Taking a break from my NPC generator, I started working on a Domain Management Tool (that is still heavily in development, I might add - use that link at your peril, your domain may not work if I break something or you uncover a bug). After scouring the core book for information on domains... oh man. Now, I have questions about domains. There are just a few points that seem a little light on explanation, as follows - the comments in parenthesis are what I've chosen to do, in leu of more instruction:
After your first hex, when settling a new hex, do you roll for its land value, or keep the orignal roll? (I'm rolling a new value on each one)
Do you roll an independant population there, or just spread your population evenly? (I average the domain values, thus spreading the population evenly)
Presumeably, adding onto a stronghold takes time; does it take the same time as building it originally? For example: started with a 40,000gp stronghold, and took ceiling(40,000/500/30) = 3 months to build it; does adding another 40,000 of structures a few months down the road add a further 3 months build time? (that's what I'm doing)
And, assuming it does take time, when does the stronghold become "useful"? If I make a 45,000gp stronghold made of three different 15,000gp buildings in Civilized territory, does it support 1 six-mile hex after a month, 2 after 2 months, and 3 after 3 months? (I say a stronghold doesn't become useful until it's finished)
If I gift a hex to a henchman, does population go with it? Cities? Can/should they? (currently, I optionally allow population, but not cities, which in retrospect is a bit silly)
These questions are important, because they affect my newest project. Please, please give it a try, and see if you can find any bugs; unlike a random generator that I can just spam the "go" button until I find an error, building a domain is a multi-step process that is painfully hard to debug. If you find anything weird (like "You have NaNgp remaining!"), let me know. And, if you find the layout is weird, a button is confusing, a sentence oddly worded, or anything else, let me know that, too! While I'm making this tool for me to use, I want it to be useful to everyone else, too!
Eventually, I'll get it working well enough that I can release it, but I have no idea what that timeline will look like.