Pricing of Houses in Absalom


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Guys...

This might be a weird question but let's go.

I am playing a campaign of Agents of Edgewatch and my character is a bard that wants to move from her old dad house to have a more luxurious one...

So...

How much would cost a house in Absalom? A good luxurious one.

Thank you very much!


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By gut feeling something like this I would say 70k. (Smaller ones can go for 50, maybe even 35)

A manor on the outskirts of the town would be 200k minimum. Don't forget to add staff wages.

It also depends how elaborate you want to make it. Is the PC even allowed to own a house with his social status? Are there limitations on which part of the town he is allowed to own something? Is there even something to sell (or maybe is freed over the course of the adventure)? Does he need the backing of a noble or "citizen in good standing" to buy it? And so on.


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Ixal wrote:

By gut feeling something like this I would say 70k. (Smaller ones can go for 50, maybe even 35)

A manor on the outskirts of the town would be 200k minimum. Don't forget to add staff wages.

You've priced a mundane house at significantly more than a wand of Resplendent Mansion, which can give you a fully staffed and supplied manor that you can completely change the location and configuration of once per day.

No items have been published that can produce a house with an indefinite duration, but an adamantine keep runs you 9300gp and a 5000 foot mountain runs you 10k. A magical, portable version of a regular old house wouldn't reasonably run much more than something like that, to say nothing of a mundane, stationary structure.


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FowlJ wrote:
Ixal wrote:

By gut feeling something like this I would say 70k. (Smaller ones can go for 50, maybe even 35)

A manor on the outskirts of the town would be 200k minimum. Don't forget to add staff wages.

You've priced a mundane house at significantly more than a wand of Resplendent Mansion, which can give you a fully staffed and supplied manor that you can completely change the location and configuration of once per day.

No items have been published that can produce a house with an indefinite duration, but an adamantine keep runs you 9300gp and a 5000 foot mountain runs you 10k. A magical, portable version of a regular old house wouldn't reasonably run much more than something like that, to say nothing of a mundane, stationary structure.

Maybe it is a bit high, but don't forget you are getting a luxurious house in the middle of Absolom and not just a fortress in the middle of nowhere. Houses like that are status symbols that comes with a lot of benefits like an increase in social status, the ability to inherit it, etc. (and taxes).


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Agreed. I wouldn't price a house at 70K, but it would definitely cost more than your average house given the value of real estate in the city.


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Location, location, location. ;)

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FowlJ wrote:
Ixal wrote:

By gut feeling something like this I would say 70k. (Smaller ones can go for 50, maybe even 35)

A manor on the outskirts of the town would be 200k minimum. Don't forget to add staff wages.

You've priced a mundane house at significantly more than a wand of Resplendent Mansion, which can give you a fully staffed and supplied manor that you can completely change the location and configuration of once per day.

No items have been published that can produce a house with an indefinite duration, but an adamantine keep runs you 9300gp and a 5000 foot mountain runs you 10k. A magical, portable version of a regular old house wouldn't reasonably run much more than something like that, to say nothing of a mundane, stationary structure.

Umm, isn't that pricing for 1e? Then again, I don't remember how wand pricing works in 2e xP


CorvusMask wrote:
FowlJ wrote:
Ixal wrote:

By gut feeling something like this I would say 70k. (Smaller ones can go for 50, maybe even 35)

A manor on the outskirts of the town would be 200k minimum. Don't forget to add staff wages.

You've priced a mundane house at significantly more than a wand of Resplendent Mansion, which can give you a fully staffed and supplied manor that you can completely change the location and configuration of once per day.

No items have been published that can produce a house with an indefinite duration, but an adamantine keep runs you 9300gp and a 5000 foot mountain runs you 10k. A magical, portable version of a regular old house wouldn't reasonably run much more than something like that, to say nothing of a mundane, stationary structure.

Umm, isn't that pricing for 1e? Then again, I don't remember how wand pricing works in 2e xP

9th level wands weren't a thing in 1e, and if they were they would cost around 115k (spell level × caster level × 750).


What if I say Precipice Quarter? D=


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Joutsenlaulu wrote:
What if I say Precipice Quarter? D=

Depends where in the context of Agents of Edgewatch.

