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===Benefits===
===Benefits===
Each great work is linked to a specific type of personal resource in a specific territory. Every member of that nation who attended the last event and who owns the appropriate personal resource in the territory gains the benefit.
Each great work is linked to a specific type of personal resource in a specific territory. Every member of that nation who attended the last event and who owns the appropriate personal resource in the territory gains the benefit. A starting character will not receive the benefit of a great work in their first pack.


Each great work lifts the level of investment in a territory, providing a small fixed benefit to everyone from that nation in the territory. The higher the final level of investment, the greater the benefits. Every personal resource gains from the level of investment in a territory, regardless of who owns them.
Each great work lifts the level of investment in a territory, providing a small fixed benefit to everyone from that nation in the territory. The higher the final level of investment, the greater the benefits. Every personal resource gains from the level of investment in a territory, regardless of who owns them.
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An opportunity will always state how many levels of investment it represents (usually one) but it may provide non-standard benefits, for example a wind of fortune might present plans for a seed bank, a great work that could be built in Miaren that would increase the level of investment by one for herb gardens but provide all herb gardens with 30 rings. Additional great works built in the territory treat the seed bank as if it were a standard great work that had already raised the level of investment by one for herb gardens in Miaren.
An opportunity will always state how many levels of investment it represents (usually one) but it may provide non-standard benefits, for example a wind of fortune might present plans for a seed bank, a great work that could be built in Miaren that would increase the level of investment by one for herb gardens but provide all herb gardens with 30 rings. Additional great works built in the territory treat the seed bank as if it were a standard great work that had already raised the level of investment by one for herb gardens in Miaren.
==Great Lighthouses==
* '''A ''great lighthouse'' would be a great work benefitting fleets'''
* '''Standard costs would be 40 wains of weirwood or white granite and 10 wains of mithril, to provide the first level of investment in a territory'''
* '''A lighthouse that supports fleets must be built in a region with the coastal quality'''
Following the Summer 387YE [[For_those_in_peril_on_the_sea#A_Welcoming_Beacon|symposium on lighthouses]] called by [[Appraisal#Eilian_Sweetwater|Eilian Sweetwater]], Imperial architects pooled their knowledge on the construction of lighthouses. A ''great lighthouse'' would be a massive structure of white granite or weirwood with mithril mirrors at the top, and may incorporate a boat station operated by volunteers who seek to preserve life in the case of a disaster. This kind of lighthouse is a specific [[great work]] that benefits [[fleet|fleets]]. It is effectively an [[opportunity]] available to anyone who can commission a great work.
A ''great lighthouse'' must be built in a region with the [[Region_qualities#Coastal|coastal quality]] quality. The lighthouse represents a level of investment in [[fleet|fleets]] based in the territory. A lighthouse uses a combination of either weirwood and white granite, and an amount of mithril for the mirrors. Adding the first level of investment takes 40 wains of weirwood or white granite, and 10 wains of mithril. Lighthouses adding higher levels of investment need proportionally more mithril and either white granite or weirwood.
This kind of lighthouse receives a paragraph on the appropriate territory page, as well as adding an entire rank to the effectiveness of any fleet based in the territory that takes a [[Fleet#Trading|trading]] action during downtime. The weakness of such a great work is that it is relatively easy to damage if the region where it is built is captured by an enemy. The practical nature of the [[Grendel]] means they are broadly unlikely to do such a thing - Governor Rahab's anger and greed making him an exception - but the Children of Wrecks actively enjoy destroying lighthouses.
'''OOC Note:''' A ''great lighthouse'' is a specific example of a great work that can be built with non-standard materials, and can only be constructed in a region with a specific quality. Anyone who can commission a great work could specify that they are building a great lighthouse. The amounts given here are for the first level of investment in fleets in a territory; higher levels of investment will require proportionally more materials.


==Current Great Works==
==Current Great Works==
This table includes all great works which are active at the present. This list was last updated following the Autumn Equinox 385YE.  
This table includes all great works which are active at the present. This list was last updated following the Summer Solstice 387YE.  


