Downtime Activities

Downtime represents when the players aren't actively adventuring or pursuing a present goal. Small chunks of downtime can be taken during some rests, or in certain travel scenarios, whereas longer amounts could be a reward or choice made by the players. Some campaigns may receive long periods of downtime frequently, while others (such as those using the "Tactics Node Adventure style") may have to sacrifice a resource to take downtime.

Downtime is split into 2 categories "Short Activities" and "Long Activities". This is based on if a "Activity" can be completed in an hour or less and as such can be done during a rest, or if it needs a full "day" of work allotted to it at once. Some activities may also have the "Station" tag, indicating that specialized equipment must be present in order to complete the activity.

Short Activities

There are many different small tasks a character can do in an hour, such as repairing equipment, preparing medicines or poisons, and much more. Some "Long Activities" or crafting tasks may be split up into "parts" or segments that can be completed as a short activity. Choices with the "Res" Tag can be done over the course of a respite instead of regaining hp. Some of the options are as follows:

Alchemist Supplies

-Analyze Concoction: Attempt to learn the recipe of an item in your possession.

Brewer's Tools

-Boiling the Mash: start the brewing process

Calligrapher's Supplies

-Adding Simple Code(Res): hide a code within a piece of art
-Sketch Location(Res): attempt to render a picture to be teleported to for a spell.

Carpenter's Tools:

-Repair wooden Object: Fix a portion of a wooden object such as a wheel, or cart.

Cartographer's Supplies

-Update Map: Add the area you've traveled through onto an existing map.

Cobbler's Tools

-Repair Shoes: Fix and upkeep your companions shoes to improve travel conditions.

Cook's Utensils

-Prepare Snack(Res): Create a small food item which can provide minor benefits to a party member
-Cook Standard Meal: Create a meal with benefits for your party
-Analyze Recipe: Attempt to learn a new recipe you can prepare from existing food.

Disguise Kit

-Use Plain Disguise(Res): Put on a minor disguise.
-Prepare Middling Disguise: Put on a relatively altering disguise, can be done for free during a short rest.

Forgery Kit

-Simple Forgery(Res): Study and Create a simple forgery such as a signature or letterhead.
-Forgery: Study and Create a forgery such as a wax seal or engraved letterhead.

Herbalism Kit

-Forage: Search for ingredients and create a remedy.
-Analyze Remedy: Attempt to learn the method of creating a remedy which you have found

Leatherworker's Tools

-Tanning: Convert an Tiny animal you have killed to a hide.
-Scouring: Treat a leather Hide.

Musical Instrument

-Quick Performance: Short performance to potentially source a few tips or gp.

Nature

-Forage: While in a natural environment, characters with proficiency in the Nature skill can forage during the course of a short rest, potentially finding small plants or supplies.

Navigator's Tools

-Determine Weather: Take time to predict weather and potential hazards over the next few days.
-Plot Course: Prepare a route for a vehicle to travel

Painter's Tools

May be merged with calligrapher's tools

Poisoner's Kit

-Decipher Journal: Attempt to learn poison recipes from another poisoner's journal
-Create Poison: Attempt to create or apply a poison
-Harvest Venom(Res): Attempt to harvest a venom or poison from a creature.
-Experiment With Venom: Mess around with a component to try making a new poison recipe

Woodcarver's Tools

-Carve Object(Res+): Over the course of a respite or short rest, you can create a small wooden object.

Long Activities

Alchemist Supplies

-Create Concoction: Craft an alchemical Item.

Brewer's Supplies

-Brew: brew Alcohol.

Calligrapher's Supplies

-Create Marketing: Work with a business or group to sway public opinion of an area.
-Tribal Mixing: Create war paints.

Carpenter's Tools

-Build Structure: Make progress on a wooden object or structure, sometimes may take multiple downtime activities.

Cobbler's Tools

-Create shoes: Create specialized shoes in order to benefit your party.

Cook's Utensils

-Cook Gourmet Meal: Create a well satisfying meal with benefits or for a large group of people.
-Preserve Food: Create rations that can last a long period of time.

Disguise Kit

-Create Elaborate Disguise: Create a deep cover disguise,
-Research Target: Spend time watching a target, studying their mannerisms or abilities to better disguise yourself.

Forgery Kit

-Complicated Forgery: Work on creating a more large scale or elaborate fake
-Detailed Time: Spend extra time on a simple or complex forgery to make it more convincing

Gaming Set

Station: Tavern, Casino, Gambling Den
-Gambling: You can spend some time gambling, if time is "summarized" this is a check against the house to potentially make or lose money.

Glass Blower's Tools

Station: Glassblower's Shop
-Create project: See Glassblower's tools for what you can potentially make

Herbalism Kit

-Travel Foraging: You can forage while using travel downtime

Jeweler's Tools

-Create project: See Glassblower's tools for what you can potentially make

Leatherworker's Tools:

-Leather Processing: Complete one of the steps to create leather (time may vary).
-Craft Item (Parts): Craft and assemble parts of an Item, some parts may be completed over 1 hour increments during the course of a rest.
-Repair Leather: Make a check to repair a leather piece of Equipment.

Mason's Tools

-Build Structure: Make progress on a Stone object or structure, sometimes may take multiple downtime activities.
-Repair Stone: Make a check to repair a stone piece of Equipment.

Musical Instrument

-Performance: See musical Instrument to see performance options

Potter's Tools

Station: Potter's Shop and Kiln
-Create project: See Potter's tools for what you can potentially make

Smith's Tools

-Repair Metal: Make a check to repair a Metal piece of Equipment.

Tinker's Tools:

-Tinker Project: Craft a tinkering object, Can be split into separate 1 hour "parts"

Weaver's Tools:

-Weave: Craft a Clothen object, Can be split into separate 1 hour "parts"
-Repair Cloth: Make a check to repair a clothen piece of Equipment.

Woodcarver's Tools:

-Carve: Craft a wooden object, Can be split into separate 1 hour "parts"
-Repair Wood: Make a check to repair a wooden piece of Equipment.

Lesser/Greater Restoration and Regeneration

Station: Place where an injured creature can rest such as a village, house, or enclosed structure. This downtime activity can be purchased by a wounded character in certain towns.
-Treat Wound: During the course of a "Long Rest Downtime" Lesser restoration can be cast, allowing the creature to remake their save against a selected wound. This can only be attempted once per long rest, on a "minor" wound with a duration of "until cured". Attempting to do so on a Major Wound requires a casting of Greater restoration as long as it is not a "missing limb" injury.
-Heal Wound: A creature with a restoration spell prepared can spend a day of Downtime to cast "Lesser Restoration" on a minor wound, fully "curing" it. In order to do so with a "Major Wound" the Greater restoration spell must be prepared instead. If a creature has a "Missing" limb, and the limb is not present and preserved, the "Regeneration" spell must be cast instead.

Tactic Node Options:

See Tactics Node Mechanics for full abilities:
- Rouse | Allows you to increase the number of troops in a village node.
- Strategize | Allows you to fortify a village node, giving it an advantage during a siege
- Triage | Allows you to accelerate Casualty Recovery in a village node.

Roleplay options:

- Entertain | allows you to sway public opinion and "Attitude scores"
- Manipulate | use Calligrapher's supplies to improve town attitude of you or another organization.