Land and property

OU are encouraged to own property and consider starting a new business in Sarbreenar. The High Council strongly favours new businesses that fill a need within the city rather than repeating existing services. The City of Sarbreenar strictly controls the leasing of land and property within the city and its environs. All the land is owned by the Lightsblood family and leased to citizens.

1. GENERAL

The Sarbreenar High Council acts on behalf of our feudal overlords, the Lightsblood Family, in managing and controlling the City land within the domain of Sarbreenar. In general the House of Hawkmoon has similar controlling influence over much of the land external to the City.

2. OWNERSHIP OF LAND

The reigning head of the Lightsblood Family holds the land of the domain in perpetuity. As head lessor, the Lord of the Realm may make lesser grants of land and property in fee simple (being the most extensive interest in land that can be held by a citizen under the Lord) for either a fixed period of years or more generally for the lifetime of the lessee. At the end of the contracted period (by passing of the required time or on the death of the lessee) all rights in the land or property revert to the Lord of the Realm. No other party may have residual rights in the property unless granted by the High Council acting on behalf of the Lord. Any request by a lessee to transfer his or her rights in the land or property to another person must be authorised by Council Seal on payment of the required City Taxes.

Infringement of this law may be punishable by the application of the Criminal Code where appropriate, and also by civil penalties. These civil penalties may include loss of land or property rights, an unlimited fine and loss of citizenship.

3. SALE AND PURCHASE OF LAND AND PROPERTY

The High Council strictly controls the sale and purchase, or transfer, of rights in land and property within the domain. These transactions will attract City Land Taxes at the relevant rate in force at the time. Only full citizens of Sarbreenar may hold substantive rights in property. In effect this means that authorised visitors may not buy or rent property. They may take rooms for payment in licensed inns and boarding houses or as a non-paying guest of the owner of property. Due to the great shortage of suitable property citizens are restricted to the ownership of one business (with or without an additional licence as a residence) and one residence at any time.

A Deed of Grant will be issued as proof of the holding of rights in land and property. Without such proof being shown on demand by authorised City officials the land or property may revert to the Lord of the Realm.

Transactions may only be conducted at conventions by way of participation in interactive events or as notified at the Sarbreenar Desk. Land and property may be introduced into the game by way of discovered treasure, reward for meritorious service or public sale and auction. The Sarbreenar Desk will be manned by committee members who are the only persons authorised to conduct transactions. The Deed of Grant will consist of a standard Item Card in the approved format with an attached A4 sheet denoting the position of the property and a description of any building thereon, including the approved business or residential purpose.

4. RESIDENCES

The High Council will maintain a Register of Abodes. This will be not be a public document.

Residential property is not authorised for business use, however a licence for an appropriate business may be purchased from the High Council. Transgression of this law will attract civil penalties that may include loss of land or property rights, an unlimited fine, or loss of citizenship.

5. BUSINESSES

The High Council will maintain a Register of Commerce. This will be a public document that is open to scrutiny by a citizen on payment of the appropriate City Tax. It will contain details of those businesses duly licensed by the High Council. Original grants of property may have a business licence attached. Any change in that business use will require the purchase of a new licence.

This Council believes in free enterprise as long as it is not at the expense of the public good. As the City of Sarbreenar is being rebuilt we require new and diverse commercial applications to cater for the ever-burgeoning needs of the citizenry. We do not need a proliferation of businesses of the same type and class leading to unfair competition and possible civil disorder and mayhem. To that end in considering an application by a citizen for the grant of a licence the following points will be taken into account:

Any property used for the purpose of a business must have authorisation contained within the Deed of Grant. Whether stated or not such business property is deemed to be available for residential use by the lessee and his family, friends or agents. It is recognised that the practice of an employer or employees sleeping on the premises affords such extra security as to be a benefit to the community in general in the apprehension of misconceived lawbreakers.

Until further notice citizens and authorised visitors can only enter into commerce at sanctioned conventions attended by ‘Sarbreenar ’.

Sarbreenar Desk at a Major Convention: This will be overseen by a Sarbreenar Committee Member: Any transactions involving PC/NPC and PC/PC interaction whether in or out of the scenario.

Sarbreenar Desk at Minor Convention: Supervision of in-scenario transactions only.

Interactive Events: As above with the addition of public auctions of land, property and valuable items, the annual Highharvestide Festival & Bazaar, a personal appearance by the wondrous Aurora (sponsored by the House of Beluar), the Break the Bank Casino and sundry applications to the High Council.

Note: All full Citizens may apply to the High Council for a Bazaar licence for the Highharvestide Festival. This will allow them to conduct a business of their choice for that one day only.

6. PUBLIC BUILDINGS

The Lord of the Realm has granted all the rights in these properties to the High Council in perpetuity for the purpose of the administration of the City for the public good.

7. BUILDING WORKS

The building or renovation of property on land leased to a citizen must be authorised by the High Council. This authorisation is known as ‘Architectural Consent’. At present all building work groups are contracted to the High Council for the renewal of the City and are not available for private work unless negotiated for an appropriate sum. Individual citizens with suitable skills (such as Engineering, Carpentry or Stonemasonry) and the appropriate business licence may be subcontracted by the City to construct buildings to the high standard that is demanded by the provisions of the new ‘Sarbreenar Housing & Industrial Themed Environment’ plan. They may also enter into individual contracts with other citizens involving minor works to repair and enhance buildings. Materials may only be purchased from the High Council at a price to be mutually agreed.

The Sarbreenar Desk at Major Conventions will be able to negotiate rates for the cost of construction materials, building works and labour following the grant of architectural consent which will be made by way of a land deed and endorsement of a drawn plan.