<table class="wikitable sortable"><tr><th style="width: 15%;">Nation</th><th style="width: 15%;">Territory</th><th style="width: 10%;">Resource</th><th style="width: 15%;">Great Works</th><th style="width: 15%;">Total Level of Investment</th><th style="width: 20%;">Benefit</th></tr>
<table class="wikitable sortable"><tr><th style="width: 15%;">Nation</th><th style="width: 15%;">Territory</th><th style="width: 10%;">Resource</th><th style="width: 15%;">Great Works</th><th style="width: 15%;">Total Level of Investment</th><th style="width: 20%;">Benefit</th></tr>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[The Brass Coast]]</td><td>[[Kahraman]]</td><td>Mine</td><td>Roads of Kahraman<td>1</td><td>2 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[The Brass Coast]]</td><td>[[Kahraman]]</td><td>Mine</td><td>Roads of Kahraman<td>1</td><td>2 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Madruga]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Sunset Roads<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Madruga]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Sunset Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Sunset Roads<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Sunset Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Segura]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Towers of Anduz<br>Sunset Roads  <sup>[[#3|(3)]]<td>3</td><td>108 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Segura]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Towers of Anduz<br>Sunset Roads  <sup>[[#2|(2)]]<td>3</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Sunset Roads  <sup>[[#3|(3)]]<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Sunset Roads  <sup>[[#2|(2)]]<td>1</td><td>0 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='6'>[[Dawn]]</td><td rowspan='3'>[[Astolat]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Tournament Grounds of Laroc<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='3'>[[Dawn]]</td><td rowspan='2'>[[Astolat]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Tournament Grounds of Laroc<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Harps of Astolat<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Harps of Astolat<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Semmerholm]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='1'>[[Weirwater]]</td><td>Mine</td><td>Giritaine's Gaze<td>1</td><td>36 rings<br>1 [[Farewell_wanderlust#Treasures_of_the_Earth|deepstone]]</td>
<tr><td rowspan='1'>[[Weirwater]]</td><td>Mine</td><td>Giritaine's Gaze<td>1</td><td>36 rings<br>1 [[Farewell_wanderlust#Treasures_of_the_Earth|deepstone]]</td>
<tr><td rowspan='13'>[[Highguard]]</td><td rowspan='3'>[[Bastion]]</td><td>Business</td><td>White Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='4'>[[Highguard]]</td><td rowspan='1'>[[Casinea]]</td><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Prosperity<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Congregation</td><td>Virtue's Rest<td>2</td><td>4 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td rowspan='3'>[[Reikos]]</td><td>Congregation</td><td>Grand Ossuary of Reikos<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>White Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Gardens of High Chalcis<td>3</td><td>3 drams of true vervain, 2 drams of cerulean mazzarine, 1 dram of bladeroot, 1 dram of Imperial roseweald, and 1 dose of realmsroot</td>
<tr><td rowspan='3'>[[Casinea]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Prosperity<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Necropolis]]</td><td>Business</td><td>White Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>White Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[Reikos]]</td><td>Business</td><td>White Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Congregation</td><td>Grand Ossuary of Reikos<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>White Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Gardens of High Chalcis<td>2</td><td>3 drams of true vervain, 2 drams of cerulean mazzarine, 1 dram of bladeroot</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Seminary of the Swan<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Seminary of the Swan<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Imperial Orcs]]</td><td rowspan='2'>[[Skarsind]]</td><td>Congregation</td><td>The Legion's Rookery<td>1</td><td>2 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Imperial Orcs]]</td><td rowspan='2'>[[Skarsind]]</td><td>Congregation</td><td>The Legion's Rookery<td>1</td><td>2 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Red Blade Memorial<td>2</td><td>6 drams of true vervain</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Red Blade Memorial<td>2</td><td>6 drams of true vervain</td>
<tr><td rowspan='16'>[[The League]]</td><td rowspan='3'>[[Holberg]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Gates of Holmaeur Park<td>3</td><td>108 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='11'>[[The League]]</td><td rowspan='3'>[[Holberg]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Gates of Holmaeur Park<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Bloody Great Sausage<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Bloody Great Sausage<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Courage <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Courage <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[Sarvos]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>College of the Liberated<br>Colossus of Sarvos<td>3</td><td>108 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='3'>[[Sarvos]]</td><td>Business</td><td>College of the Liberated<br>Colossus of Sarvos<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Congregation</td><td>Blood Red Quays Art Gallery<td>1</td><td>2 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Sweetwater Springs<td>1</td><td>2 drams of true vervain, 1 dram of cerulean mazzarine</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Sweetwater Springs<td>1</td><td>2 drams of true vervain, 1 dram of cerulean mazzarine</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Pride <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Pride <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>0 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='4'>[[Tassato]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Spiral]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Bridge of the Air<br>Curstag's Way<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Congregation</td><td>Blood Red River Museum<td>1</td><td>2 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Bridge of the Air<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='1'>[[Tassato]]</td><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Ambition <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>0 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Ambition <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Temeschwar]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Lorenzo's Great Game<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='4'>[[Temeschwar]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Lorenzo's Great Game<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Loyalty <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>0 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Congregation</td><td>Bloody Great Theatre<td>1</td><td>2 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td rowspan='6'>[[The Marches]]</td><td rowspan='1'>[[Bregasland]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Imperial Breadbasket<td>1</td><td>0 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Mitwold]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Imperial Breadbasket<br>Black Canal<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Loyalty <sup>[[#1|(1)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Business</td><td>Black Canal<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[The Marches]]</td><td rowspan='1'>[[Bregasland]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Imperial Breadbasket<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Mournwold]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Black Canal<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Mitwold]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Imperial Breadbasket<br>Black Canal<sup>[[#2|(2)]]</sup><td>2</td><td>54 rings</td>
