Our Smurf House, Is A Very, Very Fine Smurf House

The view count on my 'Base' posts have been high but interaction (comments) low and I think the idea just isn't resonating  with my audience. 

At the same time I am pondering several game concepts that have Bases as a key element so bare with me just a bit longer. 

While I was having a conversation with other Smurfs RPG enthusiasts over Discord, I wondered how one would create a Smurf House that would either belong to or be used by multiple Smurfs.

According to the rules for Smurf House Building in the game drafts, every Smurf gets their own home and they can customize them using 'Build Points' converted from Character Points (XP) that the PCs receive. Now, what if a group of Smurf PCs wanted to have a clubhouse or similar facility that they lived in or worked in together? Using one possible 'House Rule' (get it?), I came up with Storyteller Smurf's Cottage and the adjoining Adventurers' Club House. 

The idea is that Storyteller Smurf is basically the Gamemaster in a fashion not unlike the AI of a Red Dwarf game. His Cottage is built using the standard rules for NPC Smurf Houses, resulting in the three story high mushroom home you see in the image above. However, you'll notice that attached to it in the background is a single story, much wider in diameter house. This house is used when Storyteller hosts other Smurfs for things like storytime (Storyteller reading to his fellow little blue folk) or playing 'Adventure Games'. 

In my most recent Smurfs session, I opened with the PCs playing a parody of D&D with Storyteller as DM. It is implied the group comes over to play once a week. Because of this, the PCs can add elements to the Club House, with benefits usable by all (sort of - keep reading), purchased at a reduced cost.

Each item costs 1 Build Point per Smurf who receive a bonus from them -1. The -1 discount comes from it still being Storyteller Smurf's property. The number of improvements to the Club House do not get added to the Safety Rolls of the individual Smurf's involved because it isn't their home. When they make Safety Rolls - dice rolls that transport them safely back home when they're in dire straits - each returns to their own Smurf House. Only additions to your own house effect your Safety Roll.

I really like this idea but it still needs work. What if two or more Smurfs actually do live together? Do the roommates both get all the Safety Roll bonuses? Hmmm. 

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