Hmm, upon review, we should make it a clay golem, that way our house can go on a rampage.
Dragonmech doesn't sound familiar
It's a 3rd party 3.5 ed campaign settings that goes "What if the world were bombarded with showers of rocks every night and the only safe means of travel were giant robots that are powered by steam engines or magic (up to the point of having entire mobile humanoid shaped cities that necessitate the creation of about 5 additional size categories beyond colossal). Along side steam and clockwork powered mechs, there are also giant golems and giant undead, which was why I asked...
In any case, I wouldn't recommend it because they are kinda broken. ;P
OK, serious question time for the rest of the party, what is the purpose of the stronghold we are building? Just a nice place to live? the main camp for our army against the little girl and her god-mommy? A traditional estate fit for controlling the immediate vicinity and keeping it safe from bandits? I've been poking around in the stronghold builders' book, getting a feel for things, and I think that, for about half the funds Shonus has given us for building, we can afford the walls for 50 to 80 stronghold spaces (and using the other half, actually furnish and purpose the rooms, buy doors and windows, and so on)
that's assuming we either use quality masonry walls or we get me a scroll of wall of stone and I contribute casting it throughout the construction of the stronghold (which will take 60 weeks if we used the entire 600,000 GP)
I think that we can support 100 soldiers for every 22-25 stronghold spaces (more if we have them hot-bunk)
(10) barracks
(4) armory
(2) kitchen (assumes the most expensive kitchen type, otherwise will need 3 1/3 per 100 troops, rounded up or 6 2/3 per 100, rounded up)
(5) combat training area (allows up to 40 to be training at any given time)
(1) storage (for holding the food we will be feeding them before it is cooked)
The total kitchen area will require 6 cooks (roughly) per 100 troops as well, though I may be making incorrect assumptions as to how many can be fed per kitchen if the troops eat in shifts.
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oh, yeah, and all those maids, cooks, and servants?
200 total / 6 per servants' quarters = 34 stronghold spaces
copperbottom's place must have been HUGE