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Tango0103 Jan 2014 10:14 p.m. PST

Interesting article here.

"There is a great crashing sound, preceded by a series of thuds, all sharp and bone-jarring. Dust and loose mortar rain down on your exposed head, and you cough, hoping to clear your lungs. Grit fills your eyes, and just when you gain your bearings and stumble to your feet the same sharp pounding repeats.

Walls shift and glass shatters as the only world you know is bathed in a terrible hail of stones. This couldn't be happening. It shouldn't be happening. Heavy blocks are loosened and fall onto tables and chests, and doors splinter as though the foundations of the earth are in peril. The battlements are a storm of chaos and dust, but there is an unearthly moan just beyond bowshot.

Like a waking nightmare, giants groan in the morning haze. Their long arms sweep and swivel on an axis, clawing huge stones from the earth to pummel your walls. They never rest, and they never sleep. They are immune to sword and arrow. Armored knights on their proud destriers have small chance at striking fear in the hearts of these wooden beasts…"

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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

bsrlee04 Jan 2014 4:25 a.m. PST

He really has no idea about torsion artillery – catapults, ballistas and onagers/mangonels. There are better trebuchet sites in places like Denmark, and they have some nice videos of their engines shooting.

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