<tr><td>Mine</td><td>Black Canal<td>2</td><td>4 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td>Business</td><td>Black Canal<sup>[[#2|(2)]]</sup><td>1</td><td>18 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='1'>[[Upwold]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Imperial Breadbasket<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Upwold]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Navarr]]</td><td rowspan='1'>[[Brocéliande]]</td><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Defence of the Broch<td>1</td><td>3 drams of bladeroot</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Imperial Breadbasket<td>2</td><td>72 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='4'>[[Navarr]]</td><td rowspan='1'>[[Brocéliande]]</td><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Defence of the Broch<td>1</td><td>3 drams of bladeroot</td>
<tr><td rowspan='1'>[[Hercynia]]</td><td>Mana Site</td><td>Blade of Thorn<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='1'>[[Hercynia]]</td><td>Mana Site</td><td>Blade of Thorn<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Miaren]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='9'>[[Urizen]]</td><td rowspan='3'>[[Morrow]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Bridge of the Air<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>The Bleak Tower<td>1</td><td>2 drams of random herbs, 1 dram of bladeroot</td>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[Urizen]]</td><td>[[Morrow]]</td><td>Herb Garden</td><td>The Bleak Tower<td>1</td><td>2 drams of random herbs, 1 dram of bladeroot</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Bridge of the Air<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>[[Redoubt]]</td><td>Fleet</td><td>Great Harbour of Elos<td>1</td><td>2 drams of random herbs and 12 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Redoubt]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Bridge of the Air<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='3'>[[Zenith]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Golden Cascade<td>1</td><td>3 drams of random herbs</td>
<!--<tr><td>Fleet</td><td>Great Harbour of Elos<td>1</td><td>2 drams of random herbs and 12 rings</td>-->
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Bridge of the Air<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='4'>[[Zenith]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Bridge of the Air<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Golden Cascade<td>1</td><td>3 drams of random herbs</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Golden Cascade<br>Garden of Pallas<td>2</td><td>36 rings and 3 drams of random herbs</td>
<tr><td>Herb Garden</td><td>Golden Cascade<br>Garden of Pallas<td>2</td><td>36 rings and 3 drams of random herbs</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Garden of Pallas<td>1</td><td>3 drams of random herbs</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Garden of Pallas<br>Bridge of the Air<td>2</td><td>1 mana crystal and 3 drams of random herbs</td>
<tr><td rowspan='11'>[[Varushka]]</td><td rowspan='4'>[[Karov]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='9'>[[Varushka]]</td><td rowspan='2'>[[Karov]]</td><td>Forest</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional measures</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td>Forest</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional measures</td>
<tr><td>Mine</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td>Mine</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Karsk]]</td><td>Forest</td><td>Crow Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional measures</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Karsk]]</td><td>Forest</td><td>Crow Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional measures</td>
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<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Volodmartz]]</td><td>Forest</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional measures</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Volodmartz]]</td><td>Forest</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional measures</td>
<tr><td>Mine</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td>Mine</td><td>Iron Roads<td>1</td><td>2 additional ingots</td>
<tr><td rowspan='6'>[[Wintermark]]</td><td rowspan='3'>[[Hahnmark]]</td><td>Business</td><td>Blood Red Roads<td>1</td><td>36 rings</td>
<tr><td rowspan='5'>[[Wintermark]]</td><td rowspan='2'>[[Hahnmark]]</td><td>Farm</td><td>Brenna's Gift<td>2</td><td>0 rings and 2 doses of [[Hyenas_and_herbs#Flowers_in_Frost|viezesmaak]]</td>
<tr><td>Farm</td><td>Blood Red Roads<br>Brenna's Gift<td>2</td><td>36 rings and 2 doses of [[Hyenas_and_herbs#Flowers_in_Frost|viezesmaak]]</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Vigilance<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td>Mana Site</td><td>Lorenzo's Legacy of Vigilance<td>1</td><td>1 mana crystal</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Kallavesa]]</td><td>Congregation</td><td>Pilgrims Trail<td>2</td><td>4 doses of liao</td>
<tr><td rowspan='2'>[[Kallavesa]]</td><td>Congregation</td><td>Pilgrims Trail<td>2</td><td>4 doses of liao</td>
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#{{anchor|1}} These great works provide no additional mana crystals following a senate motion to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#League_Crystal_Mana_to_Spiral|divert production to Spiral]]  
#{{anchor|1}} These great works provide no additional mana crystals following a senate motion to [[385YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#League_Crystal_Mana_to_Spiral|divert production to Spiral]]  
#{{anchor|2}} The Black Canal produces only 18 rings for the farms and businesses in Mitwold until Chalkdowns and Southmoor are reclaimed as per '''[[The_wild_wind_rises#Game_Information:_Mournwold|The wild wind rises]]''' wind of fortune
#{{anchor|2}} The Sunset Roads produce no additional income for the farms and businesses in Segura until the bridges of the Scorrero are repaired as per '''[[Where_the_river_rises#Crossing|Where the river rises]]''' wind of fortune
#{{anchor|3}} The Sunset Roads produce no additional income for the farms and businesses in Segura until the bridges of the Scorrero are repaired as per '''[[Where_the_river_rises#Crossing|Where the river rises]]''' wind of fortune
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Latest revision as of 18:59, 26 September 2025

