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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5678228" data-attributes="member: 54707">Lately I have been listening to a series of&nbsp; lectures called Citadels of Power. About Castles,&nbsp; their construction, design, uses, etc. I've been enjoying it&nbsp; immensely.&nbsp;&nbsp;So I thought I'd start a thread on the Keep. The&nbsp; Castle, the stronghold, the personal base of operations.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ctrivervalley.com/images-pictures-photos-of/Aerial-Photos-Pictures-CT/Connecticut-Attractions/9062A-Gillette-Castle-CT.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.ctrivervalley.com/4-Connecticut-CT-in-of/Major-attractions-in-CT/gillette_castle_state_park/index.html&amp;usg=__wNlLkoyxSxEDFeXhAwYAXVOmiPE=&amp;h=701&amp;w=1000&amp;sz=257&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;tbnid=ZvT83yL_0kdrkM:&amp;tbnh=104&amp;tbnw=149&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3DCastle%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D682%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&amp;ei=ocpoTvHmGMzXiAKNweyRBA" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ctrivervalley.com/images-pictures-photos-of/Aerial-Photos-Pictures-CT/Connecticut-Attractions/9062A-Gillette-Castle-CT.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.ctrivervalley.com/4-Connecticut-CT-in-of/Major-attractions-in-CT/gillette_castle_state_park/index.html&amp;usg=__wNlLkoyxSxEDFeXhAwYAXVOmiPE=&amp;h=701&amp;w=1000&amp;sz=257&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;tbnid=ZvT83yL_0kdrkM:&amp;tbnh=104&amp;tbnw=149&amp;prev=/search?q=Castle&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=G&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=682&amp;gbv=2&amp;tbm=isch&amp;ei=ocpoTvHmGMzXiAKNweyRBA</a><img src="http://www.medieval-castles.org/castles/images/nice_castle_drawing.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Many times as DM I have awarded lands, titles,&nbsp; strongholds, castles, or keeps to my players. Or they have built and constructed&nbsp; their own strongholds.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many times as a player (though I play far less&nbsp; often than DM) when my characters have become rich or famous enough I have built&nbsp; Keeps and strongholds. Some of my very most enjoyable adventures have involved&nbsp; my own Keeps; constructing secret areas, expanding them, converting them into&nbsp; estates, using them as training grounds or to raise livestock, having them&nbsp; become a stronghold (maybe for a local lord, maybe me becoming a Knight, Baron,&nbsp; or Lord), defending them against sieges or sapping, using my keep as a base of&nbsp; operations to launch raids against monsters or against enemies.&nbsp;&nbsp;Adventures that were a great deal of fun and were&nbsp; useful too (as training in logistics, how to run an organization, constructing&nbsp; defensive positions, etc, etc). &nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore this thread is all about the&nbsp; Keep.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tell us about your own experiences with your Keeps&nbsp; or Strongholds or Castles (and so forth) or about the Keeps of your players.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;What have you most enjoyed about your Keeps? Most&nbsp; interesting keeps? Most unusual?&nbsp;&nbsp;Anything you wanna detail or discuss along these&nbsp; lines.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 5678228, member: 54707"] [FONT=Verdana]Lately I have been listening to a series of lectures called [I][B]Citadels of Power[/B][/I]. About Castles, their construction, design, uses, etc. I've been enjoying it immensely.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]So I thought I'd start a thread on the Keep. The Castle, the stronghold, the personal base of operations. [/FONT][URL="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ctrivervalley.com/images-pictures-photos-of/Aerial-Photos-Pictures-CT/Connecticut-Attractions/9062A-Gillette-Castle-CT.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ctrivervalley.com/4-Connecticut-CT-in-of/Major-attractions-in-CT/gillette_castle_state_park/index.html&usg=__wNlLkoyxSxEDFeXhAwYAXVOmiPE=&h=701&w=1000&sz=257&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ZvT83yL_0kdrkM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=149&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCastle%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D682%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&ei=ocpoTvHmGMzXiAKNweyRBA"][/URL][U][IMG]http://www.medieval-castles.org/castles/images/nice_castle_drawing.gif[/IMG][/U] [FONT=Verdana]Many times as DM I have awarded lands, titles, strongholds, castles, or keeps to my players. Or they have built and constructed their own strongholds.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Many times as a player (though I play far less often than DM) when my characters have become rich or famous enough I have built Keeps and strongholds. Some of my very most enjoyable adventures have involved my own Keeps; constructing secret areas, expanding them, converting them into estates, using them as training grounds or to raise livestock, having them become a stronghold (maybe for a local lord, maybe me becoming a Knight, Baron, or Lord), defending them against sieges or sapping, using my keep as a base of operations to launch raids against monsters or against enemies.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Adventures that were a great deal of fun and were useful too (as training in logistics, how to run an organization, constructing defensive positions, etc, etc). [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Therefore this thread is all about the Keep.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Tell us about your own experiences with your Keeps or Strongholds or Castles (and so forth) or about the Keeps of your players. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]What have you most enjoyed about your Keeps? Most interesting keeps? Most unusual?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Anything you wanna detail or discuss along these lines.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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