Re: [Fwd: (TFT) Seige Weapons]

[srydzews@ix.netcom.com]

On 10/05/99 17:55:09 shadowhex@hotmail.com wrote:
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>>Stan
>
>Here are some alternates to gunpowder weapons or bullets/bombs.
>
>There is the possibility of steam cannons.
>
>Also, with alchemy being able to produce all sorts of stuff, I'm sure its 
>only a matter of time when the chemist and the alchemist will develop a 
>cheap form of instantly expanding gas that does not require gunpowder.
>
>And what about the Wizard who controls a wind elemental to heave the load 
>out of the tube?

An excellent point.  For anyone who doubts that such a thing is possible,
consider the two "dynamite cruisers" of the US Navy in the latter half of the
19th century.  They used compressed air to throw a 500# dynamite charge up
to a mile and a half!  

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Stan

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