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(...) ...while crossing the moat to *get* to the window, I was going to say. :D (...) Two words: Murder Holes. eric (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Right. :) (...) Those are the name for the holes in a gatehouse floor. There is another name for the ones on the parapets, but I can't remember the word... I think it starts with "mach"... Hmm... time to find some of my castle guidebooks... (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "Machicolation"... Franklin (who stilll has his copy of the 1st edition AD&D DMG :-) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Cool, thanks. :) (...) Don't have that one, but I have a bunch of other 1st Ed. books. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (pulls an old, worn 1st edition DMG from the bookshelf in his office) I quote... Machicolation: This is a stone projection which moves the battlement out over the outer face of the wall. It has spaces in the stone flooring which allow missiles (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Where's the fun in that? ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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