ToEE question

[kingcomrade]

I was thinking to myself earlier, "What is a moathouse?" And I couldnt think of an answer. What is a moathouse? I had this vague idea in my head of a water mill or something, but that's likely wrong. The literal guess would be a house that sits across a moat at a castle, or maybe just over a river?

 

[uhjghvt]

it's a house that's surrounded by a moat

 

[Emotional Vampire]

It seems it's not an official name or anything, maybe the denizens just called it that. Because of the moat. And the house.

 

[SuicideBunny]

it's a house that's surrounded by a moat

 

[inwoker]

made me laugh

 

[Elwro]

Boathouse + typo

 

[Radisshu]

It's a house with fortifications containing easily killed bandits, a giant serpent, some rats, a dungeon, a crypt, an annoying villain and his personal guarde. It also has a secret exit that leads into a wasteland which reminds me a lot of the kobold mines in BG.

 

[Gragt]

it's a house that's surrounded by a moat

Nonsense, it's a moat that surrounds a house.

 

[Radisshu]

it's a house that's surrounded by a moat

Nonsense, it's a moat that surrounds a house.

Wouldn't that be a housemoat?

 

[Gragt]

it's a house that's surrounded by a moat

Nonsense, it's a moat that surrounds a house.

Wouldn't that be a housemoat?

My grandmother always held the belief that a housemoat is a house built inside a moat by some sort of deranged architect and so far I have no reason to question her wisdom.