Settlements, Bureaucratic Nightmare

Special Restriction: Lawful communities only

The settlement is a nightmarish, confusing and frustrating maze of red tape, official paperwork and petty tyrants in positions of minor power, who relish enforcing all the useless little rules.

Decrease Economy -2. Increase Crime +2, Corruption +2.

All financial transactions in the settlement require a successful DC 10 Diplomacy check. If the check is unsuccessful, the character has broken some settlement law, and must pay a fine of 5 gp x his character level. If the check result is a natural 1, the offense is ‘particularly heinous’. Roll 1d6 on the following chart to find out what the punishment (and the way around it) is.

Section 15: Copyright Notice – Cityscapes: New Settlement Options for the Pathfinder RPG

Cityscapes: New Settlement Options for the Pathfinder RPG © 2012, Otherverse Games; Author: Chris A. Field.