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Originally Posted by fredtheobviouspseudonym
There was a small book I read some years ago which described a gadget to estimate range. This was popular in the US Army c. 1880.
Essentially it was a milliradian gauge. There were markings on it for the height of the "average man" (then assumed c. 5'9") correlated to the range. The user held one end of a measured string in his teeth and extended the gauge to the end of the string to give a specific sight-radius for the gadget. He then placed the gauge so that a one mark was at the foot of the target man and another at his head; the second mark would give the range. I believe that some had similar markings for the "average horse."
While seeming very crude apparently an experienced user could get fair approximations of range. This assumed that the enemy would oblige you by standing straight up on the battlefield and that his person would be of 5'9" in height.
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I suppose this would count as equipment to get a bonus to the rolls above. I guess +2 or so would be fair.
01-14-2015, 07:17 AM
Re: Range assessment
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