So You Want to Build a Freehold

To make a Freehold and the oaths therein will require the ability to cycle seasons. Thus until at least two Court crowns are available, there can be no formal freehold or freehold powers.

Yet players have asked how to make a “hollow” that can be used for everyone and keep the ruined Freehold useful and functional. To that end, we looked into how mechanically to do it and the rules below are our best interpretation to fit the needs of the Venue.

A Freehold and a Motley are similar in the sense that they are a Societal Oath between multiple characters. Off of this basis we have decided that a Freehold is a larger Motley and therefore is allowed to benefit from a selection of Motley Merits. Not all of them will be available to the freehold. The one exception here is that once a player buys and donates any 1 background to the freehold they gain access to all of the freehold backgrounds.

A Freehold logically can be on Earth or in the Hedge. Thus this document has two versions. Modeling it off a Motley Merit system, each person in the freehold must put 1 XP into it. The following are the merits for a Freehold in the Hedge or on Earth that these points can be put into. As it stands, each person would need to tell us where the point is spent.

Hedge

Hollow - Current Maximum rating of 5 points, using the standard Hollow Rules

Library - Current Maximum rating of 3 Points can be spent on Library

Resources - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points, but can only be used for things in the Hedge; this is not earthly money

Retainer - Current Maximum rating of 5 points. Called the Steward, limited to one.

Safe Place - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points

Stable Trod - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points

Staff - Current Maximum rating of 5 points

Status - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points. This reflects Status with Hedge Denizens

Workshop - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points

Earth

Hollow - Current Maximum rating of 0

Library - Current Maximum rating of 3 Points can be spent on Library

Resources - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points, but has no value in the Hedge

Retainer - Current Maximum rating of 0.

Safe Place - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points

Stable Trod - Current Maximum rating of 0 Point

Staff - Current Maximum rating of 5 points

Status - Current Maximum rating of 0 Points.

* Workshop - Current Maximum rating of 5 Points. Substitute Requirement Safe Place for Requirement Hollow.

* Note: Specialities must be mundane; Goblin Fruit farming has issues on Earth

This document will also reflect the current rating and value