Ta'Vaalor/Defenses
Ta'Vaalor uses town defense systems as detailed below. The Crimson Legion helps to defend Ta'Vaalor as well.
Ballista
Ballistae are large siege weapons usually located in towers which are designed to fire sharpened logs in a similar manner to crossbows, but with considerably more destructive power. The ballistae can be used to fire normal sharpened logs, or blessed logs for use against undead invaders. The towers also often house cabinets for storing arrows/bolts for used with ranged attacks made through the windows. More information is available at town defense systems.
- LOOK BALLISTA to see the ballista's status.
- Load the ballista if necessary. GET LOG, LOAD BALLISTA, PULL BALLISTA
- PEER BALLISTA to see what its aiming at (and to see if there's anything to fire it at).
- Old model - TURN BALLISTA to move it toward a different window (to PEER anew).
- New model - TURN BALLISTA towards a specific compass direction and aim at different distances with PUSH BALLISTA
- FIRE BALLISTA
Notes: There is considerable roundtime associated with GET and PULL when loading the ballista; it is helpful to work in teams.
Ammunition
Logs for use with ballistae can be gathered in certain forests by using any axe-type weapon and CUTting a tree. There is considerable hard roundtime associated with this and it takes a number of CUTs to fell a log. For this reason, it's advantageous to work in groups. Once a log has been felled, CUT the log again to sharpen it into a sharpened log. At this point, it can be used in a ballista on living creatures. A cleric must bless the log and turn it into a white sharpened log to use it against the undead. Logs can be stockpiled in ballista towers for later use and will not be lost to the janitor.
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