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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 3251621" data-attributes="member: 1164">City BuildingsMost city buildings fall into three categories. The majority of buildings in the city are two to five stories high, built side by side to form long rows separated by secondary or main streets. These row houses usually have businesses on the ground floor, with offices or apartments above.Inns, successful businesses, and large warehouses - as well as millers, tanners, and other businesses that require extra space - are generally large, free-standing buildings with up to five stories.Finally, small residences, shops, warehouses, or storage sheds are simple, one-story wooden buildings, especially if they’re in poorer neighborhoods.Most city buildings are made of a combination of stone or clay brick (on the lower one or two stories) and timbers (for the upper stories, interior walls, and floors). Roofs are a mixture of boards, thatch, and slates, sealed with pitch. A typical lower-story wall is 1 foot thick, with AC 3, hardness 8, 90 hp, and a Climb DC of 25. Upper-story walls are 6 inches thick, with AC 3, hardness 5, 60 hp, and a Climb DC of 21. Exterior doors on most buildings are good wooden doors that are usually kept locked, except on public buildings such as shops and taverns.Buying BuildingsCharacters might want to buy their own buildings or even construct their own castle. Use the prices in Table: Buildings directly, or as a guide when for extrapolating costs for more exotic structures.Table: BuildingsItem Cost Simple House 1,000 gp Grand House 5,000 gp Mansion 100,000 gp Tower 50,000 gp Keep 150,000 gp Castle 500,000 gp Huge Castle 1,000,000 gp Moat with bridge 50,000 gp Simple House: This one- to three-room house is made of wood and has a thatched roof.Grand House: This four- to ten-room house is made of wood and has a thatched roof.Mansion: This ten- to twenty-room residence has two or three stories and is made of wood and brick. It has a slate roof.Tower: This round or square, three-level tower is made of stone.Keep: This fortified stone building has fifteen to twenty-five rooms.Castle: A castle is a keep surrounded by a 15-foot stone wall with four towers. The wall is 10 feet thick.Huge Castle: A huge castle is a particularly large keep with numerous associated buildings (stables, forge, granaries, and so on) and an elaborate 20-foot-high wall that creates bailey and courtyard areas. The wall has six towers and is 10 feet thick.Moat with Bridge: The moat is 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide. The bridge may be a wooden drawbridge or a permanent stone structure.City LightsIf a city has main thoroughfares, they are lined with lanterns hanging at a height of 7 feet from building awnings. These lanterns are spaced 60 feet apart, so their illumination is all but continuous. Secondary streets and alleys are not lit; it is common for citizens to hire lantern-bearers when going out after dark.Alleys can be dark places even in daylight, thanks to the shadows of the tall buildings that surround them. A dark alley in daylight is rarely dark enough to afford true concealment, but it can lend a +2 circumstance bonus on Hide checks.</blockquote>

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