Doing anything with nothing

[mikeo80]

Some ideas I have had.

Punji sticks. Great for anti-personnel. IF you include the coating with s***, a potent biological warfare tool.

This is kinda out there, but at least possible. If you are running a game or campaign in the USA, and you are near a Civil War battlefield, re-use 12 lb. Napoleon Black powder. Really effective as an area denial tool. load the thing with double canister. Bronze is much more age resistant than iron. But not perfect. I would not be NEAR the thing when you set it off.

REALLY out there. Atl-atl. Spear throwers. You want to be quiet but still cause havoc. These things were used by our ancestors to bring down Mammoths.

Along that line, English long bow. Crossbow. IF you have time, material, manpower, Trebuchet. This last is very iffy at best. But hey, if you care enough to send the very best....Some armies used these to hurl dead cattle etc. into towns to spread disease. Or even simpler, if enemy is using a river as a water supply, a dead cow 5 miles upstream is REALLY ugly.

My $0.02

Mike