House Rule Ruminations - Small Ship Gunnery vs. Big Ships
It seems a little incongruous that, chit for chit a frigate armed with 12pdr guns can cause the same degree of damage to a first rate as a ship of the line with 32pdrs. The number of chits drawn reflects weight of fire, the target burthen reflects damage withstand, but the damaging potential of different types of ordnance could be better represented. Here's an idea on how to cover this, if one so chooses.
Ships armed with 12pdr guns (light frigates or smaller) ignore damage chits of 3+ when firing at ships of the line and 4+ when firing at heavy frigates (e.g. US 44s, RN 44 Razees)
Ships armed with 18pdr guns (medium frigates or smaller) ignore damage chits of 4+ when firing at ships of the line and 5+ when firing at heavy frigates (e.g. US 44s, RN 44 Razees)
These restrictions do not apply when stern raking
"Ignored" chits are returned to the chit pool
This is just an early idea, thoughts and suggestions welcomed.:salute: