There should be a company up there that can help rebuild the manor.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 1 5e LMOP PC wants to buy Ruined Manor House as his Stronghold.

There is an old ruined estate in the Phandalin settlement known as Tresendar Manor.

A PC is a noble without lands, who wants to eventually make this town his fief.

The manor is largely ruined, but could theoretically be repaired and refurbished.

The DMG (pg 128) says that building an estate with a manor from scratch would cost 25,000 gp and would take 150 days.

Tresendar Manor, however, is largely intact, though the interior is wrecked, part of the roof has caved in and two of the major walls have huge holes in.

Official birds eye view: If they were to employ people to repair and maintain the building would half this cost be reasonable The PC enquired with the townmaster as to whom owned the estate, but as the previous owners were either killed or had fled centuries ago, the manor and estate belonged to the town.

He said he would allow the purchase, but would need to dig around for the appropriate paperwork, so the PC should return in a few days.

I want to allow this, as it both suits his character and would be cool for the party.

The town has no real need for a ruin, but the party are heroes who saved the town, so they would willingly sell them the deed.

The DMG says the deed for a large plot of land could be up to 5,000 gp, before construction even begins.

A small estate might sell for as little as 100 gp or as much as 1,000 gp.

A large estate might cost 5,000 gp or more, if it can be bought at all.

So if I assume half cost at 12,500 gp for construction because the basis of the manor is already there, and throw in a reduced deed of, say, 1,000 gp, is that a reasonable total price of 13,500 gp for a Stronghold And to those who know the Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure, where would the PCs likely get labourers to build it Phandalin is tiny.

Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best level 1 DM 2 points 3 years ago The price looks good imo, and maybe he could be awarded the town and made lord of it later game as a reward (dm handbook, I think somewhere after magic items, will edit with page number later level 2 DM Original Poster 1 point 3 years ago In the adventure it mentions the Townmaster is an elected official, so I was thinking of making him campaign for Mayor, which I think will be hilarious.

Hes technically a Count already, so the town will probably favour him.

This is a good reward for making the town safe, and giving the PCs some responsibility and anchors.

Money isnt really much of a thing in 5e, though you can use something like this to soak up as much gold as you need it to.

There will probably be some construction workers in Phandalin and labourers may come across from Leilon, but most probably, the majority will come down from Neverwinter.

Transport costs and temporary accommodation may be added to their salaries.

Animate Dead would be more efficient, since zombies are significantly stronger, but that requires higher-level spells, and people tend to get all huffy about necromancy.

If not create a very convenient traveling construction workers.

You could also have the townmaster inform them that there might be a crew to build the house in Neverwinter.

Neverwinter in this setting is up north and is where the pre built PCs came from originally.

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