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Re: Artillery

He has a point.  Anyone wanna up the range for ballistae?

Joel


On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Rick Myers wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Looking through the book (plotting :)...heh) I noticed a possible 
> problem with the new missile weapons.  The current ranges of the Keiron 
> Bow and Gramshire XBow (360 ft) give them ranges superior to that of a 
> Ballista ( 200ft non-torsion, 300 ft torsion).  It doesn't make sense to 
> me to have hand held crossbows with superior performance to an artillery 
> peice based on crossbow design.  Either there is an imbalance here, and 
> the new weapons need to be re-written, or we need a Gramshire Ballista.  
> IMHO, I think both would be a good idea.
> 
> Later,
> Rick
> 
> 
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