Aquafarming

The character knows how to do river, lake, pond, and sea farming.

Data

Type Standard
Attributes Intellect & Wisdom
DF 3
Resisted No
Notes Cannot be done untrained

Description

This skill covers all forms of water plant farming. This includes reeds, rushes, kelp, and other fresh and marine plants. On average it will cost 1 crown per acre to establish a aqua farm. It is always possible to simply farm what grows naturally - in that case reduce the yield by half. It costs 10p per acre to maintain an aqua farm, either natural or established. If this amount is not paid them reduce the Land Quality (LQ) by 0.1 each year, regardless if this is an established or natural aqua farm.

An acre of land with a LQ of 1.0 is assumed to have 50% of its area covered by water. Adjust this number by 0.1 for every 5% change in this water. Furthermore, the LQR may be adjusted by the quality of the water. Finally the LQR of the farm may be increased by 0.1 for each additional 1 crown per acre someone is willing to invest into the farm with a maximum of 50% of its original value. This represents additional irrigation, mucking the beds, and reducing the plants natural predators.

The number of bushels harvested per acre of an aqua farm is CritDie * 1.0 (Success) or CritDie * 0.5 (Failure). The quality of the product (and thus the price per bushel) is adjusted 5% per CritPoint.

Elric establishes an aqua farm on 10 acres of marshy wetlands (LQ 1.2), paying 10 crowns to do so. During his first year he gets a successful skill check with a CritDie of 8. This means he gathers up 9.6 bushels (8 * 1.0 * 1.2) of water plants per acre or 96 bushels total and he pays out 80p for the maintenance of the aqua farm. The next year is a disaster as Elric fails his skill check with a CritDie of 3. This means that he gathers up only 1.8 (3 * 0.5 * 1.2) bushels per acre or 18 bushels total. However he still has to pay the 80p for maintenance or else suffer a penalty to his LQ. The third year in an outstanding success as Elric is successful with a CritDie of 14. He harvests 16.8 (14 * 1.0 * 1.2) bushels per acre or 168 bushels total. In addition each bushel is worth +20% more on the market because of the quality of his harvest. Finally he pays 80p for the maintenance of his aqua farm.