A Stronghold Builder’s Glossary

A few terms appear frequently in this document. Here are some basic definitions.

Augmentations: Add-ons to walls, augmentations are extras that make a wall better in some way, but they can’t support a building by themselves.

Clusters: Prefabricated groups of components and extras, clusters simply make stronghold building easier.

Components: These are the basic building blocks of your stronghold. Each component takes up one or more stronghold spaces.

Extras: These are optional features you can add to components (or even other extras). They never take up stronghold spaces themselves, although the components they’re attached to do take up space.

Staff: The soldiers who guard your stronghold and the butlers who fetch your slippers must be paid. Unlike extras and components, which are paid for once, staff costs are paid every month.

Stronghold Space: An abstract measure of volume within a building. While stronghold spaces don’t have a fixed size, an average stronghold space is equivalent to a 20-foot-by-20-foot room with a 10-foot-hugh ceiling.

Wall: Walls come in three flavors: interior, exterior, and freestanding.

Wondrous Architecture: Essentially a stationary magic item. Wondrous architecture often covers an entire stronghold space.

Once you have chosen all your components, select what kind of interior and exterior walls you want. Chapter 2 lists the options and defines how many interior and exterior walls you have based on the size of your stronghold. You don’t have to choose the same material for your interior and exterior walls. It’s common, for example, to build castles with masonry exterior walls and wooden interior walls.

If you want, you can split up your wall costs. For example, you could create a stronghold that has a wooden second floor atop a sturdy masonry main level by giving 50% of the spaces wooden exterior walls and 50% of the spaces masonry exterior walls. You can also make your walls better by layering them—placing a layer of iron over a foundation of stone—or purchasing augmentations such as spiked walls, camouflaged walls, or walls that repair themselves automatically.

GREYHAWK PLOTS

Although there is no standard definition, the typical plot of land in Greyhawk stands at around 100 ft x 100 ft = 30 m x 30 m = 10,000 square feet = 900 square meters. In this case, a half plot can be considered to be 50 ft x 100 ft = 15 m x 30 m = 5000 square feet = 450 square meters.

Depending on the states in question, there can be variations to the sizes of a plot: 18 m x 30 m (540 sqm) and 18 m x 36 m (648 sqm; Lagos) are also common plot sizes. This is why it is essential that you always request sizes in square meters, for such things as ease of comparison.

So a Stronghold Space at 20ft x 20 ft = 400 sq feet or 25 SS per plot of land.