Which risk increases when early medieval fortifications employ weaker motte-and-bailey wall construction?

💡 Explanation

Defenders faced increased sapping risk because the Erosion processes of digging underground could destabilize the wooden walls of a motte-and-bailey, therefore leading to collapse of fortification rather than direct assault. Projectile trajectories are unaffected.

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