1. All NPC and PC priests who spend time solely on church duties at their church, receive 70XP/level of priest/month after the first continuous year of duty.
For example: a 4th level priest who spends 14 months at their church performing church duties would receive 560XP (4th x 70xp x {14-12}2 months).
2. The church mentioned above must be either:
3. In addition to the experience for working in the church, any priest or group of priests (subject to temple size) who are involved from the beginning to the end of establishing a new church receive a bonus XP amount depending on the church size. These XP can be shared amongst a group of priests depending on the size of the church.
For example: 8 Priests of Esscencia build a small church in Arvin. The group of 8 get a 5,000XP bonus which can be shared by only 2 of the priests. The group stay there for 2 years. After the first year only 4 priests in any given month can gain XP from church duties, however they could rotate every month so that at the end of the second year each priest would have gained XP for 6 months.
4. The number of priests who can earn experience at any one time depends on the size of the church (see below).
Church Size: |
Small |
Medium |
Large |
Cathedral |
XP Bonus: |
5,000 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
60,000 |
No. of pirests who benefit: |
4 |
8 |
14 |
22 |
5. Of the total floor space in the church, 70% has to be devoted to public areas for worship and other activities. All building descriptions and costs have been taken from the Castle Guide. A grand building is 45 feet tall and has a floor space of 3,200 square feet. All churches are assumed to be grand buildings or larger and made out of stone unless ethos requires otherwise.
6. A small church is the size of one grand building, which is a floor space of 3,200 sqr ft. The average cost of this stone building would be 19,000gp before modifiers.
7. A medium church is the size of at least two grand buildings, which is a floor space of 6,400 sqr ft. The average cost of this stone building would be 38,000gp before modifiers. The church of Esscencia in Scant is a medium church which has been revovated. It has a floor space of 12,000 square feet. This church had been gutted by fire and used previously by an evil sect, it required slightly more than 100% of the build cost to restore it.
8. A large sized church is the size of at least 3 grand buildings, which is a floor space of 9,600 sqre ft. The average cost of this stone building would be 57,000gp before modifiers.
9. A cathdral sized church is the size of at least 9 grand buildings, which is a floor space of 28,800 sqre ft. The average cost of this stone building would be 171,000gp before modifiers. The church of Esscencia in Sky Castle is a cathedral sized stone church. It has a floor space of approximately 30,000 square feet. This church is a stone building and is a full three stories high, it would take 9 grand buildings just to fill the general public worship area. However because it was not refurbished at Crayon's expense, it can not be used for this house rule until it is.
10. The following table gives an idea of how long a priest would have to spend in a church for each level. This shows that the average human priest who spends their whole life dedicated to the church can at least reach 8th level in their life time, without having to leave the church grounds.
Level |
XP needed |
XP/Month |
Months to Next level |
Priest Age |
1 |
0 |
70 |
33 |
20.0 |
2 |
1,500 |
140 |
33 |
22.8 |
3 |
3,000 |
210 |
41 |
25.6 |
4 |
6,000 |
280 |
58 |
29.0 |
5 |
13,000 |
350 |
91 |
33.8 |
6 |
27,500 |
420 |
143 |
41.4 |
7 |
55,000 |
490 |
236 |
53.3 |
8 |
110,000 |
560 |
414 |
73.0 |
9 |
225,000 |
630 |
726 |
107.5 |
10 |
450,000 |
700 |
976 |
168.0 |
11 |
675,000 |
770 |
1,181 |
249.4 |
12 |
900,000 |
840 |
1,351 |
347.8 |
13 |
1,125,000 |
910 |
1,496 |
460.4 |
14 |
1,350,000 |
980 |
1,619 |
585.0 |
15 |
1,575,000 |
1,050 |
1,726 |
719.9 |
16 |
1,800,000 |
1,120 |
1,820 |
863.8 |
17 |
2,025,000 |
1,190 |
1,903 |
1,015.4 |
18 |
2,250,000 |
1,260 |
1,174.0 |
QUESTIONS
Q1: Would these rules apply to priests that were assigned a specific duty by the church. For example: If a priest were assigned to act as the spiritual leader for the crew of a ship built and consecrated by the player character, would he still earn XP the same? What if the ship was concecrated in the name of Esscencia, a sort of floating temple?
A1: No, this would not be allowed.