Siege Equipment Costs (5e Variant Rule)

Siege Equipment Costs

Page 255 of the DMG makes it fairly obvious that siege equipment is not intended to be a core part of 5e's gameplay. But sometimes your players want to buy a ballista to mount to their wagon or craft a siege tower on site before raiding the BBEG's foul fortress. This page is meant to paint in that gap with the following prices:

Equipment	Cost	Ammunition	Weight	Period
Ballista	1,000 gp	1 gp	450 lb.	Traditional
Cannon	5,000 gp	5 gp	2,000 lb.	Renaissance
Cauldron, Suspended	200 gp	20 gp	100 lb.	Traditional
Mangonel	2,000 gp	2 gp	7,500 lb.	Traditional
Ram	400 gp	—	300 lb.	Traditional
Siege Tower	800 gp	—	20,000 lb.	Traditional
Trebuchet	3,000 gp	3 gp	15,000 lb.	Traditional
Boilerdrak	4,000 gp	20 gp	1,000 lb.	Traditional
Gnomeflinger	1,200 gp	—	7,500 lb.	Traditional

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