Ballista

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Ballista
Released							23 July 2002 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest							Tree Gnome Village
Location							Battle Field
Actions							fire
Examine							It's a war machine
Map
Advanced data
Object ID							388

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SMW Subobject for BallistaObject ID: 388Is variant of: Ballista

SMW Subobject for largespearObject ID: 389Is variant of: Ballista

The ballista and largespear together, with a player to scale

Ballista is a gnome weapon in the Battle Field north of Gnome Maze. It is used during Tree Gnome Village quest to pierce through the wall in Khazard building to the north. The machine requires three coordinates from each Tracker gnome: height, x and y.

The huge arrow fired is called largespear. It has an examine option, but no examine text defined.

In order to fire the Ballista, repairs must first be made. Commander montai requests the player's help in obtaining some logs to make the repairs during the Tree Gnome Village quest

When the Ballista is fired, the largespear disappears for 30 game ticks, about 19 seconds. During this time, if the Ballista is attempted to be fired again, it is able to fired just fine without checking if the largespear is there or not.

Once the player correctly inputs the coordinates of the Khazard defenses, and the largespear successfully crumbles the Khazard walls, the Ballista is unable to be fired again.

Messages

Prior to quest

The ballista is damaged

It cannot be used until the gnomes have finished their repairs

After giving wood to commander montai

To fire the ballista you Must first set the coordinates

Set the height coordinate to

• coord 1
• coord 2
• coord 3
• coord 4
• coord 5

Set the x coordinate to

• coord 1
• coord 2
• coord 3
• coord 4
• coord 5

Set the y coordinate to

• coord 1
• coord 2
• coord 3
• coord 4
• coord 5

You fire the ballista

The huge spear flies through the air

Correct coordinates

And screams down directly into the Khazard stronghold

A deafening crash echoes over the battlefield

The front entrance is reduced to rubble

Incorrect coordinates

Straight over the khazard stronghold

Into the valleys behond

You've missed the target

After the front entrance is reduced to rubble

The ballista has been damaged, it is out of use

Trivia

• The internal model name of the Ballista is "catabow", and for largespear is "catabowarrow". Both the words "Catabow" and "Ballista" seem to accurately describe the ancient medieval weaponry used by the gnome troops.