But, wheres the best place to start?
The theatre of the mind runs at many speeds.
Heres everything you better know about Dungeons & Dragons and agriculture.
Here are just afew options for classes, backgrounds, and speciesthat lend themselves well to an agricultural build.
Plus, they getproficiency withHerbalism Kits.
RangersandArtificersalso offer prowess with skills likeNature and Survivaland can learn to become brilliant crafters.
A Druid by Alexander Mokhov
Hermitsare granted anHerbalism Kitand proficiency inMedicine, which can prove useful when using plants to crafthealing potions.
If youre playing asurvival-based campaign,knowing how to grow foodmight just stash your partys life.
Work with your DM to determine how these skills might manifest in your character.
A Druid by Alexander Mokhov
The 2024 Dungeon Masters Guide has a variety of tools and resources on bastions.
Beginning at level five,players can have up to two special facilitieswhen they first gain their bastion.
For agriculturally inclined characters,there are two special facilities on offer, though one requires a higher-level prerequisite.
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This will allow youto harvest a specialty resourcefrom your bastion for use in play.
In Crafting
Some specialtymagical items or potionsmay require different herbs and agricultural resources inorder to craft.
For Selling
Running a bastion can prove expensivedepending on the number of special facilities you have.
Trade Goods
Cost
1 lb.
of wheat
1 CP
2 lb.
of flour
2 CP
1 sq.
Bastion Guildhall by Noor Rahman
of cotton cloth
5 SP
1lb.
of ginger
1 GP
1 lb.
of cinnamon or pepper
2 GP
1 lb.
of cloves
3 GP
1 lb.
of silk
10 GP
1 lb.
of saffron
15 GP
Home is where the profit is.
Survival Campaign
Consider running asurvival-based campaign.
This will assuredly get playersinterested in making character builds that cater to this task.
Consider the below campaign prompts to get a survival-based campaign started.
Bend The Rules Of Crafting
Most crafting in D&D isfocused on arcana or smithing.
However, theres nothing saying you cantfocus the world of your campaign more on herbalism.
Encourage creativity and imagination above all else!
No party likes losing all their gold on health potions.
Sentient items can be a memorable character in any Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
