Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
I agree Dobbs.
A mortar shell is certainly also an anti personnel weapon, and on a ship hit should also stand a good chance of setting fire to it. Not sure about impact value of those old shells on ships though. Would they be likely to fragment on impact or plunge through a deck before exploding? This presupposes that the fuse is cut accurately and does not air burst.
Rob.
I'd expect airburst to be nasty on sails and exposed crew like topmen. Maybe draw a chit for fuse timing and then draw damage based on that. Say 2-3 E (crew) chits for an airburst? (How much of a man-o'-war's crew would typically be above the weather deck in battle anyway? I'd assume most would be between gun crews, running the rigging or musketeers/riflemen...)