Let's make a home base in 2024 D&D

Bastion. Bastion. Bastion. Bastion.

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[LieutenantRatty]

the thing where you say something so much it doesn’t sound like a real word is called semantic satiation

[OGKavasey]

When you said "are we having fun yet" i thought i was gonna see a clip of pointy hat yelling that at me 😂

[grendl]

Wait. Level 9 y'all have 12 THOUSAND gold? *insert "You're getting paid?" meme*

[King_of_Clovers]

Okay, but imagine: Pirate ship.
It's perfect for sea faring campaigns and if the DM doesn't want you to be on your ship, there is a number of ways to reason that you can't bring your base everywhere.
Not only that, a ship baston would stop you from having to go back to the same area over and over.

[AstrophagyMC]

My party has built our little D&D home base in Minecraft and it's super fun to hear that we can easily add mechanical function to it now! 🎉

[anonymousname]

I already sorta did bastions, but like Skyrim where you could have a house in every city. I’m glad WOTC is adding this feature.

[chrontoncom]

Im in a campain where we are collectively running a tavern thst doubles as our hideout - love that an "official" feature like this is being added!

[thediceflayer]

An instant homebrew for me is anyone PC can get any special room, it may cost more or require a permanent or semi-permanent NPC hire, but nothing should be locked. If my 4 int orc barbarian wants an arcane study...he is going to get it despite not realizing he'll need to pay 5x the normal cost for little to no benefit. Great video

[higherlifeformstudios]

The Bastion joke one min in totally gets the like button!

[ZandyrBier]

Not for parties on the go? Time to homebrew Howl’s Moving Bastion.

Or…just a bunch of mini bastion RVs, our party is a trailer park on the go.

[bounce]

I really love how Ginny provides examples, humor, and her own thoughts on the content. This video was especially well done

[fizzybombTV]

I always thought a Bastian was that little kid with the bowl cut from Neverending Story

[AtlasSanchez-Romero-zqqo]

I am infact NOT done folding laundry, but I also found it interesting. I'm excited to see how DM's and players will utilize this!

[timogul]

I know how to balance out Martials for bastions.
1. Make it so that Martials get strong buffs to Defenders and other defensive assets, like they can recruit more, they are stronger, etc. Maybe just give them some for free as they level.
2. Make it so that several of the cooler facilities are VERY attractive to thieves and invaders, and will constantly get rolled while you are gone if you lack sufficient defenses for them.
3. If you aren't/lack a Martial, you could still upgrade your defenses to be strong enough, it would just cost you bonus rooms, so the remaining potential of the facility is lower.

This would make it so that running those facilities with a non-Martial character is setting yourself up for constant hassles, and/or you'd want to have one in the party to help defend your stuff.

[LegallyABirb]

1:58 wow rlly cool lighting. Please use this location more, it’s so cool

[stardust]

I’m so excited for bastions, I love the Trollskull Tavern you get in Waterdeep Dragon Heist because the concept of a home base you can customize is so fun!

[fightingfalcon]

I feel like Augury’s version of a “Live, Laugh, Love” poster would be “Live, Laugh, M*rder but Don’t Get Caught” 😂

[sixoffcenter]

I've always really loved the concept of a "hub town". At early levels it's easy to keep the focus in, and around your town because that's where the story happens, but it's nice to have a way to keep your starting town relevant in the later game.

[grizzlednerd]

AD&D had the following for the Fighter class:
At level 9, the fighter lord may establish a freehold by building some type of castle and clearing the land in an area of a radius of twenty to fifty miles. The fighter will then attract a body of men-at-arms led by an above average fighter which will serve him as long as he pays reasonably and maintains his freehold, and will collect seven silver coins for every sentient inhabitant of the area through trade, tariffs, and taxes.
Considering white box D&D originated from the Chainmail miniature rules, the bastion "scale" has been part of the game since it's inception.

[blackswamp]

The "While you were reading the UA I studied the Blade." comment was badass.