Re: Before the machine gun

... there was an extremely nasty cannon shot: the "mitraglia" (I don't know
the right english term, so I'll use the italian). It was a load of smallish,
mixed junk like old nails, lead peebles etc, shot by a light bombard. The
"mitraglia" was used as extremely effective anti-personnel weapon at close
range (tipically in boardings).

Stats:

Mitraglia shot
(use only on light bombards)
note: ignores non-magical armor

range:
the mitraglia hits anything in a hemi-cone originating from the muzzle, 40
yd long, 25 yd diameter at the base.

personnel damage:
less than 10 yards from the muzzle: 4d6
10 to 20 yd: 3d6
20 to 30 yd: 2d6
30 to 40 yd: 1d6

hull damage: 1d2 - 1 at less than 20 yd, else 0

a crew hit by a mitraglia shot also has some penalties to morale (like the
penalties for hostile magic)








Silmacar Halfelven
Captain of the Guards of Cardolan

"Since this Galaxy began, vast civilizations have risen and fallen, risen
and fallen, risen and fallen so often that it's quite tempting to think that
life in the Galaxy must be
a) something akin to seasick - space-sick, time sick, history sick or some
such thing, and
b) stupid."


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