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[Derakon]

quote:Originally posted by RavingManiac:
<STRONG>Bundle multiple arrows together to create cluster rounds for ballistae    </STRONG>

Then hand one of the ballistae to a troll...

[Sean Mirrsen]

I've already made the arbalests. They kick (or rather, pierce) ass.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the compound bow design, other than the fact that dwarves are supposed to dislike bows, and there are better ways to make use of arrows.

[Wild Goose]

Maybe make...oh, what was the name from Krondor?  A Bessy Mauler.  A crossbow so big and powerful it fires full-sized arrows.  The Desert Eagle of Crossbows; a Hand Ballista.  Or maybe the Barret Crossbow.

Get a power boost but probably need a longer reload time...maybe have to use a mechanism in addition to the wood or bone or metal used in crossbow construction.  Maybe make it so you have to make it out of metal, to withstand the forces involved.
Hah, instead of the Bowyer's Workshop, have it constructed in the Siege workshop, from one or two (rather than the full three) siege weapon parts.
A siege part, a mechanism, and some metal, perhaps?

[Dr. Melon]

quote:Originally posted by Derakon:
<STRONG>Then hand one of the ballistae to a troll...</STRONG>

*IDEA*

Must get Terry Pratchett Mod. MUST MAKE. It begins now. Sapient Pearwood! Gnolls! Tourists! THE LUGGAGE (more than one, in the 5th Elephant)

[Deon]

quote:Originally posted by Sean Mirrsen:
<STRONG>and there are better ways to make use of arrows.</STRONG>

Like encrusting them with gems and selling to merchants? =)

P.S. You can't make any weapon at siege workshop.

[Wild Goose]

No, but you build siege parts.  Use one of those at the bowyers shop to produce a...'Skeletal Eagle'?  A 'Desert Carp'?

By the way, I've always wanted to refer to arrows as "Fin-stablized armor-piercing rounds".

[Deon]

Bowyer's workshop makes things of logs only (or bones). And you can't specify the material subtype too. So the bowyer will grab the first raw log/bone to do the work. No chance to use siege parts. And also if you'd make a thing at siege workshop it would be used as ammo for ballistae too.