Re: Spelljammer Construction System (Part II)

>>However, in general heavier weapons are
>>"heavier" due to the larger missles they use and the resulting increase
>>in damage.  Because of the missle's weight, heavier weapons should have a
>>shorter range.  Note that there are exceptions to this.
>
>This is not actually the case in actual ballistics.  Heavier weapons tend
>to produce greater ranges in the real world,  the old E=MV<squared> thing
>is sort of a cause of this.

Are the "actual balistics" you refer to current or medeaval? I ask simply
because it could make sense that a smaller weapon could have a longer range
simply because of the way that a ballista or a catapult produce and store
energy to hurl a 'payload.'  It seems to me that efficiency would rapidly be
lost when a seige engine is simply scaled up to accomodate more massive
projectiles.

Rick.