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Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
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Date: 
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:33:44 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
In lugnet.castle, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:

Two words:  Murder Holes.

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...

"Machicolation"...

Franklin
(who stilll has his copy of the 1st edition AD&D DMG :-)



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  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
(...) (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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  Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
 
(...) 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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