This is various things the Silver Scales can devote money to trying to improve. The 'Treasury' listing indicates how much money has been put into this cause, and the 'Progress' listing explains what is currently being worked on (and how close to complete it is), as well as how much more it will cost to complete.

The Challo Home was built a very long time ago, and contains such extravagances as an antique mana-powered generator system in the basement, secret passages, and a hidden storage room in a concealed sub-basement only visitable through a concealed passage in the master bedroom. This storage room includes a library of ancient books of lore from forgotten eras.

Unfortunately, the home itself is largely unfurnished, as previous owners have sold or removed furniture at various points. It is spacious, and could easily house a large group if properly furnished.

Treasury: 0 gold.

Occupants: Elsbeth Challo (owner), Jessica Amesley (caretaker).

Current Upgrade: Studying.

Progress: Elsbeth Challo is currently studying the hidden library when she has free time - usually a couple of hours a day - and is keeping carefully abreast of the political situation in Bellarosa. This costs nothing, and she is about 6% complete. She will be finished (for now) in about 31 days, at about 3% per day. Whether this will produce anything helpful remains to be seen.

The Nightblade Manor was originally built more for privacy and seclusion than for fortification and defense - an unfortunate fact, given that the Nightblade noble family is no longer in Vraal's royal favor. Dan has donated the remainder of his personal fortune towards maintaining and improving the family home.

Treasury: 465 platinum.

Occupants: Daniel Nightblade, Nibblet, the bugbear army.

Current Upgrade: Barracks.

Progress: The Silver Scales plan on adding barracks to Nightblade Manor in order to provide lodging for twenty people (above and beyond the servant's quarters, guest room, and master bedroom already in the building design), namely the bugbears. This has not been started yet and will probably cost around 500 to 1000 gold in materials under Nibblet's management. It will take about ten days to finish, barring any problems.

Future Upgrades: Future upgrades will probably be focused on improving the fortifications and defenses of the manor.

Insane she might be, but Rose is capable of building contraptions that combine technology and magic unlike any seen in Arcydea in hundreds of years. With enough in parts, who knows what she might build?

Treasury: 0 gold.

Currently working on: New communications design.

Progress: Rose is thinking of working next on developing a solution to communications between the two houses, and possibly between fellow party members. She hasn't started yet, though, and it's unclear how much work it'll take to finish.

The Mana Vacuum. This device can extract power from magic items in order to recharge other magic items. It currently operates at about 20% efficiency, according to Rose – whatever that means. She promises it should be useful for recharging wands and other devices. She also has implied that it could be used on (willing) subjects in emergencies. Improvements could be made in storage capacity, efficiency, charge time, drain time, or auxiliary uses.

Storage: 1000 gp-equivalent value. Efficiency: 20%. Time to Charge: 1 hour per 250 gp. Time to Drain: 1 minute per 100 gp. Emergency Use: Can convert 50 XP into 5 gp-equivalent. Target must be willing.

Communications. Rose wants to build a device to make communication easier between groups, but hasn't gotten the time or parts to work on it yet.

Party Support. Rose has an idea on how to get troops and gear to the field faster… but hasn't really gotten it down on paper yet.

Other. The more Rose builds, the more ideas she'll get! Whether they're all good ideas remains to be seen.

Zane knows how to brew potions… perhaps she should work on some in her free time. It'd help keep the group supplied - never know when you might need a healing potion.

Treasury: 0 gold.

Currently Making: Nothing.

Progress: None.