Re: Re: Wooden Animals

From: Jeff Richard <richj_at_...>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:42:32 -0700

Except for the usual difficulties associated with using stone-thowing engines in a storm.

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Sent:	Fri Apr 16 11:26:13 2004
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Subject:	Re: Re: Wooden Animals

> I think the walls of Whitewall are actually made of thick stone - not
> turf. The only places to get a ram to them are the gates and up the
> ramp.

Okay. That makes stone-lobbing siege engines practicable (turf and the like are pretty impervious to any siege weapon designed to break a wall (rams, picks, stone or metal balls). Now if you had a *flying* ram, you could attack the walls directly...

RR
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