Parts of the district have already been remodeled and probably have property available for purchase, but some of the district is still in the middle of being demolished.

Sovereign Court

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In PF1 a house was 1,290 gp (so 129gp in PF2) a mansion was 5,160 gp (so 516 gp in PF2) and a noble villa was 8,920 gp (892 gp in PF2).

Whether you want to modify those values for where in the city would be up to you, but 70k is excessive.


Misko wrote:
Joutsenlaulu wrote:
What if I say Precipice Quarter? D=

Depends where in the context of Agents of Edgewatch.

Parts of the district have already been remodeled and probably have property available for purchase, but some of the district is still in the middle of being demolished.

Book 3. xD


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Joutsenlaulu wrote:
Misko wrote:
Joutsenlaulu wrote:
What if I say Precipice Quarter? D=

Depends where in the context of Agents of Edgewatch.

Parts of the district have already been remodeled and probably have property available for purchase, but some of the district is still in the middle of being demolished.

Book 3. xD

Spoiler:
Your party should have a little renown by this point thanks to the newspapers publishing, if that has been brought up at all in your specific game.

So your character could probably pull some strings to get any sort of property in the Precipice they might want, but it really comes down to your GM.

The CRB lists Extravagant standard of living as 100gp/week, 430gp/month, 5200gp/year. As far as purchasing, if I were to let one of my players buy a house with that standard of living, I would just charge them for the year since the in-game timeline probably wouldn't go further than a year. Hope that helps.

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Misko wrote:
Joutsenlaulu wrote:
Misko wrote:
Joutsenlaulu wrote:
What if I say Precipice Quarter? D=

Depends where in the context of Agents of Edgewatch.

Parts of the district have already been remodeled and probably have property available for purchase, but some of the district is still in the middle of being demolished.

Book 3. xD

** spoiler omitted **

So your character could probably pull some strings to get any sort of property in the Precipice they might want, but it really comes down to your GM.

The CRB lists Extravagant standard of living as 100gp/week, 430gp/month, 5200gp/year. As far as purchasing, if I were to let one of my players buy a house with that standard of living, I would just charge them for the year since the in-game timeline probably wouldn't go further than a year. Hope that helps.

But that standard of living also includes for all food, clothing, etc. etc that comes with standard of living, not just house price.

And obviously it would be more expensive to stay in an extravagant hotel (or any hotel) for a year than it would be to get a house, I reckon.


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DomHeroEllis wrote:
Misko wrote:
Joutsenlaulu wrote:
Misko wrote:
Joutsenlaulu wrote:
What if I say Precipice Quarter? D=

Depends where in the context of Agents of Edgewatch.

Parts of the district have already been remodeled and probably have property available for purchase, but some of the district is still in the middle of being demolished.

Book 3. xD

** spoiler omitted **

So your character could probably pull some strings to get any sort of property in the Precipice they might want, but it really comes down to your GM.

The CRB lists Extravagant standard of living as 100gp/week, 430gp/month, 5200gp/year. As far as purchasing, if I were to let one of my players buy a house with that standard of living, I would just charge them for the year since the in-game timeline probably wouldn't go further than a year. Hope that helps.

But that standard of living also includes for all food, clothing, etc. etc that comes with standard of living, not just house price.

And obviously it would be more expensive to stay in an extravagant hotel (or any hotel) for a year than it would be to get a house, I reckon.

Yeah there is some need for adjusting, though if they were to build a house from the ground up that price might be a little more appropriate to account for building materials, furniture, paying people etc.

I really brought up the standard of living rules because it was a pretty good contrast to FowlJ's post with the price of magical means of obtaining a home, though while looking at magical structures I found the Gourd Home.
It can fit 10 small/medium creatures and provides 'moderate comfort' which I guess could fit into the Comfortable standard of living, while also being portable and magical at the cost of 650gp and being a level 9 item, which is what level Joutsenlaulu should be around.

I don't really know how much difference in price a mundane home vs a portable and magical home would be, but if you can spend 650gp for a comfortable home that can fit a group of 10 and is portable, maybe buying a mundane home in the city is a bit cheaper than that?

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