Stone Dais 3D model
Stone Dais from the Realistic Surfaces & Structure pack in TerrainTale's library. Place it on the grid to add height or cover; the ruler counts the elevation it creates.
- Folder
- Stairs, pillars and structure
- Pack
- Realistic Surfaces & Structure
- Author
- ambientCG; trees grown with ez-tree by Daniel Greenheck (MIT)
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
- Size
- 5 ft by 5 ft, 1 ft tall (covers about 1 by 1 squares)
- Format
- GLB (binary glTF 2.0)
- File size
- 174 KB
About this model
A low square platform of mossy grey masonry, about 5 ft on each side and 1 ft high. Its top is slab stone and its sides show blocky courses of old brickwork patched with lichen. Ring it with columns or pillars from the same set to frame it as the heart of a hall.
Use it to raise a ruined throne, an altar, a broken statue or a stone circle's central stone. It makes a natural stage for a final confrontation in a dungeon or an overgrown temple. Standing on it gives a small but noticeable height advantage, and it draws the eye on a busy map.
Ideas for the table
- A lich's phylactery rests on a moss-grown dais in the deepest chamber of a crypt.
- A bandit king holds court from a ruined dais in a forest temple.
- Stepping onto an old stone dais triggers a vision of the battle that ended the empire.
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