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Post by Nosferatu on Apr 19, 2005 7:49:05 GMT -5
Can you make a spell that creates the trebuchet, or in plainer terms catapult?
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Post by Diablo on Apr 19, 2005 10:43:33 GMT -5
1. no, xaa has already said it is for NPC's only
2. trebuchet and catapult are NOT the same thing
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Post by Thelzidra on Apr 19, 2005 18:15:46 GMT -5
1. no, xaa has already said it is for NPC's only 2. trebuchet and catapult are NOT the same thing Well...actually a Trebuchet is a type of catapult and was the most frequently used type of catapult in Medieval times. Others are the Mangonel, Ballista, Onager, Scorpion to name a few.
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Post by Xaa on Apr 20, 2005 6:37:02 GMT -5
Can you make a spell that creates the trebuchet, or in plainer terms catapult? If you mean the skull-headed catapult that the black bishops can summon, no, you can't create that spell. The main reason is game balance - you, the player, actually have a brain, and can cast the spell to devastating effect by simply being more careful when and where you cast it. The NPC's don't have brains, all they have is brawn. If you have the same spell, then they don't have any edge at all.
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Post by Xaa on Apr 20, 2005 6:37:46 GMT -5
1. no, xaa has already said it is for NPC's only 2. trebuchet and catapult are NOT the same thing Let's play nice, please. Not everyone has read the SN boards for two years, okay?
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Post by Xaa on Apr 20, 2005 6:48:58 GMT -5
Well...actually a Trebuchet is a type of catapult and was the most frequently used type of catapult in Medieval times. Others are the Mangonel, Ballista, Onager, Scorpion to name a few. This depends entirely upon the time period you are talking about, and the nation in question. Though historians are generally agreed on the terms they use vis-a-vis catapult, trebuchet, etc, historically the terms weren't that precise, and they changed as the centuries wore on. Remember, the middle ages is merely a name of historian's convenience, and covers an extremely broad period of time. Most historians agree the Middle Ages begins with the sack of Rome by Alarik and the Visigoths in 410 AD, but this is only a signpost on a very long and winding road which was the slow decay of the Roman Empire. When the Middle Ages ends is also a matter of debate. Though all historians agree the middle ages ends with the Rennaisance, the Rennaisance itself didn't all happen at once all over Europe - some areas entered the Rennaisance earlier than others. Generally speaking, most historians mark the end of the middle ages with Columbus' discovery of the New World in 1492, though one must bear in mind that in Western Europe, the political and socio-economic conditions that marked the Middle Ages would continue for another two to four centuries - or longer. Even at the beginning of WW2, there were still peasants in Russia living in mud huts. Regardless, if we agree that the Middle Ages begins with the Sack of Rome and ends with Columbus discovering the New World, then we're talking about a time period that covers over one thousand years of history - and encompasses all the nations of Europe with their varied languages, culture and history. During the middle ages, many different types of Siege Engines were, indeed, used - and many of them were invented by the Romans, and were used almost unchanged in the Middle Ages from the Roman designs. However, the names varied from nation to nation, they varied as the centuries rolled on, and which weapon was more popular than the others depended entirely on which nation you were talking about, and what point during the one thousand year span of the middle ages you're looking at.
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