Great work

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

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 also possible for the Senate to pass a motion to upgrade a great work, increasing the benefits that it provides.

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.

The size and effectiveness of the great work sets the total size of the benefit that accrues to everyone in the territory - this benefit is divided equally between the affected players of that nation each season (in the setting there are wide reaching benefits to other NPCs but these are ignored when calculating returns for play balance reasons).

The type of benefits gained are determined by the nature of the great work, not the resource it applies to. For example, the Madruga Shipyard provides a benefit of money to all Freeborn fleets in Madruga.

Costs

• Materials: Variable (minimum 40 wains)
• Time: 3 months to construct per 50 wains of materials used
• Labour: 2 crowns per wain
• Upkeep: None

The more resources are devoted to constructing a great work, the greater the return. Under normal circumstances, the material required will be the one associated with upgrading an equivalent personal resource. For example, at least 40 wains of mithril is required to create a great work that produces mana crystals.

Wains	Money	Ingots	Herbs	Mana Crystals
40	900 rings	50	75	37
56	1080 rings	60	90	45
80	1300 rings	72	108	54
100	1440 rings	80	120	60
160	1800 rings	100	150	75
280	2340 rings	130	195	97

In addition to the wains required, it costs 2 crowns per wain to pay for labour and skills to complete the construction.

The table shows some standard costs and benefits for a range of great works. For example a greak work created by the Senate using 56 wains of mithril could produce 45 mana crystals each season. There is no upper limit on how many wains can be used to construct a great work; provided at least 40 wains are used, then any amount can be spent to build it.

Limitations

It is not possible to create a great work which boosts the production of military units. If the Senate wishes to spend significant sums to increase the military effectiveness of the Empire then they must do it by raising armies or constructing fortifications.

It is it not possible to create a great work which creates ilium, liao, mithril, weirwood, or white granite.

Great works are not affected by rituals that target personal resources. A ritual that increases the production of a green iron mine will not affect a great work that provides green iron nor one that benefits green iron mines.

Only members of a nation may benefit from a great work - a vast series of forges throughout Hahnmark might provide a bonus to all Wintermark mines based in the territory - but Wintermark characters dwelling in other territories - and characters from other nations would not benefit from the great work.

Responsibility

The Senator for a territory is expected to be responsible for any problems that might beset the structures represented by a great work. For example, if Grendel corsairs are raiding the Madruga shipyards, then the Empire will expect the Madruga senator to deal with the problem.

Multiple Great Works

The Senate may commission a great work be upgraded - or create a second great work in a territory that is intended to benefit the same personal resource. For instance the Senate could authorize the creation of a vast rope works in Siroc in Madruga that would provide an income in crowns to all fleets based in the territory.

Because the new great work would benefit fleets in the Madruga, the same as the existing great work, the Madruga shipyard does, the effectiveness would be reduced. In effect the total benefit would then correspond to the total amount of wains spent constructing great works that benefit fleets in Madruga. The civil service can provide estimates on the total benefit that will accrue from the completion of a great work in a territory. These estimates are only valid for the current state of the territory.

A second great work in a territory that benefited owners with different personal resources would provide the full effect listed.

Recent Great Works

The table includes all great works which have been created in recent times.

Name of Great Work	Territory	Resource	Output
The Bloody Great Theatre	Temeschwar	Congregation (Pride)	15 liao and 30 votes
The Blood Red River Museum	Tassato	Congregation (Pride)	15 liao and 30 votes
The Blood Red Quays Art Gallery	Sarvos	Congregation (Pride)	15 liao and 30 votes
The College of the Liberated	Sarvos	Business	900 rings
The Colossus of Sarvos	Sarvos	Business	400 rings
The Gardens of High Chalcis	Reikos	Herb garden	120 herbs(1)
The Gardens of Morrow	Morrow	Herb garden	75 herbs
The Grand Conservatory of Music	Redoubt	Congregation	15 liao and 30 votes
The Grand Ossuary	Reikos	Congregation	1300 rings
The Harps of Astolat	Astolat	Mana site	45 crystal mana
The Holmauer Park	Holberg	Business	1500 rings
The Imperial Breadbasket	Bregasland	Farm	1080 rings
The Imperial Breadbasket	Mitwold	Farm	1080 rings
The Imperial Breadbasket	Upwold	Farm	1080 rings
The Legion's Rookery	Skarsind	Congregation	12 liao and 25 votes
Lorenzo's Legacy of Ambition	Tassato	Mana site	37 crystal mana
Lorenzo's Legacy of Courage	Holberg	Mana site	37 crystal mana
Lorenzo's Legacy of Loyalty	Temeschwar	Mana site	37 crystal mana
Lorenzo's Legacy of Pride	Sarvos	Mana site	37 crystal mana
Lorenzo's Legacy of Prosperity	Casinea	Mana site	37 crystal mana
Lorenzo's Legacy of Vigilance	Hahnmark	Mana site	37 crystal mana
The Moonwater Hall	Upwold	Business	225 rings
The Moonwater Hall	Upwold	Farm	110 rings
The Pilgrim's Trail	Kallavesa	Congregation	25 liao and 50 votes
The Red Blade Memorial	Skarsind	Herb garden	90 true vervain
The Roads of Karsk	Karsk	Forest	50 natural materials
The Roads of Karsk	Karsk	Mine	50 metals
The Towers of Anduz	Segura	Business	1080 rings
The Unbound Steel Hall of Lost Chapters	Reikos	Congregation (Pride)	15 liao and 30 votes

1. Until the Autumn Equinox 382YE the Gardens will provide no benefit to the herb garden owners in Reikos following a vote of the Senate

Previous Great Works

• The Atalya Shipyards in Madruga was a specific type of great work, a shipyard. Before its destruction by the Grendel in 381YE it granted additional wealth to Freeborn fleets as well as having additional powers related to the construction and maintenance of Imperial navies.