Carpenter's Shop
The Broadbeam Timber Yard is a bustling workshop of sawdust and craftsmanship, where the scent of freshly cut pine mingles with the faint tang of linseed oil.
Inside the main shop, sturdy workbenches are scattered with chisels, saws, planes, and neatly arranged nails, each tool carefully maintained and ready for the day’s labor. Outside, a covered yard holds stacks of raw lumber, planks, and half-shaped beams, along with the whir of a large, belt-driven saw. Wood shavings curl across the packed earth like forgotten parchment scraps, and every surface seems marked with the honest scars of years of hard work.
This is the domain of Jorren Broadbeam, Broadshire’s most trusted carpenter—a man whose skill can raise a barn in a day or craft an ornate bedframe fit for a lord. The Timber Yard is more than a business; it’s a landmark of community resilience, where villagers gather not just for orders but for counsel and camaraderie. The shop hums with industry during the day, but at night, it transforms into a quiet and shadowy place, its stacks of timber and dim corners making it a tempting stage for intrigue or danger.
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Intended Use:
The Broadbeam Timber Yard works beautifully as a versatile encounter map, accommodating everything from peaceful roleplay and barter scenes to tense chases and stealth-heavy infiltration. The tightly packed lumber stacks provide natural cover, while the saw shop offers dangerous environmental hazards—an errant shove or a broken support beam could turn the terrain into a weapon.
Whether the players are visiting to commission repairs for a damaged structure, gathering supplies for a siege defense, or investigating sabotage to the town’s construction efforts, the yard provides both narrative weight and tactical complexity. The workshop layout encourages creative movement and problem-solving, rewarding characters who leverage the environment to their advantage.
