Investments/Round 6: Chapter 4 & 5 Investment smorgasbord

After chapter 3, the way investments work is closer to the Discretionary funding, with multiple cycles, a growing pool of options, and never enough money. Some investments will lower/increase their prices/profits due to the changing societal/political situations at certain points, whilst other investments may be gained/lost due to the same reason. For this reason all investments that become available after chapter 3 have been thrown together here. Expect spoilers for both Chapter 4 and 5 at the same time.

These are new types of Investment:
 * Headquarter Upgrades, investments solely focused on, improving the base
 * Headquarter Decorations, they are non-profitable, cost ProN, and can have a bonus for buying them, sometimes as a single item, or emptying a shop and talking to the owner. The effects on the base stats is permanent and once the elements have been bought (and the conversations with the sellers have happened, when they are necessary). The elements DO NOT NEED to be used.

Cycles and changes in Investments
Although some investment will be available at the start of chapter 4, prior to meeting with Megail (and your first return of the chapter), there is no difference in just going to Megail and picking up the investments. During this round you will receive your profits at several fixed points each starting the investment cycle they share a number with. Notes on changes in investment availability are included for each chapter.


 * - Start of chapter 4
 * Several investments are already available, but you are yet to receive your first ProN return.
 * - After meeting up with Megail in Stineford
 * Gets first return of Round 6 which works by slightly different rules than the other returns
 * The three exclusive new state trades from give doubled returns and do not give their +1 country score
 * Does not check to see if can be set to ON (this happens after the Initial scouting of the tower later in the cycle)
 * During this cycle the following events occur:
 * Initial scouting of the tower
 * After which can be set to ON, which if set loses access to several Ari-Yhilina Investments
 * Several new investments become available in Tak'kan and the Chalise States.
 * Orcish Democracy
 * Lustlord Temples Expansion
 * Succubus Band Tour
 * Tarran'Kan Housing
 * Establishing the tower base
 * After which the Extradimensional Foundation investment is unlocked
 * The Ardan succession crisis
 * During which Expedite unfavorable deals for Ghanth is available
 * Several Investments are suspended during this time
 * Givini Orc Merchant
 * Bank of Givini
 * Givini Mage Guild
 * War Monument
 * - After the Ardan succession crisis
 * During this cycle the following events occur:
 * Exploring the Holy Plane
 * The Erosian Crisis
 * Orcish Democracy ceases to be available
 * The Stenai visit
 * During this time the Gifts of Endel can be visited for the first time
 * Tower Depths
 * - After returning from the Tower Depths
 * The Entity's Shield Upgrade investment becomes available
 * During this cycle the following events occur:
 * Council of Gawnfall
 * After which the Eustrin Investments become suspended until cycle 6
 * Ardford investments may become available
 * Investment based on Council results may be added to both Tak'Kan and the Chalise States
 * Return to Stenai
 * - After the Return to Stenai
 * Last investment cycle before the Erosian War
 * Last chance to do the Ancient Ruin Opening investment and loot them whilst retaining all benefits.
 * - Near the end of the Erosian War. See here for details
 * This cycle does not give a standard return, but does add ProN that has to be spent within its limited Investments. With any excess being returned.
 * - After the Erosian War
 * Last chance to do the Ancient Ruin Opening investment and obtain the Incubus Pin.
 * Most Sylvan Region, and Stineford investments are suspend until for most investments.
 * During this cycle the following events occur:
 * Return to Stineford
 * Return to Eustrin
 * - After Return to Eustrin
 * First chapter 5 return
 * More investments become available
 * Erosia, Zirantia, and Ghenalon (Only in the form of decorations) become open for investment
 * Several new investments are available in the Chalise states and HQ
 * The Eustrin, sylvan region, and Stineford suspensions are lifted
 * If the OZL was supported you can obtain a ProN kickback at the ruins
 * - After the Second Gathering.
 * More investments become available
 * Rodak and the Orgasmic Empire are now open for investments
 * Ghenalon, Chalise States, Tak'Kan, and HQ have new investments

Kickbacks and ProN finds
Extra ProN gained as kickbacks, or that one time you find some in a dungeon.

Entity Body items
During the game you can obtain the Items needed for entity's body for Free by having good scores during particular events, however should you fail to obtain the item they can usually be obtained by using some money.

Bribes and emergency stat boosts
During the game if you don't meet a certain threshold, or failed to meet a certain requirement. You can buy one of these to increase the stat or to gain abilities you lacked from meeting certain thresholds.

Special Asset
This one is not an investment payed in ProN but does have ProN returns if it is obtained chapter 5's Return to Stineford (Happens during ).

Stenai
Stenai only has Headquarter Decorations available as an investment. With their investments only becoming available for the first time during, before being suspend until late , and becoming permanently accessible in.

Headquarter Decorations
The below decoration only become available after staring the Council of Gawnfall.

Erosia
These investments only become available in chapter 5

Zirantia
These investments only start becoming available in

Ghenalon
These investments only start becoming available in

Orgasmic Empire
These investments only become available in after the Second Gathering.

Rodak
These investments only become available in after the Second Gathering.

Non-profitable Investment
Near end of the Erosian war, the party will go to the war camp and receive 1,000,000 ProN worth of promised money to spend on restoring Kyangan. Since this money isn't yours but you decide how it gets spent all unused ProN is "returned" to their owners. This budget can also be exceeded by using dipping into your own ProN reserves. If Kyangan was taken cleanly you will go to the city for your investments, or if it was damaged make the decisions in the warcamp. None of these investments are profitable.

If you're in Kyangan, then the total cost is 1,375,000 ProN. If you're in the warcamp, then it is 1,325,000.