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Originally posted by pedro2112

I would definitely get the recently released Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide so that you can keep current on the state of Waterdeep.

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Originally posted by Brimstone

The Laws of the City link is showing HTTP 404 not found....

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Here's a rough guess, and individual DMs can adjust as desired to fit the monetary standards of their own games. The prices immediately below are those for living space, not businesses. Yes, few of the city's current natives could afford to buy new buildings (or even old buildings) had they not been purchased ages ago and kept in the family, only having to worry about taxes. This is one of the main reasons why Waterdeep gets rebuilt exactly as before whenever tragedy strikes--no one is willing to give up the prime real estate except those who can afford to buy better...

Class D Buildings: 1,000 gp per 18' square lot/building site + 750 gp/floor of building built (new) or 500 gp/floor when purchasing a building.

Class C: 2,000 gp per 30' square lot/site + 1,500 gp/floor (new) or 1,000 gp/floor.

Class B: 4,000 gp per 30' square lot/site + 2,400 gp/floor (new) or 2,000 gp/floor.

Class A: 10,000 gp per 50' square lot/site + 7,500 gp/floor (new) or 5,000 gp/floor.

These ratings are also adjusted by any changes or additions made to the Representative Floor Plans in City of Splendors, any expensive materials used, etc. For these, add trade charges for the labor (see Guild prices on Building and Stone). If the building has a business or trade use, fees come from the respective guilds (about 5% of lot costs + guild membership fees) and the City (an additional 2% based off lot costs), payable at the Palace.

All of these fees come together and are finally adjusted by their placement.

Dock Ward No change to price
South Ward +2% to total price
Trades Ward +5% to total price
Castle Ward +10% to total price if south of the Castle
Castle Ward +20% if north of the Castle
North Ward +25% to total price
Sea Ward +40% to total price

If any side of the building is......

On a main avenue (pavement): +25% to total price after ward adjustment
On a secondary avenue (cobblestones): +10% to total price after ward adjustment
On a lesser avenue (corduroy/logs): +5% to total price after ward adjustment
On a minor avenue (dirt road): No change to price

Yes, this makes real estate in Waterdeep horrendously expensive, but that's life in the biggest city in the North and one of Toril's greatest cities ever.....

Steven Schend
FR Senior Designer

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Originally posted by Brimstone

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Thanks for the heads up! Should be fixed. It also is one of the first images that shows up if you search, "Laws of Waterdeep" there are several different websites that have it.

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Originally posted by Marco Volo

You have all you need in the really good Adventurer's Guide of the City of Splendors boxed set.

But I have done such a guide for my players but any of them have a different one according to their own background (an inhabitant from Dock Ward know much more about it than a man born in the comfort of a mansion in North Ward).
Sadly for you, it's written in french, cause I'm from France.

My advice is : summary each Ward, with extended details for a "born and raised" citizen of a specific Ward. Limit yourself to 5 things very famous in each Ward, and the rest will come from you during play time.
If they are in front of a fountain in Trade's Ward, describe it to your players and add some information for the player who know the Ward : "Thorndel, you know this fountain is specifically a tribute to Slavass the bard who was famous for... blablabla".

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Originally posted by pedro2112

I would definitely get the recently released Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide so that you can keep current on the state of Waterdeep.

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Originally posted by Marco Volo

You have all you need in the really good Adventurer's Guide of the City of Splendors boxed set.

But I have done such a guide for my players but any of them have a different one according to their own background (an inhabitant from Dock Ward know much more about it than a man born in the comfort of a mansion in North Ward).
Sadly for you, it's written in french, cause I'm from France.

My advice is : summary each Ward, with extended details for a "born and raised" citizen of a specific Ward. Limit yourself to 5 things very famous in each Ward, and the rest will come from you during play time.
If they are in front of a fountain in Trade's Ward, describe it to your players and add some information for the player who know the Ward : "Thorndel, you know this fountain is specifically a tribute to Slavass the bard who was famous for... blablabla".

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+1 to this. What your asking for is exactly what that splatbook was created for. I just ran a sandbox campaign in Waterdeep. Except what happened with us is they pretty much ignored the Adventurer Quarter (it IS pretty boring), and they went to all the interesting places in Volo's Guide.

Also one IMPORTANT thing. NO book has a full write up on The Yawning Portal tavern, so you're going to want to run that down and a good map of the tavern.

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