Orcish Onager

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Job: Ranger Family: Orcish Warmachines Weak to: Water Burning Circle Notorious Monster

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Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Horlais Peak				1	A, L, S, Sc ??? HP ??? MP
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Notes:

• Appears in the following BCNMs: Shots in the Dark
• Casts Bindga and keeps its distance.

Historical Background

The Onager is a siege engine used from the time of the Roman Empire to the Medieval Period. It is a catapult which slings stones with tremendous force using torsional pressure from twisted ropes around the solid wooden frame. Sometimes those stones were covered in flammable substances and set ablaze before being slung. It was mainly used for besieging forts or settlements. The Medieval Europeans also developed an Onager, but it was weaker than the Roman Onager. It was named after the Onager, also called the Wild Ass, a type of equine native to the Middle East & Indian Subcontinent, noted for its kicking action, which the functioning of the machine resembles.