8. LAND AND PROPERTY TAXES

All residential property will be subject to an annual tax at rates dependent on the size of the land and buildings thereon. The classification of the property will be inscribed upon the Deed of Grant. The High Council will promulgate from time to time the amount of tax to be paid to the City Tax Officer. Failure to make prompt payment in gold or some other negotiable currency will involve confiscation of the owner’s assets at a high discounted value in favour of the City.

All business property will be subject to the above tax and conditions although at a higher rate.

In-scenario trading using PC or NPC businesses will only be conducted and role-played by the DM unless the PC owner of that particular business is on the table, when he/she may then role-play their character. Any income generated by this trading does NOT go to the PC but is passed to the DM. This is because the profit and loss factor for any business is calculated and paid out at GenCon (UK) as mentioned below.

9. SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY TAXES

Small	Small single storey building	100
Medium	Medium single storey / Small 2 storey building	150
Large	Large buildings of 2 or more storeys	200
Superior	Medium single storey/small 2 storey building (Has larger land coverage than above)	500
Superlative	Large building of 2 or more storeys (Has larger land coverage than above)	1000
Palatial	Palaces, mansions and extravagant follies	1000

Business property is divided into classes and is taxed on a sliding scale:

Class A	One man operation	100
Class B	Two – Four employees	250
Class C	Five – Eight employees	500
Class D	Nine – Fourteen employees	2000
Class E	Fifteen or more employees	5000

10. BUSINESS PROFIT AND LOSS

Following the purchase of a property and business licence, the owner will still need to invest a fiscal amount for the purpose of outfitting that business. For example, a weaponsmith will need to provide a forge and ensure that he/she has the correct tools, or a herbalist will require flora and fauna aplenty and a pharmacognostic dispensary.

There are two forms of business, one that creates wares or provides service that can be sold during tabletop scenarios and interactives, and the other which is a service provider and cannot engage in such trade. The first type of business may be deemed to have created a certain amount of items for the purpose of trade, or have received payment for a contract for services. This would be acknowledged with the issue of relevant item cards for commerce. The sale of any items will be the business profit. In addition the owner will still need to make a Profit/Loss Roll (PLR) on the table below to ascertain if any potential loss is incurred.

The owner of the first form may at his/her discretion opt to make the full PLR and forego receiving item cards.

The owner of the second form of business will not receive item cards but will instead receive an option of gaming for the amount of Profit or Loss over the course of the year, as shown on the PLR table below. He/she has the option to not perform the PLR and instead the business is deemed to have broken even.

Regardless of which option is selected by any owner, business and property taxes must be paid in full. All PLR and tax payments are settled at the Interactive. However taxes will still be collected and a fine imposed to those who miss this tax payment date. If a business owner does not attend the Interactive (High Harvestide Festival) then the business is deemed to have broken even in regards to the PLR.

The PLR is based on the relevant Skill roll. Roll your skill and see where your roll applies on the table below (Note: Taking a 10 or 20 on these rolls is not allowed) –

Roll	Loss	Profit	Factor of Class
Roll a 1	2d12 x 100 GP	-	Multiply loss by business class factor
DC13	2d6 x 100 GP	-	A: x 0.5	B: x 1		C: x 1.5
DC16	d8 x 100 GP	-	D: x 2		E: x 3
DC19	d4 X 50 GP	-
DC22	Break Even		Also for players unable to attend GenCon
DC26	-	2d4 x 50 GP
DC30	-	2d6 x 50 GP	Multiply profit bybusiness class factor
DC33	-	d8+3 x 100 GP	A: x 1	B: x 1.25		C: x 1.5
DC36	-	2d8 x 100 GP	D: x 1.75		E: x 2
DC40	-	2d12 x 100 GP
DC40+	-	2d20 x 100 GP
A business licence does not automatically entitle you to a Profit and Loss Roll

During the course of a gaming year ending with GenCon (UK), player characters (PCs) are deemed to have earned sufficient money from their out of scenario adventuring or business administration to defray their ongoing business and living expenses. They do not receive gold cards except from scenario treasure or Interactive earnings.

Business profits are generated by the sale of authorised items at Interactive events only. The Sarbreenar Committee will decide what stock each licensed business has available for sale at an Interactive event and the approved stock list will be issued to those PC or NPC business owners that indicate a desire to participate in an event such as the High Harvestide Festival Bazaar. All profits from such trading will go the relevant business after payment of taxes to the City Tax Collector.

11. COST OF A BUSINESS LICENCE

The cost of purchasing a standard business licence is 250 GP, to a maximum of 2 licences only if authorised by the High Council. A Bazaar licence will cost 100 GP and last for the period of the Festival.

12. COMBINED REGISTER OF PROPERTIES

The Combined Register of Businesses and Public Buildings, as they appear on the official City Plan, will be available on application to the High Council. A number of citizens have indicated that they wish their place of residence to be attached thereon.

Buying a house in Sarbreenar

ITH THE extensive rebuilding that’s now taking place in the North Quarter, the High Council has decided to open up the property market.

The following residential properties can be purchased All costs must be met in advance.

Size	Description	Costs
Small House	Single Storey, 2 Rooms, Plot 30ft x 20ft, Wood and Stone Construction	750gp + 100gp Land Tax per year in advance
Medium House	Single Storey, 4 Rooms, Plot 40ft x 30ft, Wood and Stone Construction	1250gp + 150gp Land Tax per year in advance
Large House	Two Storey, 6 Rooms, Plot 40ft x 30ft, Wood and Stone Construction	1750gp + 200gp Land Tax per year in advance

These will be residential properties, although the council may extend business licences to land owners in the future.

Applications to purchase this housing, should be submitted on an item creation form. You can get one now from our Downloads page.

Should you wish to have more grand housing, then a full housing application with layout should be submitted to the High Council for approval and costings.

As at 1373 Dale Reckoning