Founding a settlement too close to water will fail. Each homestead's token must be placed a certain distance from tiles submersed in water. In the case of a size 5 Homestead, there must be no water tiles in a radius of 2 tiles from the center of the deed. This means that a 5x5 square should be at the center of where you plan to deed.
== Deed resizing ==
An existing settlement may be resized by using an unplanted deed on the settlement token. Resizing a deed gives half the money back for the old deed to the mayor, keeps the old upkeep, and adds a month's worth of light upkeep. Resizing can make a settlement both smaller and larger, but villages can only be resized with village deeds and homesteads with homestead deeds.
== Disbanding ==
Draining cannot take more money than the upkeep fund actually contains. If a drain empties the upkeep fund completely, the deed will disband in a short while. (The reason given will be the generic lack of upkeep message.)
== Deed resizing ==
Resizing a deed gives half the money back for the old deed to the mayor, keeps the old upkeep, and adds a month's worth of light upkeep. Resizing can be used to expand as well as shrink the settlement. However, villages can only be resized with village deeds, and homesteads with homestead deeds.
== Allies and wars ==