Player reference / Strongholds, Settlements and Realms
Description and lore
A cut trench interrupts the ground before an approach, leaving a raw line of soil and spoil.
A defensive ditch uses the landscape as an obstacle. Its raw banks interrupt the approach well before an arriving cart reaches the gate.
It needs ordinary attention after rain and traffic. Slumped edges, pooled water or a temporary bridge can distinguish a maintained defense from an abandoned excavation.
At a glance
A cut trench interrupts the ground before an approach, leaving a raw line of soil and spoil.
Strongholds, Settlements and Realms · Alpha v44 reference
Even a simple trench can stop wheels from reaching a gate.
Structure: Durability n/a; Integrity 0
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-long, 5-foot-wide, 5-foot-deep ditch blocks ordinary carts and wagons unless bridged or filled. A creature may cross by a feasible jump, climb or provided bridge under normal movement and Skill rules. This unlined earthwork has no Integrity damage target; filling or bridging it is an actual work task. No automatic impalement or recurring damage is included.
Loose earth crumbles beneath a boot at the trench's lip.