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Re: Pirate Game Questions
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:27:42 GMT
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> > 7. Tactical Question - It seems to us after playing, that its vastly
> > more effective to always aim at the deck and never bother with
> > grapeshot. It takes forever to do enough hull or rigging damage to make
> > them worthwhile. Grapeshot is just to risky and doesn't do enough
> > damage to justify the risk. I could see where in a campaign game if you
> > were just trying to escape another foe that rigging shots could be worth
> > it. Do you think we just aren't following the rules properly?
Hmmm, I put the grapeshot question to Mr. Jackson in the following
exhange:
SB: Why is there a -6 to hit with Grapeshot - it fires out of the cannon in
a cone, so it's pretty hard to miss at close-ranges. Wouldn't a harsher
range-modifier be better?
SJ: We've tried several things. I'm still not happy.
I decided on a -1 penalty to hit with grapeshot for every 6" you are
from your target. It seemed to work pretty well...
Steve
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> > Thanks in advance!
> > Roy
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> I'm not sure I agree with the results that you get from the rules as it
> stands, so I tend to feel it is a matter of balance. Historically, • shooting
> up the rigging (a favorite French tactic) didn't work that well in • actually
> winning a fight. If the other ship had carronades (short range cannons • that
> throw heavy shot), or I was trying to sail away, I'd think about it.
> Grapeshot was something you only really used prepatory to boarding (or
> preventing such). Hull shots: it wasn't that easy to sink a wooden ship
> quickly. But I'm not sure that aiming at the hull and the deck was
> something that was that precise. You could aim low, hoping for a below
> waterline hit, but you caused the most casualties with solid shot by • hitting
> the hull (flying splinters). I'm in favor of combining the two charts for
> solid shot.
>
> Hopefully Frank Filz will give you a response - I'd trust his opinion over
> mine in regards to the intent of the rules.
>
> Bruce
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