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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zithuan" data-source="post: 1475990" data-attributes="member: 18234">Several hundred thousand troops would be prohibitively expensive.From the Stronghold Builder's Guidebook:    "D&D measures the size of your fortress in ?stronghold spaces' (ss).  A stronghold space isn't rigidly defined in terms of square footage, but most stronghold spaces take up a 20-foot-by-20-foot-by-10-foot space."Barracks for 10 soldiers - 1 ss & 400 gpArmory to hold the equipment for 25 soldiers - 1 ss & 500 gp (does not include cost of equipment)Dining Hall (seats 30) - 2 ss & 2000 gpKitchen (provides food for 15) - 1ss & 2000 gpIf we are slightly generous and round up a little, 100,000 soldiers will require:Barracks x10000 - 4,000,000 gpArmory x4000 - 2,000,000 gpDining Hall x2000 - 4,000,000 gp (we'll assume they don't all eat at the same time)Kitchen x4000 - 8,000,000 gp18,000,000 gpThis does not include many other assorted costs such as equipment (another 7,200,000 gp to give scale mail, longsword, and large wooden shield to each of those soldiers).Waste disposal would certainly be an issue, maybe ten thousand Bags of Devouring might be enough (155,000,000 gp)The purpose of the stronghold is important here: is it meant to be defensive or offensive?A defensive fortress does not need very many troops as you can spring for magical defenses such as Forbiddance, Anti-life shell, and Cloudkill traps.Check out the Stronghold Builder's Guidebook and Dragon #295.- Zithuan</blockquote>

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