Hwacha: New Siege Weapon

[hkrile]

A hwacha or hwach'a (fire cart) was a multiple rocket launcher developed by Koreans and deployed in the defence of Korea against Japanese invasion in the 1590s. It had the ability to fire up to 50 singijeon, a type of fire arrow rocket, at one time. The hwacha consisted of a two-wheeled cart carrying a board filled with holes into which the singijeon were inserted.



I believe that a hwacha should do minimal damage to walls, but deal significant damage to other players. Because of this, the hwacha would be best suited to be used as a defensive building rather than offensive. That is to say someone could use the hwacha as a 2nd line offensive building, dealing damage to players after the walls are breached. The hwacha would be able to pepper a large area with its singijeon arrows. The hwacha would require that it be lit to fire off it arrows and can be manned to aim it at its targets. Players must have their perception and marksmanship to 50 to be able to man the hwacha, and must have criminal acts turned on to fire. and can only be loaded with singijeon arrows in order for it to launch the arrows.

To craft the hwacha would require:

30 boards
40 blocks of wood
10 bone glue
5 hardend leather
5 rope
and 10 brimstone

The singijeon would require

1 arrow
5 charcoal/black coal (fuel for rocket)
1 parchment (to wrap the charcoal around the arrow)
and 1 string (to create a fuse)

a singijeon cannot be fired from a bow, it must be used in a hwacha.

[Teleskop]

doesnt match the setting

before we add things like this we should have basics like lets say ballista

[MrPunchers]

We need black powder to fly these things, coal does not burn nearly fast enough to generate a force great enough to lift it. Also, why not just use Boar Spear they kill faster than this would for a cheaper cost and portability.

[azrid]

sulphur+charcoal+salt=gunpowder
But this seems very out of place in the game setting.

[Fostik]

Dont see any impulse mechanism on this thing. How is it working?

[Ysh]

rocket launcher developed by Koreans

Haven & Hearth is a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) set in a fictional world loosely inspired by Slavic and Germanic myth and legend.

Hmm...

[shubla]

I doubt gunpoweder fits in time of HnH.
More siege weapons should be added though. such as siege towers.

[LadyV]

No; wrong era, place, and progressing us to the gunpowder ages would undermine what is Haven.

[MrPunchers]

We need Trebuchets and Ballistas if any siege/village defense weapons are going to be added.

[MadNomad]

doesnt match thats not korea also this thing is weird xd and would be op even more than plain archery