Places to go

Regions

You can walk (or fly if you play an appropriate race, have a winged mount, or a special item) through regions during play. Normally you make only one region per turn, though more a possible. The range of each character is measured on movement points. Each region needs an amount of these points to traverse it. The following table shows the cost for ground- and aerial movement.

To move from one region to another you have to add together the listed cost from both regions. If you walk diagonal (i.e. south-east) you have to multiply the sum by 1.4.

Example: To walk from a plain to an adjacent highland one have to spend 2.5+3.5=6 movement points. If they are diagonal cost increases to 8 movement points (6 x 1.4 = 8.4).

Settlement

Each region has a settlement, be it as small as a reststop or as large as a metropolis. They are centers of commerce and services.

Freelance teachers live in settlements. They give a learn bonus to exp when hired. But you must choose carefully which to hire, because the bonus varies from quality of the teacher and the level of your skill which you want to improve. The quality of a teacher can span more than one skill level. A teacher can be hired with the HIRE TEACHER command. A teacher wants 10 silver coins times his skill level.

The exp increase by this formula: (teacher's skill level - character's skill level) / 3 + 1 (rounded down)

Buildings

Buildungs exist both in regions and settlements. They have several benefits: some of them allow for improved training in skills (bonus to exp) providing access to facilities and equipment. Also, many buildings can be used to work (see table below), however, you need to have a minimum skill to work there.

There are some buildings which are reserved for special purposes (royal palace, cave, etc.) and thus are not mentioned in the following table. In order to get the learning bonus or working in it, a character must first enter the building. You can obtain a building with the BUY order.

Fees marked with an asterisk (*) are calculated by taking the minimum of the respective skill and the skill "teacher".

A special note on shrines, temples and cathedrals: You can only build one of these buildings, when you have chosen a patron deity. The building will immediately be devoted to that deity.

• Building - the building's name
• Work - Skills that can be used to work in the building
• Min. Level - Level the used skill must have at least
• Fee - How much money one work shift is worth
• Learn - Skills that can be learned in the building
• Bonus - How much additional experience one gets when learning in this building
• Cost - The fee to pay when learning in this building. A possible second value defines the cost to use this building for something else (e.g. making an item)
• to Buy - The cost you have to pay in silver and material to let this building be built

Building upgrades

Buildings in possession of characters or guilds can be enhanced with several upgrades. They add defensive capabilities, more storeroom or give the ability to get experience bonuses to new skills. Upgrading a building is realized via the order BUILDING UPGRADE.

Note 1: experience bonuses are not cumulative. If you add a laboratory to a mage's guild you will still get only 2 points of bonus.

Note 2: You can't work in building upgrades in order to earn money.

Note 3: It takes several days before the upgrade is completed. After construction starts, nothing more is needed to do.

• Upgrade - The building upgrade's name.
• Learn - Additional skills that can be learned in the building upgrade.
• Bonus - How much additional experience one gets when learning a skill the upgrade provides.
• Cost - The fee to pay when learning in this building upgrade. A possible second value defines the cost to use this building for something else (e.g. making an item).
• Storage - Additional storage this upgarde provides.
• Times allowed - How many times this upgrade can be added to a single building.
• to Buy - The cost you have to pay in silver and material to let this building upgrade be built.

Some building allow to be upgraded to better versions. These are limited to the following groups:

• shrine -> temple -> cathedral
• smithy -> forge
• mage tower -> mage's guild
• house -> small guild house -> large guild house

80% of the building's needed materials are recycled for the new building. Also, the build time is reduced by 80% of the old building's build time.

• 30000 silver coins
• 10 wood
• 20 stone
• 10 iron
• 5 mallorn
• 10 days to build

• 24000 silver coins
• 8 wood
• 16 stone
• 8 iron
• 4 mallorn
• 8 days

• 50000 - 24000 = 26000 silver coins
• 25 - 8 = 17 wood
• 25 - 16 = 9 stone
• 15 - 8 = 7 iron
• 5 - 4 = 1 mallorn
• 20 - 8 = 12 days