pillars-of-eternity
Is anything in the game based on time elapsed (except for the obvious stronghold build-times)? Can passage of time change the epilogue, influence quest outcomes etc?
It would seem that, when I can afford it, it would be prudent to just build my Stronghold as much as I can doing nothing but sleeping. Would there be any downside to that decision?
Click on the golden cross in your character portrait, exactly the cross, not the portrait itself.
There is a trick to disabling some of the traps in that area, you probably already found it. This disables enough of the traps that you can cross the area, but not all of them:
Light all the braziers in the adjacent room to disable some of the traps
You should be able to disarm the traps if you select only a single party member and click on them when the mechanics icons appears. I've no idea why this doesn't work in your case. Though I'm not sure if you can disable these specific traps at that point, my character wasn't able to actually disable them.
You can get your party across through the traps by moving each one individually. Just click on the portrait of one of your characters, you'll only move this one then. It's a bit annoying, but possible. There is also another way around the whole thing, so if you don't want to bother, just look for another way out of the cave.
Best Answer
Hirelings need to get paid
Once you have a barracks, you can pay hirelings to hang out at the stronghold, providing small adjustments to prestige and security. If you are ever raided by bandits, the hirelings will assist your party in the fight.
Hirelings are paid every five in-game days, so make sure that you have enough copper to cover their salaries before you start sleeping to rush your stronghold upgrades. This is mainly a problem earlier in the game, as by mid to late game you should have more than enough money to cover a few weeks of napping.
You can of course also avoid this by not hiring any hirelings.