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. You can also reskin these activities to suit whatever your players come up with.

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 item is a fake, planted by an enemy.

Check Total	Items Available
1-5	Potion of greater healing, Spell Scroll (cantrip), Potion of healing
6-10	Potion of greater healing
11-15	Periapt of health, Potion of superior healing, Potion of heroism
16-20	Potion of cloud giant strength, Oil of sharpness, Potion of supreme healing
21-25	Potion of storm giant strength, Arrow of slaying
26-30	Wand of the war mage, +1, Wind fan, Broom of flying, Sword of vengeance
31-35	Wand of fireballs
36-40	Staff of power
41+	Plate armor of etherealness, Ring of three wishes, Ring of invisibility

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 competitor spreads rumors that your work is shoddy and prone to failure.

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 your loot is a single, easily identified item that you can't fence in this region. 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 21 Insight, DC 18 Deception, and DC 17 Intimidation. You can use a relevant gaming set proficiency instead of any relevant skill check. Results based on the table below. Additionally, a local crime boss insists you start frequenting the boss's gambling parlor and no others.

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 18 Athletics, DC 16 Acrobatics, and DC 18 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 11 days.

Religious Service

Requires access to a temple that worships your god. Make a Religion or Persuasion check, on a 1-10 you fail to make a lasting imrpession, on 11-20 you earn a favor, and 21+ you earn two favors. A favor can be 50% cheaper service, or something the DM determines. You can have a max number of favors equal to 1+CHA mod (min 1). No additional complications.

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

You must pay the business's full 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 1 day(s). You find a buyer offering 0.25, and a shady buyer offering 0.5.

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	4 days	4 gp
Town	18 days	18 gp
City	22 days	22 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 asks for help dealing with a threat.

As a variant, you can require characters to spend downtime training in order to gain a level once they reach the xp requirement. Levels 2-4: 10 days, 20gp. 5-10: 20 days, 40 gp. 11-16: 30 days, 60 gp. 17-20: 40 days, 80 gp.

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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