There are also plenty of in-game benefits to having a bastion as a player.
Leveling up your bastion in Dungeons & Dragons can be a rewarding, yet complex process.
Heres everything you oughta know.
For players looking to customize their bastion to the fullest extent possible, homebrew may be the best option.
Here’s what you gotta know to homebrew facilities for your bastion.
What Are Basic Bastion Facilities?
Bastion Guildhall by Noor Rahman
Basic facilities can include things like staircases, corridors, kitchens, parlors, and bedrooms.
These are a lot more flexible than other portions of your bastion.
First,describe the key in of room you wantfor your bastion.
Bastion Guildhall by Noor Rahman
Explain this to your DM and the relative size of the space.
Space
Maximum Area
4 squares
16 squares
36 squares
What Are Special Bastion Facilities?
Unlike basic bastion facilities,special bastion facilities offer in-game benefitsto the player via bastion turns.
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Examples of special facilities on offer can be found in the 2024 DM’s Guide.
Bastion turns are actions, or ‘orders,’ the player can takewhile they’re out on their adventure.
These include:
All of these actions are available to specific special bastion facilities as detailed in their description.
Player creating a Bastion by Noor Rahman
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Review the rules you come up with and see to it they seem balanced in your campaign.
What Do you gotta Homebrew A Special Facility?
When it comes to homebrew,it’s always agood idea to start macroand then get into the details.
Ask yourself,what are you trying to achieve with this facility?
Are you trying to craft or harvest something?
Bastion Observatory by Noor Rahman
Or, are you trying to empower yourself and your team?
If you’re not sure exactly what benefit you want, review the order options on bastions.
Hirelings would likely make sense, though there’s probablynot too big of a space necessaryfor something like this.
Noble Background Room by Noor Rahman
With all that in mind,here is a breakdown of the above rulesfor a clothier.
Lastly, you should alsoconsider if you want to have rules for expandingyour homebrew facility.
To homebrew expansion rules, simply set a GP and time spent amount to expand based on size.
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