D&D Downtime Activities and Events

Refreshing will generate new results for relevant activities. Most activities take a week unless stated otherwise. For all activities, complications can result in creating new rivals for the players.

Maintenance Costs

Property	Per Day	Skilled Hirelings	Unskilled Hirelings	Initial Cost	Construction Time
Abbey	20 gp	5	25	50,000 gp	400 days
Farm	5 sp	1	2	2,500 gp	30 days
Guildhall	5 gp	5	3	5,000 gp	60 days
Inn, rural	10 gp	5	10	2,500 gp	30 days
Inn, city	5 gp	1	5	2,500 gp	15 days
Keep / Small Castle	100 gp	50	50	50,000 gp	400 days
Lodge, hunting	5 sp	1	-	2,500 gp	15 days
Noble Estate & Manor	10 gp	3	15	25,000 gp	150 days
Outpost or Fort	50 gp	20	40	15,000 gp	100 days
Palace / Large Castle	400 gp	200	100	500,000 gp	1,200 days
Shop	2 gp	1	-	2,500 gp	30 days
Temple, large	25 gp	10	10	50,000 gp	400 days
Temple, small	1 gp	2	-	2,500 gp	30 days
Tower, fortified	25 gp	10	-	15,000 gp	100 days
Trading Post	10 gp	4	2	5,000 gp	60 days
Hireling, Unskilled	2 sp
Hireling, Skilled	2 gp

Lifestyle Expenses

Lifestyle	Cost / Day
Wretched	0
Squalid	1 sp
Poor	2 sp
Modest	1 gp
Comfortable	2 gp
Wealthy	4 gp
Aristocratic	10 gp+

Services

Service	Pay
Coach cab, travel	3 cp / mile
Coach cab, taxi	1 cp
Messenger	2 cp / mile
Road / Gate Toll	1 cp
Ship's Passage	1 sp / mile

Buy Magic Item

Spend at least a week and 100 gp, then make a Persuasion check with a +1 bonus for each additional week or 100 gp spent (over the base) up to a max of +10. -10 penalty for low magic campaigns (and double cost), and +10 bonus for high magic. Compare the result with table below and check Magic Item Prices for the cost. Additionally, the party's enemies spread rumors that the item is an artifact of evil.

Check Total	Items Available
1-5	Potion of healing, Spell scroll (1st level), Spell Scroll (cantrip), Spell scroll (2nd level)
6-10	Philter of love, Potion of hill giant strength
11-15	Decanter of endless water, Potion of clairvoyance, Potion of superior healing, Oil of etherealness
16-20	Potion of vitality
21-25	Potion of storm giant strength
26-30	Weapon, +1, Bag of tricks (tan), Pipes of the sewers, Wand of the war mage, +1
31-35	Mace of terror, Berserker axe
36-40	Wand of the war mage, +3, Efreeti bottle
41+	Talisman of ultimate evil, Luck blade

Carousing

You earn modest winnings from gambling and recuperate your lifestyle expenses for the time spent carousing.

Craft Magic Item

You must have blueprints, relevant tool proficiency, and cast any relevant spells each day. DM can additionally require special materials or locations to craft. Check Magic Item Prices for individual items. You must work for 8 hours each day, and complete 25 gp worth of the total cost each day. Items can require hunting exotic monsters, with a CR based on the rarity below. Additionally, a local wizard shows keen interest in your work and insists on observing you.

Rarity	Min Level	CR Hunt
Common	3rd	1-3
Uncommon	3rd	4-8
Rare	6th	9-12
Very rare	11th	13-18
Legendary	17th	19+

Craft Mundane

Requires relevant tool proficiency. You must work for 8 hours each day, and complete 7 gp worth of the total cost each day.

Crime

Spend a week and 25 gp gathering information. Then make 3 checks with a DC selected by the player based on the table below. The checks are Stealth, Dexterity with Thieves' Tools, and finally the player's choice of Investigation or Perception or Deception.

If all checks fail, the character is caught and jailed, with a fine equal to the loot value and a number of weeks in jail based on the table below. With one success they get no loot and escape but a bounty equal to your earnings is offered for information about your crime. With two successes, they get half the payout and only get the one success complication if their rival was involved.

DC	Loot Value	Jail Time
10	50 gp, robbing a struggling merchant	2 weeks
15	100 gp, robbing a prosperous merchant	4 weeks
20	200 gp, robbing a noble	8 weeks
25	1,000 gp, robbing the richest person in town	40 weeks

Gain Renown

Spend a number of days equal to your renown times 10 to increase your renown by 1.

Gambling

Spend a week and bet a stake of 10 gp to 1000 gp. Make three checks: DC 20 Insight, DC 21 Deception, and DC 8 Intimidation. You can use a relevant gaming set proficiency instead of any relevant skill check. Results based on the table below. No additional complications.

Result	Value
0 successes	Lose all the money you bet, and accrue a debt equal to that amount.
1 success	Lose half the money you bet.
2 successes	Gain the amount you bet plus half again more.
3 successes	Gain double the amount you bet.

Pit Fighting

Spend 1 week. Make three checks: DC 20 Athletics, DC 9 Acrobatics, and DC 11 Constitution with a bonus equal to your largest Hit Die. The player can replace one of the skill checks with a weapon attack roll instead. Results based on the table below. No additional complications.

Result	Value
0 successes	Lose your bouts, earning nothing.
1 success	Win 50 gp.
2 successes	Win 100 gp.
3 successes	Win 200 gp.

Sacred Rites

Spend 10 days performing sacred rites to gain inspiration at the start of each day for the next 3 days.

Research

Requires access to a library or sage. Spend 50 gp for expenses and 1 week. Declare the focus of research (a person, place, or thing) and make an Intelligence check with a +1 bonus for each additional 100 gp spent to a maximum of +6. Get advantage if the library is well-stocked or sage is very knowledgeable. Result is based on table below. No additional complications.

Check Total	Outcome
1-5	Learn nothing.
6-10	You learn 1 true statement.
11-20	You learn 2 true statements.
21+	You learn 3 true statements.

Run a Business

The business covers its own maintenance cost for each of the days.

Scribing A Scroll

Spell Level:
Must be trained in Arcana and have the spell known as well as the components. It takes 1 day(s), and costs 15 gp. No additional complications.

Sell Magic Item

Rarity:
Make a DC 20 Investigation check per item. On fail, spend 10 days and find no buyer. On success, it takes 2 day(s). You find a buyer offering a tenth of the base price.

Sowing Rumors

Make a DC 15 Deception or Persuasion check and spend the number of days and cost from the table below. On success, the community's attitude shifts one step towards friendly or hostile as the player wishes. On fail, the rumor fails and can no longer be propagated.

Settlement	Days Spent	Cost
Village	7 days	7 gp
Town	14 days	14 gp
City	17 days	17 gp

Training

Intelligence modifier:
You can learn a new language or proficiency in a tool. It takes 10 weeks, and costs 250 gp. Additionally, your teacher is a spy sent to learn your plans.

Work

Spend 1 week and make a skill check choosing from one of the following: Athletics, Acrobatics, Intelligence with a set of tools, Performance, or Charisma with a musical instrument. The result determines your wages from the table below. No additional complications.

Check Total	Earnings
1-9	Poor lifestyle for the week
10-14	Modest lifestyle for the week
15-20	Comfortable lifestyle for the week
21+	Comfortable lifestyle for the week +25 gp

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