Work with your GM if there are other ways you want to spend Downtime. You might acquire property, manage a business, become part of a guild, curry favor in a large city, take Command of an army, take on an apprentice, start a Family, or minister to a flock of the faithful. Though there are efficient options for making money or adjusting your character, it’s often better to seek out fun and interesting Activities that can open up new opportunities for character Building, adventures, or relationships.

Goals

You can help guide the course of the campaign by setting long-term goals that take multiple periods of Downtime to complete. Talk them through with the GM and the rest of the group. Consider alliances you want to develop further or changes you want to see in the game world.

Skill Downtime Activities

Chapter 4: Skills includes several Downtime Activities, which are summarized here.

Craft: Using the Crafting skill, you can create items from raw materials.

Create Forgery: You forge a document.

Earn Income: You earn money, typically using Crafting, Lore, or Performance.

Subsist: You find food and shelter in the wilderness or within a Settlement.

Treat Disease: You spend time caring for a diseased creature in the hope of curing that creature.

Cost of Living

You might need to pay your Cost of Living for days spent in Downtime. To avoid paying the cost, you can Subsist, using Society in a Settlement or Survival in the wild. Experienced adventurers often have friends or patrons who take care of their living expenses. They might even have so much treasure that their cost of living—even one of the more expensive options—becomes a pittance.