Re: questions

William Weigand (rww@ica.net)
Sat, 08 Nov 1997 17:11:59 -0500

Dear Questioner,

>1)I have a little question about the defense of a castle .
> Do all the units receive the defense-bonus?
> for example: undead, ghost warriors, demons
> animals like giant lizards or dragons
> people like peasants, workers or pirats etc...

According to the rules, they do.

>2)According to the rules archers and crossbowmen receive their
> missile value or their offense value whichever is higher
> Does this mean that crossbowmen in the first line have an
> offense of 25 instead of 1 ?

Apparently so, though I have recently been wondering about the realism
of this very rule. How can a crossbowman make use of a weapon which often
takes upwards of a minute to reload, while a swordsman is standing right in
front of him, swinging his longsword?

Yours truly,
William Weigand
Clan Dragonsbane
Standing in for the Answer Guy

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