anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down19
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 months agoFirst, you get an ogre to bend a tree down to the ground. Then you fasten a bucket to the top of the tree, and put a rock in the bucket. Then you tell the ogre to let the tree loose, and the rock flies out and smashes your enemy’s castle. This is the invention of the tree-bucket.
minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThat’s actually more of an onager-style catapult, not a trebuchet style one.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIf it doesn’t use real Asiatic wild ass, it’s not an onager, it’s just a sparkling mangonel.
First, you get an ogre to bend a tree down to the ground. Then you fasten a bucket to the top of the tree, and put a rock in the bucket. Then you tell the ogre to let the tree loose, and the rock flies out and smashes your enemy’s castle.
This is the invention of the tree-bucket.
That’s actually more of an onager-style catapult, not a trebuchet style one.
If it doesn’t use real Asiatic wild ass, it’s not an onager, it’s just a sparkling mangonel.