The Master Player's Book provides statistics for siege equipment and fortifications, as well as a system for handling sieges, the "Siege Machine" (based on the "War Machine").
Seige equipment, Master Players' book (pg. 25)
Sieges in D&D owe their lineage to the Siege of Bodenburg, a medieval miniatures wargame, run at the first Gen Con in 1968
There were 2-3 pages devoted to sieges in the Chainmail rules by Gygax and Perren, which were themselves inspired by the Siege of Bodenburg.
The section on "Construction and Siege" in the AD&D 1e Dungeon Masters Guide (pgs. 106-110) also covers siege equipment and rules.
I've always thought it would be fun to run a siege involving the Keep on the Borderlands using one of these systems, although have never gotten around to it.
Interesting you mentioned keep on the borderlands. Friend of mine who is our DM ran that scenario at a small convention where the players took a faction of the humanoids in the caves of chaos and work together to siege the keep on the borderlands. I thought that was a very fun idea and think it would be interesting to play so I totally agree with you on that.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it was a blast! It would be interesting to know what siege mechanics he used. I would favor the 1e DMG ones, for the Keep (as they were both written by Gygax)
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