Watch Towers

Some city walls are adorned with watch towers set at irregular intervals. Few cities have enough guards to keep them constantly stationed on the towers, unless the city is expecting attack from outside. The towers offer a superior view of the surrounding countryside, as well as a point of defense against invaders.

The towers are 10 feet higher than the city wall, and their diameter is 5 times the thickness of the wall. Arrow slits line the outer sides of the upper stories of the towers, and the top is crenelated in a similar manner to the walls. In small towers (25 feet in diameter), simple ladders typically connect the tower’s stories and the roof. In larger towers, stairways fulfill that purpose.

In a small city, heavy wooden doors, reinforced with iron and bearing good quality locks, block entry to the towers, unless the towers are in regular use.

Reinforced Wooden Doors: 2 inches thick; hardness 5; hp 20; break DC 25; Open Lock DC 30.

As a rule, the watch keeps the keys to the tower secured away in the guard house.