Ultimate Campaign Discounts on Buildings

[maouse33]

The Ultimate Campaign has the following text:
Discount: Some buildings halve the cost of constructing
a related type of building in the same settlement. This cost
reduction applies only to the first constructed building of
the types listed in this line. For example, an Academy halves
the cost of your next Library in that settlement; if you build
a second Library in that settlement, you pay the normal cost
for it. If 2 buildings give the same discount, only one discount
applies per new building, but you may construct 2 buildings
at the discounted cost. For example, Market and Theater both
halve the cost of an Inn; if your settlement has a Market and
a Theater, you may construct 2 Inns at half cost (the Market
discounts one, and the Theater discounts the other).

We see here, clearly, that a single TYPE only receives the discount once. That is fine.

The question is: does each TYPE of building get a discount once? Or does the discount only apply to whichever one you build first? The implication is "the first constructed building of the types listed" = "the first constructed building of each type listed". So if you have a castle, you get a discount on ONE Noble Villa and ONE Town Hall.

Any chance in the nine layers of hell that I might get some clarification on this? I am going to fire up the old pc game (if I can find it) and see how it runs this (I believe we got a discount on each type once, but it was a very long while ago I played).

Thanks for any help: including - being a Dev and giving an answer or being a player and letting me know how the PC game handled it. Opinions not really needed as I'm not the GM, so I need something more concrete to bring to my GM (who at this point doesn't know the problem exists, but I'm a bit ADHD and want my ducks sorted).

[Diego Rossi]

As I read it:

1) Each type of building gets 1 discount at a time, i.e. if you have two buildings that discount inns, you don't quarter the cost of the first inn, you halve the cost of two inns.

2) If a building discounts multiple types of buildings, you get the discount once for each type of building it discount.

[Oli Ironbar]

Right there with you. This sheet has been in use for a long, long time and uses the rules as you see them written. It also provides nice visuals for town building as well as pages for sorting and optimizing future builds! (I too sort my ducks by age, height, weight, and serial number — and those not numbered are sent for DNA analysis then sub-sorted again!)

Doc Here,

just download and click around until it makes sense! (Or post I suppose, I’ll likely see it quickly.)

[Niemand]

maouse33 wrote:

The Ultimate Campaign has the following text:

Discount: Some buildings halve the cost of constructing a related type of building in the same settlement....

Any chance in the nine layers of hell that I might get some clarification on this? ...

yes, in Hell there are no discounts. Don't forget to read the fine print and pay your a simple flat tax of 666%.