Find a Contact.
3 days

You spend time searching for a specific person, whether they are a specialist or someone you already know of. At the end of this action, you create an NPC who must be approved by the Dungeon Master. If the proposed NPC is not approved, the downtime days spent on this action are refunded.

Befrend an Hero.
3 days

You meet a new initiate of the Guild and spend the next three days befriending them. At the end of this action, you may create a new player character, either for yourself or as an Open Character.

Gatther News.
3 days

Choose one active region. You spend the next few days speaking with locals, visiting taverns and inns, and gathering news about rumours and current events in the area. At the end of this action, the Dungeon Master will provide you with two rumours from that region.

Standard Markets
1 day

You spend one day shopping in the region’s standard, non-magical markets. The maximum price of the goods available depends on the region’s tier.

Magical Markets
4 days

You spend a few days seeking out magical goods. At the end of this action the Dungeon Master will present you a list of magiacl items avilable to buy. If no magical items are found then the days are refunded.

This action is used to buy, potions of any kind and magical items.

Spellcasting Services
3 days

You spend most of the week seeking spellcasting services from temples and local mages. At the end of this action, you may purchase the casting of a spell from the list below, provided the region is at or above the spell’s indicated tier.

Catch-Up.
Lowest level character in the last adventure

You spend time to train and gain a level. The time and cost is set by the level you will gain.

Training.
30 days, trainer

A character spends 30 days training with another character who has the desired proficiency or language. At the end of the action, the character gains that proficiency or language. Both characters involved must spend the full 30 downtime days.

• To train in a skill proficiency, the trainer must have a higher modifier in the skill’s ability than the character being trained.
• To teach a language, the trainer must have known that language since level 1 and have an Intelligence score of 13 or higher.
• To train in a tool proficiency, the trainer must have a higher modifier in the tool’s ability than the character being trained.

Long Rest.
1 day

You spend on day resting and gain the full benifits of a long rest as normal.

Touch Grass.
1 day, meta

Your character spends the day enjoying the outdoors. To gain the full benefit of this action, you, the player, must take a photograph of yourself outside while touching or interacting with an element of the natural world. Once completed, your character begins their next adventure with Heroic Inspiration.

Seek Cure.
10 days, Afflicted by a Condition

If your character is suffering from a non-magical condition and cannot access or use spellcasting services, they may spend 10 days recovering in a hospice or another place of healing. At the end of this action, remove one non-magical condition affecting the character.

Craft a Magic Item.
Prof in toolset, Arcana, and spellcasting ability

A character may only craft consumable magic items, such as potions, and permanent magic items of Common rarity. These use the same rules as crafting a non-magical item, except that the crafting time is calculated by dividing the item’s purchase price by 5, rounding up.

The time required to craft a magic item cannot be reduced by additional characters or by purchasing extra materials.

Copy a Spell or Make a Spell Scroll
Prof in toolset, Arcana, and spellcasting ability

Copying a spell into a spellbook or crafting a scroll works based on the level of the spell.

Establish a Bastion
10 days, Level 5+

Upon reaching level 5, a player unlocks the ability to establish a Bastion. Establishing a Bastion takes 10 downtime days, representing the time required to find a suitable location, clear and secure the area, complete any necessary repairs or expansions, and recruit the first hirelings.

Once this time has been spent, the character gains a functional Bastion containing two Cramped basic rooms and one free Cramped basic or special facility.

A player may only have one Bastion at a time. The Bastion must also be connected to a region of the world, whether that region is currently active or not.

Abandon a Bastion
10 days, Active Bastion

When a Bastion is no longer needed, or the player wishes to relocate to a more suitable region, they may choose to abandon it. The character spends 10 downtime days selling, dismantling, and storing whatever can be recovered.

The next time the character establishes a Bastion, the cost of their first special facility is reduced by half.

Expand or Build a Room
7 days, Active Bastion

Once a Bastion has been established, characters may expand it by acquiring new basic and special facilities. Before construction can begin, the character must spend 7 downtime days planning the expansion. Once the planning is complete, construction begins. Refer to the table below for the cost and construction time of each facility size.

After planing the bastions construction the time decreases every time you take a downtime action at a 1:1 rate.

When expanding an existing room or facility, deduct the construction time and cost of its current size from those of the new size. The character pays the remaining cost, and construction takes the remaining time.

Activate a Facility
7 days, Special Bastion Facility

You spend the next 7 days managing and operating a special facility within your Bastion. Choose and activate one of the facility’s orders as normal. Regardless of its listed duration, the order’s effects are resolved at the end of this action.

Once the action has been resolved, roll on the Bastion Events table.

For expaned special facilites related to this world take a look at Bastion Facilites.