Player reference / Strongholds, Settlements and Realms
Description and lore
Braces, fitted plates or supporting masonry strengthen a particular weak point.
Reinforcement begins with understanding how a component fails. A well-fitted support follows the shape of the weakness its builder has identified.
The finished work remains part of the original structure: a braced hinge, a strengthened panel or a supported beam. Its location tells an observer what the builder feared.
At a glance
Braces, fitted plates or supporting masonry strengthen a particular weak point.
Strongholds, Settlements and Realms · Alpha v44 reference
A brace or fitted facing protects the part most likely to fail.
Requires: One recoverable component and a suitable permanent material or support design.
Construction: Small Common craft; 3 resources (30g); 1 Workday(s), or 55g expected installed/purchased value.
Effect: Choose one benefit on completion: increase that component’s Durability one die step, maximum d12, or increase its Integrity by 1. Each benefit can normally be applied once to that component; two distinct installations may supply one of each. No increase in stored contents, occupant capacity or attack dice. Repair restores its damage marks without removing an intact upgrade; destruction requires rebuilding the component and its upgrades. Temporary threat-specific bracing remains a separate Player Book procedure.
New bolts catch the light along an older, weathered frame.