Buying a Building and building a shrine

[VampByDay]

So my friends and I are about to run through Crown of the Kobold King, and the current plan for my Elven Cleric of the Elven Pantheon is to buy a small building in Falcon's Hollow and put in a bunch of small shrines, one to each of the Elven Gods, in the town. And maybe live there too.

I realize this is all theoretical, and probably won't come up in the game, but my guy does have the crafting skill and religion skill, so he could theoretically woodcarve some shrines to the Elven Deities.

Anyone have a rough estimate of how much it would cost to buy a building, and how much a shrine would cost (we are talking a shrine, small wooden structure that you kneel in front of, not a full blown church.) The closest I can find for a house is the private workshop, which is a magical expanding workshop, but the cost doesn't include the land it is built on. As for the shrine . . . I have NO idea how much a simple wooden shrine would cost to make with my woodcarving skills.

[Perpdepog]

I believe Travel Guide has rules for buying structures, but I haven't got it in front of me to check right now.

For shrines, are you expecting them to provide any kind of magical benefit? If not then a DC achievable by an expert or low-ranking master seems fully reasonable to me. If you do intend your shrines to have magical effects then the cost should reflect that, finding the closest related items and price the shrines around that level.

[Dancing Wind]

The shrine sounds more like a piece of furniture than a building.

Like a china cabinet or a bookcase or something of that ilk.

[VampByDay]

Perpdepog wrote:

I believe Travel Guide has rules for buying structures, but I haven't got it in front of me to check right now.

For shrines, are you expecting them to provide any kind of magical benefit? If not then a DC achievable by an expert or low-ranking master seems fully reasonable to me. If you do intend your shrines to have magical effects then the cost should reflect that, finding the closest related items and price the shrines around that level.

No, I mean, not really. I just want to make a place in Falcon's Hollow where people can pray to more than Iomede. Like I said, this is a flavor thing, not anything particularly interesting.

[breithauptclan]

VampByDay wrote:

this is a flavor thing, not anything particularly interesting.

Then it should probably cost flavor too.

[Perpdepog]

VampByDay wrote:

Perpdepog wrote:

I believe Travel Guide has rules for buying structures, but I haven't got it in front of me to check right now.

For shrines, are you expecting them to provide any kind of magical benefit? If not then a DC achievable by an expert or low-ranking master seems fully reasonable to me. If you do intend your shrines to have magical effects then the cost should reflect that, finding the closest related items and price the shrines around that level.

No, I mean, not really. I just want to make a place in Falcon's Hollow where people can pray to more than Iomede. Like I said, this is a flavor thing, not anything particularly interesting.

Flavor is always interesting, but I see your point.

Either way, if I was the GM in that situation I'd just slap a static DC on the project, 15 if you were real low level and around 20-ish if you are a bit higher, tell you to devote a few weeks to the project and call it a day. If a GP value was absolutely necessary I'd settle on something with the player at the time of creation based on how fancy they wanted their shrines to be.

[Ravingdork]

From the Travel Guide:

TABLE 1: HOUSING COSTS
House payment | Total Price | Monthly Payments (10 year period)
Thatch hut (poor home) | 100 gp | 2 gp
Wood cottage (comfortable home) | 300 gp | 6 gp
Stone house (quality home) | 2,000 gp | 40 gp
Wood, stone, and metal manse (fine home) | 6,000 gp | 120 gp
Villa (luxury home) | 15,000 | gp 300 gp

House | Monthly rent
Thatch hut (poor home) | 8 gp
Wood cottage (comfortable home) | 20 gp
Stone house (quality home) | 80 gp
Wood, stone, and metal manse (fine home) | 240 gp
Villa (luxury home) | 600 gp

That takes care of the dwelling anyways. I imagine the shrine itself wouldn't be much. According to the Kingmaker kingdom building rules, a simple shrine costs 8 Resource Points, 2 Lumber, and 1 Stone.