Lyre of building, what can i build in an hour?

[Sir Draconion]

ok so its says in DMG 100 men laboring for three days in 30 min
so 14,400 man hours
great! so where are the rules for how long it takes to build some thing?

help please
Forman bard

 

[dcollins]

1st Ed. AD&D.

Seriously, the magic item text has been copy-and-pasted since then, but the core building rules didn't come along for the ride. Now folks turn to the "Stronghold Builders Guide" to answer that question.

 

[Eolin]

the answers you got from The Dwarf over at kenzerco were better, wern't they?

 

[Sir Draconion]

tryed that, only gives 30% reduction in cost
and i cant find the rules for how many men are need for what ever construction
it just says that one week/10,000 gp

 

[Sir Draconion]

the answers you got from The Dwarf over at kenzerco were better, wern't they?

i have no idea what your talking about must be someone else
post a link so maybe i can read it too

 

[Jdvn1]

Don't measure it in manhours. One man working for ten hours is not the same to ten men working one hour. Thiere isn't a simple way to do it, so I'd just simplify it by assuming that one week/10,000 gp is for the "correct" amount of men and that the Lyre of Building provides the ideal number.

The more specific you try to be, the more you delve into house rules.

 

[Sir Draconion]

so any body have an idea of what could be built in one hour?

 

[Jdvn1]

One hour of playing the lyre? A moderate sized house, probably.

 

[Sir Draconion]

does fabricate it or use surrounding stone and wood?
does it clear the land of trees, take from other buildings or reconstruct a dungeon?

 

[Jdvn1]

Yeah, I was about to ask for a more specific question.

The description doesn't say it specifically, but I don't see why it wouldn't clear the land. This is all house ruling, though. You could say that the materials are fabricated or you could say it uses surrounding resources. There isn't a RAW answer.

I'd say, for a moderate sized house, in an hour of playing, you'd clear the land, level the land, and build the house, assuming nothing overly complex.