Family palace

A family palace holding

A Family Palace is a special type of holding unique to patricians of a merchant republic. Representing a collection of owned businesses and properties rather than feudal owned land, the Family Palace provides a unique construction tree of buildings that provide bonuses to the Patrician's stats and army. The Family Palace is always passed to the heir of the dynasty - either the eldest member or the Designated Heir. Since it does not represent a single physical structure, it is not located in any particular province. When raised, its levies will appear in the patrician's regular capital; if the patrician holds no other territory, the levies appear in the capital of the republic. A Family Palace can't be conquered, revoked or given away, nor can it be besieged.

Because a Family Palace can't be lost, provides unique bonuses, and its buildings do not have technology requirements, it should be a high priority for upgrades. However, the long construction times of the buildings mean that building a complete Family Palace will be a multi-generational process.

A Family Palace is only destroyed if the Patrician family has no male family members left.

Base Stats

	Characteristic	Value
	Income	10
	Fort level	0
	Levies	40 light infantry 10 archers 25 galleys

Buildings

Note: The Palace buildings bonuses in the below tables stack (So a Grand Palace provides a total of 26g in taxes and 9 trade posts, for instance)

Family Palace	Build Cost	Build Time	Levy Size Bonus	Tax Income	Extra Trade Posts
Mansion	200g	1095 days	+10%	+2g	+0
Great Mansion	300g	1460 days	+20%	+6g	+3
Palace	400g	2190 days	+30%	+8g	+3
Grand Palace	500g	2190 days	+40%	+10g	+3

Requirements

All building lines share the same basic requirements as described below.

Building	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Cost	150	250	350
Construction time	730	1095	1460
Lot Requirements		Building level 1 Palace level 2	Building level 2 Palace level 3

Upgrades

Building Line	Level I	Level II	Level III
Barracks	Small Barracks +70 Heavy infantry +50 Pikemen	Swordsmith +85 Heavy infantry +65 Pikemen	Armory +100 Heavy infantry +80 Pikemen
Bowyer	Bowyer +95 Archers +95 Light infantry	Target Range +110 Archers +110 Light infantry	Crossbow Workshop +120 Archers +120 Light infantry
Cellar	Wine Cellar +10% Fertility	Catacombs +1 Martial +0.25 Monthly Piety	Dungeon Complex +1 Martial +0.25 Monthly Prestige
Garden	Palace Garden +0.2 Monthly Prestige	Scenic Pond +1 Diplomacy +0.3 Monthly Prestige	Hedge Maze +1 Diplomacy +0.5 Monthly Prestige
Shipyard	Map Room +6 Galleys	Private Shipyard +12 Galleys	Naval Arsenal +18 Galleys
Shrine	Secluded Shrine +10 Church Opinion +0.1 Monthly Piety	Private Art Collection +1 Learning +0.25 Monthly Piety	Grand Library +1 Learning +0.5 Monthly Piety
Stable	Small Stable +75 Light cavalry	Riding Grounds +90 Light cavalry	Horse Breeder +105 Light cavalry +45 Knights
Warehouse	Military Warehouse +0.1 Levy reinforce +0.1 Morale +200 Retinue	Palace Archive +0.2 Levy reinforce +0.2 Morale +400 Retinue +1 Stewardship	Administrative Office +0.3 Levy reinforce +0.3 Morale +600 Retinue +1 Stewardship
Vault	Fortified Vault +4 Tax Income	Secret Passages +1 Intrigue +5 Tax Income	Hidden Chamber +1 Intrigue +6 Tax Income

References

Holdings

Settlements

Castles • Cities • Temples • Tribes • Nomadic capital

Special holdings

Family palace • Trade post • Fort • Hospital

Concepts

Capital • Economy • Levies • Revolt • Technology • Cultural buildings • Great works