Area Attacks--Am I Missing Something?

[munin]

The Bombardment limitation (p. B111) will cause an area effect to attack some targets and not others. The Blockable limitation (p. P110) will allow Block or Parry active defenses. Resistible, DX (pp. B115, P105) will allow a DX roll to avoid the effect (without diving or retreating) -- Resistible, Dodge might be legal. Another way to build an "area effect" that can be dodged is to use Rapid Fire and require that the attack use the Spraying Fire mechanic (p. B409) to attack multiple hexes.