Re: Wooden Animals

From: Oliver D. Bernuetz <bernuetz_at_...>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:46:09 -0000

And have we mentioned the mud yet? Lots and lots and lots of mud. Which is why they had to bring in the Seven of Vistur. No one else could build a ramp in that mess.

Oliver

> Except for the usual difficulties associated with using stonethowing
 engines in a storm.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson
> Sent: Fri Apr 16 11:26:13 2004
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> Subject: Re: Re: Wooden Animals
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> > 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.
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> 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...
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> RR
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