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Thanks for the reminder, there is a monastery, the party did 'build it' in the sense of allocating BP, BUT they did not pay for it. Someone else did. I had somehow missed that point. The fighter did pay a fair amount for the smithy when it was set up.

So, while the party as rulers may have influence over the structures being built at some level, the party members did not pay for the structures and do not own them. I like it much more that way.

I put an ancient horror (more Cthulhu then inferred by the module) festering under the island that had the Will-O-The Wisp problem. The monastery is being built to train new monks, but also contain the potential 'things man was not meant to know' problem. So, the Monk found an order of monks, perhaps those who trained him, convinced them to build and has a role in the monastery as a member of the ruling counsel, but does not own the monastery. Ditto the wizard, that works very well for both PC’s in my campaign.

So, the party is building nicely, and the Monk wants a monastery, which I allowed to be built using the cost for a temple. Of course he is too low level for the leadership feat. The wizard wants to own the magic shop, same complication. Big issue, neither are in town sometimes for a week, two and occasionally three at a time.

Monk specialized in bow and wants to found an order obsessed with the bow.

It wasn’t really a problem with the fighter/blacksmith because the fighter is not in a field that requires high level NPC’s to operate. So he is the owner of the smithy and directs production somewhat when he is in town. I figure a 2nd or 3rd level skilled commoner is there the rest of the time. The worst that has happened is some cold steel arrows that he could have obtained through Oleg’s anyway.

Do I give them powerful but independent underlings/partners? Other solutions?

How about a shirt with a closed hood where the head normally goes filled with pepper? No as good as manacles but probably good enough for a round or two of shaken and quite amusing.

Calendar Issue:

The charter was issued on 25th day of Talistril, Umm that I think translates roughly to February. The adventures is only a few hundred miles form the polar North, OK so is the charter incorrect? Is it summer in February on this planet in this area? The rivers are running, not frozen. What season should this adventure start in? Also, any suggestions about the weather, I am thinking central Canada like conditions.

Incidentally, I charged each PC 5GP for the charter from their starting gold, unless they were LG and none were. I explained it was a free to all who would care to apply for the charter, but they were issued the charter after a ‘small’ administrative cost. They all understood. It gave them an introduction to the future politics even before Oleg’s cursing a blue streak.

Stolen Land Correction and Calendar Issue:

1st: Am I correct that the charter should read 24 miles East and 36 miles West or some of the encounters are outside the charter area.

2nd: The charter was issued on 25th day of Talistril, Umm that I think translates to February. The adventures is only a few hundred miles form the polar North, OK so is the charter incorrect? Any idea what month it is supposed to be? Is it summer in February on this planet in this area?

Thoughts?