Theater

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024), page 348. Creator: Wizards of the Coast / D&D Studio.

Quick Reference

Field	Value
Facility type	special
Required level	9
Space	vast
Hirelings	4
Bastion order	empower
Prerequisite	None.

Rules Text

The Theater contains a stage, a backstage area where props and sets are kept, and a seating area for a small audience.

Empower: Theatrical Event

When you issue the Empower order to this facility, its hirelings begin work on a theatrical production or concert. Rehearsals and other preparations take 14 days, followed by at least 7 days of performances. The performances can continue indefinitely until a new production gets underway.

You or another character can contribute to a production in the following ways:

• Composer/Writer: A character can compose music or write a script for a concert or production that hasn’t started rehearsals yet. This effort takes 14 days.

• Conductor/Director: A character who remains in the Bastion for the entirety of the production can serve as the concert’s conductor or the production’s director.

• Performer: A character who remains in the Bastion for the entirety of the rehearsal period can be a star performer in one or more of the performances; one of the Theater’s hirelings can serve as an understudy for additional performances.

At the end of a rehearsal period, each character who contributed to the concert or production can make a {@dc 15 Charisma (Performance) check. If more of these checks succeed than fail, you and any other character who contributed to the concert or production each gain a Theater die, a d6. This die changes to a d8 when you reach level 13 and a d10 when you reach level 17. At any point after the rehearsals end, a character can expend their Theater die to roll it and add the number rolled to one D20 Test they make, immediately after rolling the d20. If a character hasn’t expended their Theater die before gaining another, their first die is lost.

Balance Notes

• Compare this facility against other 9-level facilities before allowing homebrew upgrades.
• Keep the listed Bastion order as the primary action loop; additional benefits should usually be narrative, temporary, or gated by downtime.
• If this facility grants creatures, information, resources, crafted items, or empowerment, keep those outputs tied to Bastion turns rather than free adventuring actions.

Links

• Parent index: Bastions Index
• Source index: 00 - Dungeon Masters Guide 2024 Index