New spell: Urtell's Appropriated Abode

This spell conjures a house with bedrooms equal to the number of the party divided by two. If the surroundings are cold, a fire is lit and there is a an adequate supply of wood. If it's evening, hot food is set on the table. There's a pair of boots by the door. Coats hanging from the rack... children's toys scattered on the rug...?

Wait, did you steal someone's actual house?

Spells like Secure Shelter and Magnificent Mansion are useful, obviously. A safe haven in the wilderness when you need some downtime? Perfect. But there's so much interdimensional linkage to set up. Ethereal construction. Page upon page of calculations. Ugh. It's so much easier to just reach out across folded space and yank the nearest suitable dwelling to you!

And before it returns to its owners the following morning, you can loot it. 

Urtell's Appropriated Abode

3rd Level Magic-User Spell
Duration: 8 hours
Range: level x 10 miles from abode

The spell will bring a building, but leave anything it recognises as a sentient mind behind. That means the characters will sometimes find themselves responsible for a demented grandparent or a blackout drunk tavern patron overnight.

If there are no buildings in range of the spell, it brings the closest thing it can find. A large animal's lair, an overturned cart, two big rocks leaning against each other. It's a co-operative spell and it does its best.

The abode is not in its own pocket dimension. Lights in the windows are visible from a distance. If the building gets attacked, the characters will need to defend it or escape out the back.

Once the abode begins to show signs of returning to its place, characters have one exploration turn to gather their things and leave. Stay too long, and they risk being transported back to the building's original location (3 in 6). There are probably people there who will ask difficult questions.

Roll to see what kind of building the spell brings:

House table 1 (1d6)

1. Peasant cottage
2. Peasant cottage
3. Peasant cottage
4. Artisan's house/shop
5. Artisan's house/shop
6. Special. Roll on table 2
   

House table 2 (1d6)

1. Wealthy home
2. Military barracks
3. Stables
4. Tavern
   
5. Granary
6. Jailhouse
   

Loot tables

Peasant cottage

1. Old but sharp kitchen knife
2. Fresh apple pie
3. 2d6 rushlights (shed light like candle but go out if moved)
   
4. Woollen blanket
5. Corn husk doll (not haunted)
6. Fishing rod
   

Artisan's house/shop

1. Craft tools
2. Leather apron
3. Burlap sack
4. Grease
5. 2d6 planks
6. Coal sack

Wealthy home

1. 2d6 gold coins
2. 2d6 candles
3. Haunch of venison
4. Quality cloak
   
5. Soap
6. Saddle

Barracks

1. Boot polish
2. Poor-quality helmet
3. Horse barding
4. Sack of unwashed tabards
   
5. Bedroll
6. Training dummy

Stables

1. Harness
2. Liniment
3. Hay bale
4. 2d6 horses
5. Rake
6. Colic remedy (triple-distilled alcohol and some kind of herb)

Tavern

1. 1d4 sleeping drunk patrons
2. cask of good ale
3. Cookpot
4. Barman's friend (leather-wrapped oak club)
5. Ladle
6. Set of marked cards
   

Granary

1. Grain
2. Grain
3. Grain
4. Grain
5. Grain
6. Grain

Jailhouse

1. Leg irons
2. 1d4 wanted posters
3. Slops bucket (full)
4. Straw (soiled)
5. Filthy blanket
6. Oil lamp