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	Established freeholders in [[Type-4 Hex\|type-4]] or better hexes are sure to possess a '''[[Hall House (dwelling)\|hall house]]''', which increases the amount of timbered wood used for walls, including [[Saw Pit\|lumber]], with a second floor and dimensions of 25 ft. by 40. A further advancement includes the 3-story '''[[Courtyard House (dwelling)\|courtyard house]]''', which shares a common stone or brick wall with its neighbours, employing half-timbered for the front and back construction. Such houses are abutted one against the next, encircling an inner courtyard that's exclusive to the various surrounding residents. Courtyard houses are found in [[Type-2 Hex\|type-2]] and [[Type-1 Hex\|type-1 hexes]].		Established freeholders in [[Type-4 Hex\|type-4]] or better hexes are sure to possess a '''[[Hall House (dwelling)\|hall house]]''', which increases the amount of timbered wood used for walls, including [[Saw Pit\|lumber]], with a second floor and dimensions of 25 ft. by 40. A further advancement includes the 3-story '''[[Courtyard House (dwelling)\|courtyard house]]''', which shares a common stone or brick wall with its neighbours, employing half-timbered for the front and back construction. Such houses are abutted one against the next, encircling an inner courtyard that's exclusive to the various surrounding residents. Courtyard houses are found in [[Type-2 Hex\|type-2]] and [[Type-1 Hex\|type-1 hexes]].
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		+	[[Hammer (symbol)]]<br>
		+	[[The Adventure]]
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 The use of infill lowers the cost of timber-for-walls by 80%, though the floors must still be firmly built.  A low-cost timbered house might employ an earthen floor and no upper story, if need be — still, in a good year, with access to a natural forest, a wooden floor is sure to be installed progressively.  In any case, for a player character of a low level that's seeking to build a home, this is the sort of house that's practical and within budget.
-Typical sizes range depending upon the [[Hex Group|type of hex]].  In hamlets, ordinary half-timbered house consist of 1-2 additional rooms attached to the original 20 ft. square building; additions are 10 ft. to 15 ft. square.  Second stories are rare in [[Type-6 Hex|type-6 hexes]] (1 in 10 houses), but nearly universal in [[Type-5 Hex|type-5 hexes]] or better.
+Typical sizes range depending upon the [[Hex Group|type of hex]].  In hamlets, ordinary half-timbered house consist of 1-2 additional rooms attached to the original 20 ft. square building; additions are 10 ft. to 15 ft. square.  Second stories are rare in [[Type-6 Hex|type-6 hexes]] (1 in 10 houses), but nearly universal in [[Type-5 Hex|type-5 hexes]] or better (19 in 20).
 Established freeholders in [[Type-4 Hex|type-4]] or better hexes are sure to possess a '''[[Hall House (dwelling)|hall house]]''', which increases the amount of timbered wood used for walls, including [[Saw Pit|lumber]], with a second floor and dimensions of 25 ft. by 40.  A further advancement includes the 3-story '''[[Courtyard House (dwelling)|courtyard house]]''', which shares a common stone or brick wall with its neighbours, employing half-timbered for the front and back construction.  Such houses are abutted one against the next, encircling an inner courtyard that's exclusive to the various surrounding residents.  Courtyard houses are found in [[Type-2 Hex|type-2]] and [[Type-1 Hex|type-1 hexes]].

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	The use of infill lowers the cost of timber-for-walls by 80%, though the floors must still be firmly built. A low-cost timbered house might employ an earthen floor and no upper story, if need be — still, in a good year, with access to a natural forest, a wooden floor is sure to be installed progressively. In any case, for a player character of a low level that's seeking to build a home, this is the sort of house that's practical and within budget.		The use of infill lowers the cost of timber-for-walls by 80%, though the floors must still be firmly built. A low-cost timbered house might employ an earthen floor and no upper story, if need be — still, in a good year, with access to a natural forest, a wooden floor is sure to be installed progressively. In any case, for a player character of a low level that's seeking to build a home, this is the sort of house that's practical and within budget.
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		+	Typical sizes range depending upon the [[Hex Group\|type of hex]]. In hamlets, ordinary half-timbered house consist of 1-2 additional rooms attached to the original 20 ft. square building; additions are 10 ft. to 15 ft. square. Second stories are rare in [[Type-6 Hex\|type-6 hexes]] (1 in 10 houses), but nearly universal in [[Type-5 Hex\|type-5 hexes]] or better.
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		+	Established freeholders in [[Type-4 Hex\|type-4]] or better hexes are sure to possess a '''[[Hall House (dwelling)\|hall house]]''', which increases the amount of timbered wood used for walls, including [[Saw Pit\|lumber]], with a second floor and dimensions of 25 ft. by 40. A further advancement includes the 3-story '''[[Courtyard House (dwelling)\|courtyard house]]''', which shares a common stone or brick wall with its neighbours, employing half-timbered for the front and back construction. Such houses are abutted one against the next, encircling an inner courtyard that's exclusive to the various surrounding residents. Courtyard houses are found in [[Type-2 Hex\|type-2]] and [[Type-1 Hex\|type-1 hexes]].

