Low Tech cannons mortars and shells

[Polydamas]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

It certainly shouldn't only attack one target, which seems to be a consequence of the rules as written. Canister, shrapnel, and beehive all seem to be missing anything about the size and shape of the sheaf. Although I would love to be proven wrong about this.

It seems like none of the rules are great for representing these rounds (or indirect machine gun fire).

• Plain old RoF: does not let you attack everyone in an area
• Cone + Bombardment: chance that any one target is hit is always the same anywhere in the area of effect
• Suppression Fire: officially only covers a two-yard wide path
• Fragmentation: assumes spherical not conical scatter

On the balance, I think something similar to the Fragmentation rules would be best for these munitions (and this use of high-rate-of-fire weapons such as MGs or a whole battalion of bolt-action rifles), but you would want to tweak the math for weapons which scatter projectiles in a cone rather than a sphere.