[net.games.frp] Historical note on catapults

robert@weitek.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) (03/31/86)

In article <745@rti-sel.UUCP>, rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Random) writes:
> I was recently
> playing in a campaign where the city I lived in (Irongate) was attacked
> by a well organized humanoid army. The party of about 12 characters
> levels 4..6 broke up into about 4 or 5 groups to play this. Some of the
> fighter types went on attack missions. Either defending the city directly
> or on a special mission, like to destroy a column of catapults known
> to be moving toward the city. (no trees in area, they had to be built
> elsewhere)

In reality, catapults were more often built out of timbers from barns
and houses. The wood is seasoned and straight, and there are almost
always plenty of buildings outside the walls to grab timbers from.
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