Hiring: carouse Training: 25 gp per week, each faerie requires 4 weeks of training to become an employee, 10 can be trained at a time
Running a business: DMG 129, roll for each month, if working add number of days, regardless of working add an automatic carouse that adds new members (they automatically count as trained). The automatic carouse has a +0 check, but can be increased by +1 for each additional 50 gp spent on recruitment.
5 caroused but not trained faeries are trained automatically each month
”Running a business” maintenance cost is calculated by the number of faeries at the end of the month
Upon training a summer faerie becomes either a spy (70%) or a thought spy (30%) agent. He uses the summer faerie stat block combined with the appropriate stat block, in case of conflict keep higher values. For lockpicking use higher of stealth or sleight of hand. Spies also have Encode Thoughts.
Faeries collecting information and spying need to use research, Crator forwards the costs of operation. (Make table for faerie research complications) (edited)
Maintenance cost per faerie is 35 gp per month (30 gp for modest salary, 5 gp for additional tools, bribes and other work expenses) (edited)
Research Complications
| d10 | Complication |
|---|---|
| 1 | The faerie is captured and executed . |
| 2 | The faerie is captured and kept prisoner. Another faerie (or crator) needs to spend research to locate and free them. Locating the faerie is worth one lore, and freeing them is worth one more. |
| 3 | The faerie’s expenses have grown, spend an additional 25 gold. |
| 4 | The faerie’s expenses have grown considerably, spend an additional 100 gold. |
| 5 | The faerie turned out to be less skilled than expected, he fails the mission and needs to be trained again. |
| 6 | The faerie got distracted pursuing shinies, there is no research cost but there is also no new information gained. |
| 7 | The faerie is reckless and doesn’t realize he is being followed back to the lair. If the intruder isn’t dealt with roll again for the repercussions of his future meddling. |
| 8 | The faerie succeeds on the mission, but is critically injured and needs medical assistance. |
| 9 | The faerie is spotted and fails the mission, but also angers the populace. The populace is on alert for the next month and the faeries get -5 to research during this time. |
| 10 | The faerie gets wrong or misguided information. |