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	== Construction ==		== Construction ==
		+	As these buildings can be easily expanded once built, it's common to begin with a simple one-story or two-story construction some 20 ft. square, surrounded by 3-6 windows and a single door. At any point, however, an infill panel can be broken through and replaced by a door, enabling an additional room at a later time in the owner's life, should prosperity knock at the door. This gives many rural timbered houses a tumbled appearance, as though thrown together. Over several generations, the house is expected to evolve and perhaps sprawl out of proportion, until such time as it's taken by fire or other disaster.
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		+	The use of infill lowers the cost of timber-for-walls by 80%, though the floors must still be firmly built. A low-cost timbered house might employ an earthen floor and no upper story, if need be — still, in a good year, with access to a natural forest, a wooden floor is sure to be installed progressively. In any case, for a player character of a low level that's seeking to build a home, this is the sort of house that's practical and within budget.

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 [[File:Half-timbered House.jpg|right|525px|thumb|Roofing was more commonly thatch in rural areas, though the shingled house was common inside larger [[Town|towns]] and [[City|cities]]]]
-'''Half-timbered houses''' are buildings constructed with cylindrical logs hewed in half with broadaxe and adze.  The cut log is shaved to smoothness and exposed to the outside, with the rounded wooden bark forming the interior walls.  Spaces between the logs are filled with daub to produce a smooth interior finish, with edges or even none of the timber showing.  Alternately, the timbers are used to create "panels," as shown in the accompanying image, which are then filled-in with some kind of nonstructural material, contained by wattle.  Daub is also used to cover this wattle to produce the flat surface shown in the image.  The timbers were often left exposed and painted to distinguish them, producing a familiar early Renaissance-appearance.
+'''Half-timbered houses''' are buildings constructed with cylindrical logs hewed in half with broadaxe and adze.  The cut log is shaved to smoothness and exposed to the outside, with the rounded wooden bark forming the interior walls.  Spaces between the logs are filled with daub to produce a smooth interior finish, with edges or even none of the timber showing.
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 Even small, crude half-timbered houses are fairly expensive to build compared to [[Hovel (dwelling)|hovels]].  Thus, in [[Hamlet|hamlets]], they're available only to the artisan class: [[Bakery|bakers]], [[Gristmill|millers]], [[Granary|granary]] owners and [[Way Station|way station]] holders.  Wealthy [[Freeholder|freeholders]] who control two or more [[Measurements#Land|virgates]] of land may own a half-timbered house.
 == Construction ==

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 '''Half-timbered houses''' are buildings constructed with cylindrical logs hewed in half with broadaxe and adze.  The cut log is shaved to smoothness and exposed to the outside, with the rounded wooden bark forming the interior walls.  Spaces between the logs are filled with daub to produce a smooth interior finish, with edges or even none of the timber showing.  Alternately, the timbers are used to create "panels," as shown in the accompanying image, which are then filled-in with some kind of nonstructural material, contained by wattle.  Daub is also used to cover this wattle to produce the flat surface shown in the image.  The timbers were often left exposed and painted to distinguish them, producing a familiar early Renaissance-appearance.
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-Even small, crude half-timbered houses are comparatively expensive to build compared to hovels.  Thus, in hamlets, they're available only to the artisan class: [[Bakery|bakers]], [[Gristmill|millers]], [[Granary|granary]] owners and [[Way Station|way station]] holders.  Wealthy [[Freeholder|freeholders]] who control two or more [[Measurements#Land|virgates]] of land may own a half-timbered house.
+Even small, crude half-timbered houses are fairly expensive to build compared to hovels.  Thus, in hamlets, they're available only to the artisan class: [[Bakery|bakers]], [[Gristmill|millers]], [[Granary|granary]] owners and [[Way Station|way station]] holders.  Wealthy [[Freeholder|freeholders]] who control two or more [[Measurements#Land|virgates]] of land may own a half-timbered house.
 == Construction ==