Low Tech cannons mortars and shells

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Anthony

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).

They also understate how many fragments you'll likely get hit by when very close, and overstate how many you'll get hit by at longer distances.

Part of this is a problem with the rapid fire rules - they assume that lots of shots/fragments in the air both increases hit chances and increases the number of hits you'll take, and this is correct sometimes, but not all the time.