...long term economic investment into the infrastructure of the Empire

Cesare Sanguineo Rezia Di Tassato, Senator for Tassato

Overview

A great work is any major economic investment which is sufficiently large in scope that it provides a benefit to the inhabitants of an entire territory. The return can take the form of money, herbs, materials for crafting items or mana crystals.

Great works do not automatically result in the creation of an Imperial title, as most great works do not require anyone to oversee them. The Senate may choose to create a custodian for a great work - an Imperial title with the responsibility to look after the great work.

There are a number of important rules that impact great works, setting the costs, restricting the benefits, and imposing limitations any of which may be superseded by an appropriate opportunity.

Senate Commissions

The Imperial Senate may pass a motion for the construction of infrastructure capable of improving the wealth generated by resources in a territory.

It is not possible for the Senate to pass a motion to upgrade a great work, but they can construct additional great works that further the level of investment in the territory.

Benefits

Each great work is linked to a specific type of personal resource in a specific territory. Every member of that nation who attended the last event and who owns the appropriate personal resource in the territory gains the benefit. A starting character will not receive the benefit of a great work in their first pack.

Each great work lifts the level of investment in a territory, providing a small fixed benefit to everyone from that nation in the territory. The higher the final level of investment, the greater the benefits. Every personal resource gains from the level of investment in a territory, regardless of who owns them.

The type of benefit received is restricted to the normal production of a resource. Raising the level of investment in farms or businesses provides additional money while raising the level of investment for mana sites provides additional mana crystals.

Great works that raise the level of investment of mines of forests, work for all mines in a territory regardless of type or for all forests. Every affected mine or forest gains the appropriate ingots or measures. Great works that benefits herb gardens may specify which bonus herbs they provide.

Great works that benefit fleets can only be built in a region with the coastal quality. A great work that benefits fleets raises the effective level of the fleet when trading with a foreign nation. It is not possible to use a great work to raise the level of a fleet for other downtime options.

TypeResourceTypeResource
BusinessWhite GraniteHerb gardenWeirwood
FarmWeirwoodMana siteMithril
ForestWhite GraniteMineMithril
CongregationWhite GraniteFleetWeirwood

Costs

  • Materials: Variable (minimum 50 wains)
  • Time: 3 months to construct per 50 wains of materials used
  • Labour: 3 crowns per wain
  • Upkeep: None

To raise the level of investment to one costs 50 wains. Each subsequent level of investment costs 25 additional wains. So to take the level of investment from one to two costs 75 more wains, from two to three costs 100 more wains and so on. Each level of investment provides the same benefits. It is possible for a single vast great work to raise the level of investment by any number of levels provided it is sufficiently large, but it does not produce any benefits for anyone until it is complete.

