OOC Continued: In thinking more about the doge and cover issue I think I both agree and disagree. <br><br> While I'm not sure what the effect would be on dodging. The people I have seen who are proficient at working in the rigging move pretty well but I'm not sure what it would be like if the were trying to dodge something, but they do have cover a mast is bigger than a telephone pole and if you were standing behind a telephone pole you would have pretty good cover . That said I think of the photos of civil war sniper who had excellent cover and was a probably a better shot than most of those shooting at him but while he may have fired a dozen shots he was fired on several hundred times and hit once. So he may have hit half of his targets but he may have been the only target for a battalion and they only had to hit him once. <br>
<br> In terms of game mechanics while the GM may asses a penalty (though I think it would be difficult because of historical precedent) for being in the rigging but even if he did it would probably be worth it since from that location he could hit targets such as a captain or pilot (which could change the outcome of the battle). These targets would have to much cover otherwise. There cover would include the side of the ship those lining the railings those firing volley fire (ie indirect fire) as well as masts rigging ships wheel etc. each of these layers of cover would effectively double or possibly even quadruple the range there is also a -5 modifier for firring from above. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:52 PM, John Stowman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnstowman@gmail.com">johnstowman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OOC: You do know that the normal place that archers were placed during the age of sailing ships was in the rigging. They were a target but it was also the best place for a sharpshooter to pick off the high value targets during ship broadsides. During the early days of black powder guns the long bow was much more accurate and so the best archer (long bowman in the case of the English) got the job as late as I believe the 1700s. He would be a sitting duck but there may be ways to modify that.<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Schnockel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dasandersx@comcast.net" target="_blank">dasandersx@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Kiet says, "Rigging is far too 'loose' for
archery...it's a poor stability platform...plus it makes the man on it a sitting
duck. He can be easily picked off as he cannot dodge at all."</font></div>
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</div><div><div></div><div><div>On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Mark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:love_to_travel_mark@yahoo.com" target="_blank">love_to_travel_mark@yahoo.com</a>></span>
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<div>Will looks the length of the ship and up to the rigging and says " having
an archer or two in the rigging would be a start"<br><br></div>
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