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====Field Ballistae====

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Similar to the Onager, Field Ballistae are another torsion powered siege weapon.  These are somewhat more elaborate and large; their destructive power that of springs and flexed wood.  These ballistae are able to fire one of a number of different ammunition types- grapeshot, armor piercing spears, so on.  While less effective at destroying fortified buildings, field ballistae are a menace to large blocks of infantry, the bolts tearing through enemy ranks with surprising ease.

90 pts per artillery. Support. Skirmish, Artillery, Imperial.  1 to 3 artillery per unit.

25mm x 25mm base(crew). 50mm x 100mm base(ballistae).

Field Ballistae Unit

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! WS
! BS
! S
! T
! W
! I
! A
! Ld
! Mg
! Sv
|-
| Ballistae
| -
| -
| -
| 7
| 4
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| Crewman
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 5+
|-
| Engineer
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 5+
|}

'''Crew:''' 4 Crewman

'''Wargear: '''
Hand Weapon, Plate Armor. 

'''Special Rules:''' 
Ballistae: Ballistae are made up of crew and the actual artillery piece, with oncoming ranged attacks being split between the two(see rules for artillery in the Scrollhammer rulebook).  The Ballistae models may not move, only pivot, and requires at least one crewman to make use of the special shooting attack. If a Ballistae unit is forced to Fall Back while not locked in combat, and contains one or more artillery pieces, instead remove an artillery piece as a casualty.

Each shooting phase, the unit may choose to fire single bolts, or a grapeshot of rocks, with the following profiles-

*Single bolt: Move or Fire 1, 48” range, S6 AP6, Multiple Wounds (d3), rolls 3d6 for armour penetration against buildings. For each unsaved wound(before muliplying) caused by a Single Bolt shot, resolve a hit at -1S -1AP against the closest model(randomly chosen if tied) in that same unit that is directly behind the wounded model(from the perspective of the shortest distance that can be fired between the Ballistae artillery pieces and the unit being shot at).

*Grapeshot: Move or Fire 3d6(roll number of shots for each model each time), 36” range, S4AP0

Mechanical: The Ballistae model is Immune to Poison and Immune to Disease.

Each artillery unit may: 

*Upgrade one model to Engineer(+1 BS, +1 Ld) for +10 pts 

*Take shields for each model for +1 pt per model

Each Engineer may replace his or her armor with Glass Armor for +4 pts