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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1227637" data-attributes="member: 1656">I'm no authority, and I suspect there is a huge variation in the sizes of arrow slits.But interestingly, the only dimensions I found with a Google search - in a completely non-technical account, but it is at least describing a real English keep - were on <a href="http://www.sirguillaume.com/samples/AmericanKnight.html" target="_blank">this site</a>, which describes a particular arrow slit as being &quot;about two feet tall and about four inches wide&quot;.Which is about two-thirds of a square foot.So, while there are doubtless many arrow slits out there that you can get line of effect through, it's not guaranteed...... and it's likely that someone constructing fortifications in D&amp;D-land would take the one-square-foot requirement into consideration when planning his arrowslits.Slits of below-one-square-foot for your archers, with certain that could be widened with a shutter for when your defending casters wish to cast out at the attackers, for example.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1227637, member: 1656"] I'm no authority, and I suspect there is a huge variation in the sizes of arrow slits. But interestingly, the only dimensions I found with a Google search - in a completely non-technical account, but it is at least describing a real English keep - were on [URL=http://www.sirguillaume.com/samples/AmericanKnight.html]this site[/URL], which describes a particular arrow slit as being "about two feet tall and about four inches wide". Which is about two-thirds of a square foot. So, while there are doubtless many arrow slits out there that you [i]can[/i] get line of effect through, it's not guaranteed... ... and it's likely that someone constructing fortifications in D&D-land would take the one-square-foot requirement into consideration when planning his arrowslits. Slits of below-one-square-foot for your archers, with certain that could be widened with a shutter for when your defending casters wish to cast out at the attackers, for example. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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