Kobolds & Cannons (Small creatures crewing siege weapons)


Rules Questions


The rules for siege weapons say...

prd wrote:
The number of members in a crew assumes Medium creatures. A ram can be crewed by Small creatures, but it takes double the crew to do the same job. If Large or larger creatures serve as crew members, each Large creature counts as four crew members, a Huge creature counts as eight Medium creatures, a colossal creature counts as 16 Medium creatures, and a gargantuan creature counts as 20 Medium creatures.

What if a small creature is part of a (non-ram) siege crew? Do they count as a Medium creature? 1/2 a Medium creature? 1/4 of a Medium creature? Can they not help at all?

Can you make small siege engines that do less base damage but are crewed by medium creatures? Or is it just impossible for a group of kobolds to use a cannon?


Actually, on that note, does anyone understand the logic behind the scaling in that rule? x4, x2, x2, x1.25... It just seems kind of arbitrary.

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