Editing Column

{{infobox main|structure|
| name = Column
| image = Column.png
| imagesize = 128px
| description = A column capable of holding a roof. Does not block sight or movement and looks quite nice.
| type = Building
| type2 = Structure
| placeable = true
| path cost = 0
| passability = pass through only
| cover = 0.25
| minifiable = false
| size = 1 ˣ 1
| rotatable = false
| flammability = 1
| mass base = 10
| hp = 160
| beauty = 5
| terrain affordance = light
| styledominance = 10
| work to make = 750
| stuff tags = Metallic, Woody, Stony
| resource 1 = Stuff
| resource 1 amount = 20
}}{{Info|'''Columns''' are passable [[structure]]s primarily used to hold up [[roof]]s}}

== Acquisition ==
Columns require {{Required Resources}} and take {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} to build.

== Summary ==
Columns can hold [[roof]]s up to 6 tiles away in all directions, like a [[wall]]. If a roof is unsupported, then it will instantly fall, injuring and possibly killing anything below. Columns also provide a minor [[beauty]] increase.

Columns can't usually be stood on, like a [[fence]] or [[barricade]]. Columns do not block [[LoS]], can be walked through without slowing anyone down, and provide 25% [[cover]] for pawns shooting behind them.

=== Requirements ===
Columns are needed to satisfying the requirements of a ritual room{{IdeologyIcon}} or throne room {{RoyaltyIcon}} (for [[titles|nobles]] Knight and above). If a room's requirements are not met, then colonists demanding them will become unhappy.

== Analysis ==
For holding up the roof, it's usually better to just create a lone [[wall]], which supports the same amount of tiles and costs 4x less. Columns provide less cover for [[raider]]s, can be walked over, and don't block the radius of [[orbital trade beacon]]s. Columns also have much less health than a wall, which can be helpful when creating a falling roof trap.

Like [[sandbag]]s, [[barricade]]s, and [[fence]]s, columns usually prevent raiders from firing on top of them. As columns provide less cover, they have a small niche in [[killbox]]es when you can directly fire on raiders passing through. Note that, due to their decreased health, columns are easier to destroy, so should be replaced by barricades when you have enough firepower.

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== Styles ==
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[[Ideoligion]]s allow the selection of styles which then change the texture of the certain items and buildings when constructed by the colony. These style variants can be crafted if the colony has the selected style, or can be looted from raiders from factions with the requisite style.
<gallery>
Column.png          |Base variant
Spikecore column.png|Spikecore variant
Morbid column.png   |Morbid variant
Rustic column.png   |Rustic variant
Totemic column.png  |Totemic variant
Techist column.png  |Techist variant
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* ? - Added.

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