Henry's Charter is quite simple - (to put it it into modern terms) Henry is required to build some sort of Civilised buffer state in the wilds to the south of Brevoy. He doesn't get paid for that (and actually had to pay for the charter) but he is allowed to profit from it, grow rich and claim land. How he does it is up to him. Henry realised he couldn't do it all himself it and decided to recruit adventurers and entrepreneurs and share the rewards. The PCs are the recruits, so if you guys help him achieve his aims - you can get wealthy and claim property or titles on the back of that.
Think of British colonial expansion (nearly all of which was funded by private money) mixed up with the way William the Conqueror handed out land to his supporters after the conquest of England in 1066. (Yeah, I’m English)
Your reward comes in the form of Build Points - the core currency for the campaign rules outlined above. However, they cannot, easily, be converted to cash, nor will they ever get you enough gold to make a difference to your character’s equipment. Most PCs get two ‘gifts’ of 1bp each as a reward for helping organise settlers and immigrants . However, it might be possible to get more investment from people that you meet as you progress through the game. However, every investor will expect something (often a promise) in return. As the game progresses each investment you make, will earn more Bps, that can be re-invested … It will start off slowly, but soon build up :}
Henry is a businessman from a Noble Family (he used his family money to buy The Charter) and understands that the new land won't prosper without a good solid foundation that includes government, trade, business, social and religious infrastructures social structure etc.
As such he has implemented a two part plan.
- Develop local government and rulership by offering land for PCs to build strongholds - in return the local lord is expected to manage their holdings properly and support development and expansion across Midmarch as a whole. Henry offers land to any PC who wants to claim and then develop it. The first hex comes free, after you have proved yourself him. After that there is a fee/tax (measured in BPs) for extra Hexes.
- Henry has declared Tusk to be a free city and given it over to a 'Council' of his supporters (you guys) to run – and he gives you a relatively free hand to develop your business and social organisations from there.
Henry is well aware that 'The Governorship' can be taken away from him and his family so is developing his own family’s holdings at the same time as developing.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:56, Fri 29 June 2018.