Player reference / Strongholds, Settlements and Realms
Description and lore
A raised timber platform lifts a small watch position above the surrounding ground.
A watch platform is built for eyes, voices and the people who occupy it. A clear view and a usable way up explain its placement.
The platform's daily life appears in small comforts: a sheltered stool, a water flask, a place to set a lantern. Observation still belongs to the person on watch.
At a glance
A raised timber platform lifts a small watch position above the surrounding ground.
Strongholds, Settlements and Realms · Alpha v44 reference
Height gives a view, but someone still has to look.
Structure: Durability d8; Integrity 3
Requires: Suitable ground, known design and materials; lawful or established control of the site.
Construction: Large Common craft; 12 resources (120g); 2 Workday(s), or 170g expected installed/purchased value; 2 G maintenance per 30 days.
Effect: A 15-foot-high platform supports four Medium occupants and 16 Carry of loose gear beyond their carried equipment. A ladder or stair provides access. A staffed position sees over nearby low obstructions where the actual terrain permits; use normal perception. It has no automatic warning radius. Destroying its support makes it unsafe: occupants must leave by a feasible route or face an explicitly declared collapse hazard using the shared procedures.
A ladder creaks; above it, a watcher leans out to inspect the approach.