[Nereidalbel]

Originally Posted by Icelander

For defensive purposes, very practical. For offensive purposes, only if you are attacking something within a few hundred yards from deep water, where the ships that carry heavy artillery can sail.

The logistical situation for the ground war is somewhat odd. For the past winter, the Free Unther* side had been subject to a blockade of their remaining coastline and, in any case, were feeding hundreds of thousands of refugees. As a result, oxen, mules and horses had mostly died, been eaten or are so skinny that they are little use for warfare.

But now the Free Unther side more or less controls the seas, at least on the coasts in the northern parts of Unther, where the ground war has advanced, so they have fairly good mobility and logistics, as long as they stay near the coasts or near navigable rivers. Or near the Methmere, a huge freshwater lake near the western border of Unther. But inland, the Free Unther forces have very little mobility.

Do any mages know some form of spell to add levels of stretching to something? Ballistae that can be drawn back an extra 20ft without obscene amounts of material could be rolled up behind the lines of archers.