Cleaning House (Downtime Four) by Gwyn | World Anvil

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Sat 23rd Feb 2019 08:20

Cleaning House (Downtime Four)

by Gwyn

Gwyn spends his time building a small obelisk that fixes the symbolic to the literal. He uses it to turn the spidering curse into a physical spider. Gwyn takes this opportunity to clean and repair his home (Build arc), and to prepare his workspace for coming endeavors. During this time he develops the ability to expend more effort (expansive endeavor) and carry more objects of power (magical management).
 
BUILD
You are going to build a physical structure—a house, a fortress, a workshop, a defensive wall, and so on. This arc would also cover renovating an existing structure or substantially adding to one. Of course, this doesn’t have to be physical construction. You might build it with spells or other magic, or this might be an arc to create a magical structure in a distant, mystical half-world.
Cost: The Idea. You pay a cost of 1 Acumen.
Opening: Make a Plan. 1 Acumen reward. This almost certainly involves literally drawing up blueprints or plans.
Step(s): Find a Site. 1 Acumen reward. This might be extremely straightforward—a simple examination of the site—or it might be an entire exploratory adventure. (If the latter, it might involve multiple such steps.)
Step(s): Gather Materials. 1 Acumen reward. Depending on what you are building and what it is made out of, this could involve multiple steps. There probably are substantial costs involved as well.
Step(s): Construction. 1 Acumen reward. Depending on what you are building, this could involve multiple steps. It might also take a considerable amount of time and work.
Climax: Completion. 3 Acumen reward. The structure is finished. A successful construction results in 1 Joy. Failure results in 1 Despair.
Resolution: 1 Acumen reward. You put the structure to its desired use and see if it holds up.