Builing a Castle

As discussed here a castle is built with defense in mind. Not everyone will have the exact same castle, nor will everyone have the same equipment for attacking a castle. The odds of having a well fortified keep are left to chance, as each noble is required to build their castle from scratch. This is how it works.

Upon acceptance into the storyline, the player and moderator will enter a private room to "build" a castle. A castle is constructed by using dice in a plan that is described below.


 * Location:
 * 1). 1d10 for water placement. A roll of 8 or higher gives the castle immediate access to a waterway, ie river or sea.
 * 2). 1d10 for land construction. A roll of 4 or more gives the castle a hillside docking, while rolls of 3 or less place the castle below a hill.


 * Moats: 1d3. 1 is a ten foot moat, 2 is a twenty foot moat and 3 is a thirty foot moat. Only thirty foot moats may be filled with water.


 * Curtain Wall: 1d10. The walls thickness is determined by the roll, 1 = 11' thick wall. 2 = 12', 2 = 13', etc.


 * Murder Holes: 1d10. The outcome of the roll is equivalent to how many murder holes are in a castle.


 * Machicolations: 1d5. The outcome of the roll is equivalent to how many machicolations the castle has.


 * Castle Loopholes: 1d6. The outcome of the roll is equivalent to location of your loopholes.


 * Castle Bastion: 1d6. The outcome of the roll is equivalent to view of your Bastion.



The highest possible rating a castle can have is 60. In order to have a castle with a rating of 60, the dice must roll the highest possible outcome for every item of defense. For those who cannot roll dice or prefer not to roll their own dice, they may elect another person to roll for them.

Example of Castle Building
OnlineHost: *** You are in "RoK Construction". *** brutaI heart: Log on Admin: Welcome to the Storyline Duke Fufflefluff, today we will build your castle. Admin: Roll for Location. OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 10-sided die:  2 OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 10-sided die:  4

Admin: Roll for Moat OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 3-sided die:  1 Admin: Roll Curtain Wall OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 10-sided die:  6 Admin: Roll for Murder Holes OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 10-sided die:  8 Admin: Roll for Machicolations. OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 5-sided die:  1 Admin: Roll for Castle Loopholes. OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 6-sided die:  4 Admin: Roll for Bastion. OnlineHost: silver or Iead rolled 1 6-sided die:  3 Admin: Castle HP : 29

Given the above example, the castle has a HP rating of 29. Upgrades can be purchased for additional HP, up to 60.