying just one building.

Oops. Umm, yes, I am disagreeing, then. It's the first sentence that leads me to that conclusion where it says you get a reduction in the cost of a related building. All of the examples talk about building multiples of the same building type that gets a flagged discount, but "a building" is pretty singular.

[Thiles Targon]

I kind of agree with you, but it seems like pretty tortuous language, if that is what they meant, it seems like they could have said something clearer, like “This cost reduction applies only to the first constructed building.”

Can I choose not to take the discount on the first building? For example skip the 6 point library savings if I build a library first, when I want to save the discount for a magic shop I intend to build later and save 30+? As written it looks like no.

The other problem I have with this whole thing, by having the discount get used up (under either interpretation) means you have to track it, which over the long haul is a total pain, I guess less so with the one building period.

[Thiles Targon]

Chemlak - By the way used the spreadsheet last night worked great!

I added a sheet for tracking purchases and such that automatically handles the kingdom sheet (total farms etc) I can send it to you if you like

[Are]

After reading the entire rule for building discounts, I agree with Chemlak's interpretation. Each building can only grant a discount to one other building; once that discount has been used, the building grants no further discounts.