Hope the Homebrew community would be helpful in proposing some alternatives to the very simple downtime rules. Some people like it simple and some like more complex alternatives. Any thing from 'I drink in bars' to something as elaborate as a Kingmaker type scenario.
These expand the rules in the DMG to provide extra detail. Even Mike Mearls has promised some UA variant rules on downtime activities. The second link above includes some additional detail on skilled hirelings, which is very welcome. In no particular order, here are some possible unskilled hirelings:
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i don't think you're going to find A list for what you're looking for as nothing will capture everything. MT Black's - Darkhold, Secrets of the Zhentarim has some cool faction 'jobs' for downtime, which could be hugely expanded on into its own publication. There's all kinds of crafting options. You got all kinds of political downtime activities you could pursue. The list is pretty much endless. Go to DMSGuild and just search for 'downtime' for some free/pwyw pubs you can use - plus many more hits on google. here's the 2017 UA on downtime, but think most of this was added to XGE.
Hope the Homebrew community would be helpful in proposing some alternatives to the very simple downtime rules. Some people like it simple and some like more complex alternatives. Any thing from 'I drink in bars' to something as elaborate as a Kingmaker type scenario.
From my houserules, these are the options I've noted as interesting:
Options include Running a Business, or a Stronghold of some kind. And since followers won't usually participate in adventures, it's worth mentioning them here as well.
These expand the rules in the DMG to provide extra detail. Even Mike Mearls has promised some UA variant rules on downtime activities. The second link above includes some additional detail on skilled hirelings, which is very welcome. In no particular order, here are some possible unskilled hirelings:
My 5e Houserule Considerations. Please comment freely.
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i don't think you're going to find A list for what you're looking for as nothing will capture everything. MT Black's - Darkhold, Secrets of the Zhentarim has some cool faction 'jobs' for downtime, which could be hugely expanded on into its own publication. There's all kinds of crafting options. You got all kinds of political downtime activities you could pursue. The list is pretty much endless. Go to DMSGuild and just search for 'downtime' for some free/pwyw pubs you can use - plus many more hits on google. here's the 2017 UA on downtime, but think most of this was added to XGE.
Guide to the Five Factions (PWYW)
Deck of Decks