Under normal circumstances, the material required will be the one associated with upgrading an equivalent personal resource. For example, 50 wains of mithril is required to create a great work that raises the level of investment for mana sites to one. The table shows the total costs in wains for the first four levels of investment, with the total benefits, but there is no limit to how high the level of investment can be lifted in a territory. The costs and benefits continue to rise at the rates shown for subsequent levels.

Level of InvestmentTotal WainsTotal MoneyTotal IngotsTotal HerbsTotal Mana CrystalsTotal LiaoFleet Ranks
15036 rings23121
212572 rings46242
3225108 rings69363
4350144 rings812484

Limitations

Great works that raise the level of investment for congregations only provide additional liao. Great works that raise the level of investment for fleets provide additional ranks but only for trade with foreign nations.

It is not possible to create a great work which is linked to military units without an appropriate opportunity.

Great works cannot be upgraded, but the Imperial Senate may create a new commission that acts to further raise the level of investment in a territory for a specific type of resource.

Responsibility

Great works can be threatened by barbarians on campaign, in a battle, or on a skirmish. In rare cases where someone must take responsibility for a great work, the Senator for a territory is expected to do so, if no Imperial title is associated with the commission.

Multiple Great Works

Great works cannot be upgraded, but the Imperial Senate may create a new commission to build a subsequent great work in a territory that acts to further raise the level of investment for a specific type of resource there. For instance, the shipyards at Madruga raise the level of investment in Madruga to one for all businesses providing them 36 additional rings. The Senate could authorise the creation of a vast rope works in Siroc in Madruga that would lift the level of investment to two, costing 75 wains and providing an additional 36 rings.

The level of investment in a territory is separate for each type of personal resource that is affected, so if the Empire built a series of canals in Madruga that raised the level of investment for farms that would cost 50 wains and provide 36 rings to every farm.

Opportunities

A wind of fortune may present an opportunity to construct a great work which exceeds some of the normal rules presented here. It may raise the level of investment in more than one territory at once, or for more than one type of personal resource at once.

An opportunity will always state how many levels of investment it represents (usually one) but it may provide non-standard benefits, for example a wind of fortune might present plans for a seed bank, a great work that could be built in Miaren that would increase the level of investment by one for herb gardens but provide all herb gardens with 30 rings. Additional great works built in the territory treat the seed bank as if it were a standard great work that had already raised the level of investment by one for herb gardens in Miaren.

Great Lighthouses

  • A great lighthouse would be a great work benefitting fleets
  • Standard costs would be 40 wains of weirwood or white granite and 10 wains of mithril, to provide the first level of investment in a territory
  • A lighthouse that supports fleets must be built in a region with the coastal quality

Following the Summer 387YE symposium on lighthouses called by Eilian Sweetwater, Imperial architects pooled their knowledge on the construction of lighthouses. A great lighthouse would be a massive structure of white granite or weirwood with mithril mirrors at the top, and may incorporate a boat station operated by volunteers who seek to preserve life in the case of a disaster. This kind of lighthouse is a specific great work that benefits fleets. It is effectively an opportunity available to anyone who can commission a great work.

A great lighthouse must be built in a region with the coastal quality quality. The lighthouse represents a level of investment in fleets based in the territory. A lighthouse uses a combination of either weirwood and white granite, and an amount of mithril for the mirrors. Adding the first level of investment takes 40 wains of weirwood or white granite, and 10 wains of mithril. Lighthouses adding higher levels of investment need proportionally more mithril and either white granite or weirwood.

This kind of lighthouse receives a paragraph on the appropriate territory page, as well as adding an entire rank to the effectiveness of any fleet based in the territory that takes a trading action during downtime. The weakness of such a great work is that it is relatively easy to damage if the region where it is built is captured by an enemy. The practical nature of the Grendel means they are broadly unlikely to do such a thing - Governor Rahab's anger and greed making him an exception - but the Children of Wrecks actively enjoy destroying lighthouses.

