Post by Dell on May 1, 2007 18:50:13 GMT -5
arrowguy said:
That seems like a poor use of company funds.I'm just doing it to become a member of the nobility. I'm supporting your bid to become the new Earl of Sterich, I figure you can help me out on this one small thing.
Here's the notes from when I got the price quote:
Your meeting with Lord Highrider goes fairly well, though it is not immediately profitable. Your letter of introduction from Lord Morgan does lead to a personal meeting where you explain your wish to acquire a small piece of property in the Little Hills. Lord Highrider is even amenable to providing you the mineral rights to the land. The first catch is that he's only willing to sell his property in townships, 36 square miles.
You know that the area around the Hall of the Blue Sun is rocky and mountainous; it is unlikely that you would be able to gain settlers or set up an actual township, but this would provide you with the rights to all of the treasures held by humanoids in the area.
The second catch is that purchasing the land would make you a vassal to Lord Highrider, responsible for providing 4 people to his militia (1 per 10 square miles) and 36 GP per year in tax (1 per square mile). Failure to provide either would give Lord Highrider the right to sieze the land again, though it is likely that would not be the first step.
The third catch is the cost. The township would cost 36,000 GP. (1,000 GP per square mile) Seeing the shocked look on your face, he allows that this is a steep cost, but, since he is giving up mineral and any other rights to what is in the area, he believes it to be fair.
Should you wish to continue operating the Inn, he'll take a 1 GP per month land use fee. He has been aware of the Inn for some time now, as the army stops by it quite often, and suggests you pay ahead in the future.
You know that the area around the Hall of the Blue Sun is rocky and mountainous; it is unlikely that you would be able to gain settlers or set up an actual township, but this would provide you with the rights to all of the treasures held by humanoids in the area.
The second catch is that purchasing the land would make you a vassal to Lord Highrider, responsible for providing 4 people to his militia (1 per 10 square miles) and 36 GP per year in tax (1 per square mile). Failure to provide either would give Lord Highrider the right to sieze the land again, though it is likely that would not be the first step.
The third catch is the cost. The township would cost 36,000 GP. (1,000 GP per square mile) Seeing the shocked look on your face, he allows that this is a steep cost, but, since he is giving up mineral and any other rights to what is in the area, he believes it to be fair.
Should you wish to continue operating the Inn, he'll take a 1 GP per month land use fee. He has been aware of the Inn for some time now, as the army stops by it quite often, and suggests you pay ahead in the future.
And as to my noble status:
You would become a Baronet, the lowest level of non-hereditary nobility. Your offspring would be Baronets only if they continued to own the property. You'd be entitled in Keoland to be called Lord Dell by all freemen and equal nobility, though other nobility of higher rank would refer to you as Baronet Dell while you refered to them as Lord.