On me for not asking, but I just sort of assumed that gold spent would be 'found loot' and therefore stuff that was carryable and made sense as 'loot.'<br/><br/>I confess I'm not used to thinking of a ballista or trebuchet as 'loot.'<br/><br/>Aside from which, we're still besieged by an army. A couple of siege engines would annoy them, but not stop them. Siege engines are made for breaching walls or destroying enemy siege engines/siege towers so they can't breach your walls. They don't actually do much to inflict mass casualties on an enemy army and wouldn't much change the 'repel boarders' situation...Particularly since they're 'exotic weapons' that nobody has the proficiency for.<br/><br/>Nor did it occur to me to think of, say, buying twenty barrels of oil as 'loot.' I guess as a player I've been conditioned to think of the word as meaning portable, resellable goods, while large objects/supplies, etc., are placed in a given building/dungeon by the GM.<br/><br/><br/><br/>...And that's not your fault, either. It's just what I've become used to due to other DMs.