Low Tech cannons mortars and shells

Polydamas · 09-07-2023, 02:16 PM

Rupert, that makes me think of a D&D-type mechanic for Cold War and later artillery where an explosion has a fragmentation radius, anyone within it is hit once, and anyone out to say three times the radius is hit by chance. (In D&D, maybe they get a Reflex or DX save).

If you assume that a standing soldier has an area of about 1 square yard or meter, then I think you could roughly estimate the chance of being hit at a given range by the ratio of the number of projectiles to the area of the end of the cone or the surface of a sphere at that range.

09-07-2023, 02:16 PM	#12
Polydamas Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Europe	Re: Low Tech cannons mortars and shells Rupert, that makes me think of a D&D-type mechanic for Cold War and later artillery where an explosion has a fragmentation radius, anyone within it is hit once, and anyone out to say three times the radius is hit by chance. (In D&D, maybe they get a Reflex or DX save). If you assume that a standing soldier has an area of about 1 square yard or meter, then I think you could roughly estimate the chance of being hit at a given range by the ratio of the number of projectiles to the area of the end of the cone or the surface of a sphere at that range. __________________ "It is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." H. Beam Piper This forum got less aggravating when I started using the ignore feature