Another custom move for my Black Company/Game of Thrones inspired DW game for those folks who want to play Littlefinger and run a business.
When you attend to the workings of a business at the beginning of each session or during downtime roll +Int
On a 10+ Choose 2
· Your business expands into new markets +1 Profit
· Your business gains the attention of a useful ally or patron.
· Your business earns you 1d6 coin per point of profit it possesses.
On a 7-9 Choose 2 from the above list, but there’s a problem too that’s disrupting business as usual. Deal with it or watch your business suffer.
On a 6- Your business suffers a nasty setback. -1 Proft and unless you deal with the problem that faces it, expect it to suffer more.
A new business requires at least 50 Coin to start along with workers to partake in it and starts at 0 Profit. If you invest 100 Coin +100 Coin per point of Profit your Business currently has into your business, increase it’s Profit by 1. Adding significant fictional improvements (like replacing your workers with tireless golem slaves or conjured demons) will also increase profit, but may have other repercussions.
I feel like it will take very long for your thing to actually turn into making you coin? Showering players with a bunch of coin shouldn’t be a problem for the game. Be generous.
Like 4d8x10 coin?
Black Company & GoT can be nothing but Win, IMO
Tim Franzke That’s a good idea. maybe something like a base cost of 50gp +50x current profit to improve, and say 3d10 coins per Profit? That means a business started for 50gp will reliably recoup it’s investment in a session or two if you have a decent Int and with investment and good rolls will be giving you a nice nest egg that you can parley into future profitability.
Thoughts?
Actually that doesn’t work out too well-you still end up with most businesses not recouping their investment. Maybe 1d10x10 per point of profit. So 1 profit is 10-100 gp, 2 profit is 20-200, 3 profit is 30-300 and so on and so forth.