New Posts For Thread: Players now have their own boat and want to use it for profithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29535253/Players_now_have_their_own_boat_and_want_to_use_it_for_profitAlright, so, one of my group members comes from a noble family. They own their fair share of ships and have the wealth and connections that they have their own industry in shipping and transport.The party used one of their ships and managed to capturActually this situation recently happened to me. The party's swashbuckler had stolen a ship from a neighboring city (airship i mean) and promptly turned it into a roaming brothel. Well, it worked to say the leeast. Just be creative and let them do thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29535253/Players_now_have_their_own_boat_and_want_to_use_it_for_profit?post_id=527474481#527474481Actually this situation recently happened to me. The party's swashbuckler had stolen a ship from a neighboring city (airship i mean) and promptly turned it into a roaming brothel. Well, it worked to say the leeast. Just be creative and let them do thMon, 24 Dec 2012 12:36:06 -0600Have the local merchants guild insist they create a shipping company. That way, they can only legally obtain a limited amount of their profits (in the form of wages/dividents/whatever you wish to call it, I'm not an economics or business major despithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29535253/Players_now_have_their_own_boat_and_want_to_use_it_for_profit?post_id=526977417#526977417Have the local merchants guild insist they create a shipping company. That way, they can only legally obtain a limited amount of their profits (in the form of wages/dividents/whatever you wish to call it, I'm not an economics or business major despitTue, 18 Dec 2012 12:23:48 -0600I agree with techpriest, give them wahtever income you want, but let them know they can't spend it on personal wealth, like magic items etc. They should understand that having huge income, that could be spent like that can imbalance the game.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29535253/Players_now_have_their_own_boat_and_want_to_use_it_for_profit?post_id=526969831#526969831I agree with techpriest, give them wahtever income you want, but let them know they can't spend it on personal wealth, like magic items etc. They should understand that having huge income, that could be spent like that can imbalance the game.Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:55:10 -0600It depends on what trade goods they can get there hands on, I would think. Of course they'll have to find someplace where they can buy it for a low price and then take it elsewhere where it is more expensive. So the frequency of payment depends on hohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29535253/Players_now_have_their_own_boat_and_want_to_use_it_for_profit?post_id=526875025#526875025It depends on what trade goods they can get there hands on, I would think. Of course they'll have to find someplace where they can buy it for a low price and then take it elsewhere where it is more expensive. So the frequency of payment depends on hoFri, 14 Dec 2012 15:25:27 -0600Edition doesn't really matter; work up something relative to your campaign's wealth-by-level standards, or let them make whatever money you decide, but it can only be spent on things such as hiring new crew, building other ships, gaining shipping conhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29535253/Players_now_have_their_own_boat_and_want_to_use_it_for_profit?post_id=526859077#526859077Edition doesn't really matter; work up something relative to your campaign's wealth-by-level standards, or let them make whatever money you decide, but it can only be spent on things such as hiring new crew, building other ships, gaining shipping conFri, 14 Dec 2012 02:36:18 -0600