OOC Note: A great lighthouse is a specific example of a great work that can be built with non-standard materials, and can only be constructed in a region with a specific quality. Anyone who can commission a great work could specify that they are building a great lighthouse. The amounts given here are for the first level of investment in fleets in a territory; higher levels of investment will require proportionally more materials.

Current Great Works

This table includes all great works which are active at the present. This list was last updated following the Summer Solstice 387YE.

NationTerritoryResourceGreat WorksTotal Level of InvestmentBenefit
The Brass CoastKahramanMineRoads of Kahraman12 additional ingots
MadrugaBusinessSunset Roads136 rings
FarmSunset Roads136 rings
SeguraBusinessTowers of Anduz
Sunset Roads (2)
372 rings
FarmSunset Roads (2)10 rings
DawnAstolatBusinessTournament Grounds of Laroc136 rings
Mana SiteHarps of Astolat11 mana crystal
WeirwaterMineGiritaine's Gaze136 rings
1 deepstone
HighguardCasineaMana SiteLorenzo's Legacy of Prosperity11 mana crystal
ReikosCongregationGrand Ossuary of Reikos272 rings
Herb GardenGardens of High Chalcis33 drams of true vervain, 2 drams of cerulean mazzarine, 1 dram of bladeroot, 1 dram of Imperial roseweald, and 1 dose of realmsroot
Mana SiteSeminary of the Swan136 rings
Imperial OrcsSkarsindCongregationThe Legion's Rookery12 doses of liao
Herb GardenRed Blade Memorial26 drams of true vervain
The LeagueHolbergBusinessGates of Holmaeur Park272 rings
FarmBloody Great Sausage136 rings
Mana SiteLorenzo's Legacy of Courage (1)11 mana crystal
SarvosBusinessCollege of the Liberated
Colossus of Sarvos
272 rings
Herb GardenSweetwater Springs12 drams of true vervain, 1 dram of cerulean mazzarine
Mana SiteLorenzo's Legacy of Pride (1)10 mana crystal
SpiralBusinessBridge of the Air
Curstag's Way
272 rings
Mana SiteBridge of the Air11 mana crystal
TassatoMana SiteLorenzo's Legacy of Ambition (1)10 mana crystal
TemeschwarBusinessLorenzo's Great Game136 rings
Mana SiteLorenzo's Legacy of Loyalty (1)10 mana crystal
The MarchesBregaslandFarmImperial Breadbasket10 rings
MitwoldFarmImperial Breadbasket
Black Canal
272 rings
BusinessBlack Canal136 rings
MournwoldBusinessBlack Canal136 rings
MineBlack Canal24 additional ingots
UpwoldFarmImperial Breadbasket136 rings
NavarrBrocéliandeHerb GardenDefence of the Broch13 drams of bladeroot
HercyniaMana SiteBlade of Thorn11 mana crystal
UrizenMorrowBusinessBridge of the Air136 rings
Herb GardenThe Bleak Tower12 drams of random herbs, 1 dram of bladeroot
Mana SiteBridge of the Air11 mana crystal
RedoubtBusinessBridge of the Air136 rings
Mana SiteBridge of the Air11 mana crystal
ZenithBusinessBridge of the Air136 rings
FarmGolden Cascade13 drams of random herbs
Herb GardenGolden Cascade
Garden of Pallas
236 rings and 3 drams of random herbs
Mana SiteGarden of Pallas
Bridge of the Air
21 mana crystal and 3 drams of random herbs
VarushkaKarovForestIron Roads12 additional measures
MineIron Roads12 additional ingots
KarskForestCrow Roads12 additional measures
MineCrow Roads12 additional ingots
MiekarovaForestIron Roads12 additional measures
MineIron Roads12 additional ingots
OssiumForestIron Roads
Krustrozi's Lumbermill
36 additional measures
VolodmartzForestIron Roads12 additional measures
MineIron Roads12 additional ingots
WintermarkHahnmarkFarmBrenna's Gift20 rings and 2 doses of viezesmaak
Mana SiteLorenzo's Legacy of Vigilance11 mana crystal
KallavesaCongregationPilgrims Trail24 doses of liao
Herb GardenHealing House of Wittal Grove13 drams of cerulean mazzarine
SermersuaqFarmSmokehouse of Atalaq272 rings
  1. These great works provide no additional mana crystals following a senate motion to divert production to Spiral
  2. The Sunset Roads produce no additional income for the farms and businesses in Segura until the bridges of the Scorrero are repaired as per Where the river rises wind of fortune