Low Tech cannons mortars and shells

Anthony · 09-06-2023, 12:06 PM

The fragmentation rules generally scale a bit wrong -- it's too likely to hit at long range, too unlikely at short range -- and using them for area fire with bullets would have the same problem.

A reasonably realistic formula for whether area fire hits targets in the area is that the hit chance is 9 + (2x SM of target) + (SM for projectiles fired) - (2x SM of area).

09-06-2023, 12:06 PM	#11
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	Re: Low Tech cannons mortars and shells The fragmentation rules generally scale a bit wrong -- it's too likely to hit at long range, too unlikely at short range -- and using them for area fire with bullets would have the same problem. A reasonably realistic formula for whether area fire hits targets in the area is that the hit chance is 9 + (2x SM of target) + (SM for projectiles fired) - (2x SM of area). __________________ My GURPS site and Blog.