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Siege engines are very particular mechanisms and many things can go wrong with them. They crit fail on a roll of 1 or 2. When they crit fail, they no longer function until they are repaired by a craftsperson with the relevant skill set. | Siege engines are very particular mechanisms and many things can go wrong with them. They crit fail on a roll of 1 or 2. When they crit fail, they no longer function until they are repaired by a craftsperson with the relevant skill set. | ||
== Examples of Siege Equipment | === Examples of Siege Equipment === | ||
[[Ballista]] | [[Ballista]] | ||
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[[Trebuchet (Automatic)]] | [[Trebuchet (Automatic)]] | ||
== Costs == | === Costs === | ||
Armies might implement one or more of these items when they lay siege to an enemy city. | Armies might implement one or more of these items when they lay siege to an enemy city. | ||
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|Ballista | |Ballista | ||
|4000 | |4000 | ||
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|Ballista (Portable) | |||
|1500 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|Battering Ram | |Battering Ram | ||
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|Catapult | |Catapult | ||
|5000 | |5000 | ||
|- | |||
|Siege Tower | |||
|8000 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|Trebuchet | |Trebuchet | ||
|9000 | |9000 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Trebuchet (Autmoatic) | ||
| | |20,000 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Watch Tower (Stone) | |Watch Tower (Stone) | ||
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|Watch Tower (Wood) | |Watch Tower (Wood) | ||
|6000 | |6000 | ||
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=== Specialty Ammunition === | |||
Besieging armies often bring specialty ammunition on their military expeditions, enhancing their siege weapons. Here are some example specialty munitions that an army might implement. Siege weapons can only use specialty ammunition if the ammunition is categorized as the same type (a ballista cannot fire any type of ball, for example). | Besieging armies often bring specialty ammunition on their military expeditions, enhancing their siege weapons. Here are some example specialty munitions that an army might implement. Siege weapons can only use specialty ammunition if the ammunition is categorized as the same type (a ballista cannot fire any type of ball, for example). | ||
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