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Downtime Projects


Downtime Project
Build Airship
When you start this project, you hire a crew of carpenters, mages, and shipwrights who work in the area where the project is undertaken, with these artisans building the ship for you. You can make a p…
3*
Project Goal
Prerequisite Wind Crystal of Quintessence
Source Texts or lore in Low Rhyvian
Downtime Project
Build or Repair Road
When you start this project, you hire a crew of masons, engineers, and guards who start work at the location where the project begins and build or repair the road for you. You can make a project roll…
Varies
Project Goal
Prerequisite Three writs of approval, from an engineers' guild, a masons' guild, and a guards' guild
Source Texts or lore in Caelian
Downtime Project
Community Service
When you start this project, you must be in a settlement or other location where people gather, and you must be in that same place each time you make a project roll for the project. You can undertake…
75
Project Goal
Roll Varies
Prerequisite None
Source None
Downtime Project
Craft Teleportation Platform
When you complete this project, you end up with a 3-square-by-3 square teleportation platform activated by a supernatural password. The platform is permanently affixed to the ground in the location wh…
1*
Project Goal
Roll Reason
Prerequisite One spatial navigator
Source Texts or lore in Voll
Downtime Project
Craft Treasure
You can craft the items found in Treasures in Chapter 13: Rewards. Each treasure notes its item prerequisite, project source, project roll characteristic, and project goal.
Downtime Project
Discover Lore
If you want to track the location of a lost treasure, decipher a ritual, or trace the lineage of a royal family to find the next heir to the throne, you can start a downtime project to delve into what…
Varies (see the table)
Project Goal
Roll Reason
Prerequisite None
Source Texts or knowledge related to the subject you wish to research
Downtime Project
Find a Cure
You research a cure for a disease, curse, or supernatural affliction whose text states that it can be ended by the Find a Cure downtime project. If the affliction was caused by the innate feature of a…
Varies
Project Goal
Prerequisite Varies (see description)
Source None
Downtime Project
Fishing
Whether for sustenance, relaxation, or bragging rights, you've gone fishing, provided you are near a body of water. The project roll for this project has the following changes:
Varies
Project Goal
Prerequisite None
Source None
Downtime Project
Go Undercover
Going undercover to spy on a group of people is a cheap and easy way to find information you're looking for. Choose an organization when you undertake this activity. Completing this project grants you…
15
Project Goal
Prerequisite Special
Source None
Downtime Project
Hone Career Skills
You revisit your previous life to freshen up on the experience it provided you. When this project is complete, you gain an edge on tests made using the skills provided by your career.
240*
Project Goal
Prerequisite None
Source None
Downtime Project
Imbue Treasure
You can create leveled treasures by imbuing items with magic or psionic power. You must have a mundane version of the item you plan to imbue, such as a sword or shield, when you start this project.
150
Project Goal
Prerequisite Varies
Source Texts or lore in a language determined by the enhancement
Downtime Project
Learn From a Master
When you seek to learn from a master, you choose the goal you wish to work on as well as the benefit you would gain from it. The Director tells you whether the master or the materials they've left beh…
Varies
Project Goal
Roll Your highest characteristic
Prerequisite None
Source An NPC of a higher level, or records of such an NPC's teachings in a language you know
Downtime Project
Learn New Language
When you start this project, choose a language taught by the project source. When the project is complete, you understand the language.
120
Project Goal
Prerequisite None
Source Texts or instruction that teaches the language you want to learn
Downtime Project
Learn New Skill
When you start this project, choose a skill taught by the project source. When the project is complete, you have that skill.
120
Project Goal
Prerequisite None
Source Texts or instruction that teaches the skill you want to learn
Downtime Project
Perfect New Recipe
When you start this project, you choose a recipe for a specific type of dish. The item prerequisite for the project is the ingredients required, which depend on the recipe and which might be difficult…
100
Project Goal
Prerequisite Varies
Source A recipe in a language you know, or someone who can tutor you in that recipe
Downtime Project
Spend Time With Loved Ones
You revitalize your spirit by spending time with people you love who you haven't seen in a long while. You must be able to communicate with those people to undertake this project or make project rolls…
60
Project Goal
Prerequisite None
Source None