Fall of a Bastion

A PC can lose their Bastion in the following ways:

Divestiture

A character can give up their Bastion anytime, releasing the Bastion’s hirelings and abandoning the location. The divested Bastion is quickly vacated, looted, and possibly burned to the ground.

Neglect

If a character issues no orders to their Bastion for a number of consecutive Bastion turns equal to the character’s level (typically because the character is dead or otherwise out of commission), the hirelings abandon the Bastion and the site is looted. If the character returns later, they can start a new Bastion amid the ruins of the old one.

Ruination

Drawing the Ruin card from the Deck of Many Things instantly deprives a character of their Bastion. When such an event occurs, the player can decide what terrible fate befalls the Bastion.