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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9196106" data-attributes="member: 23751">Sorry.&nbsp; I didn't realize we were just talking about one of those tiny desk cannons that's really just an oddly shaped gun.&nbsp; I thought we were talking about an actual cannon like you'd see on a pirate ship which isn't going to be loaded in 1 round, let alone 3 actions. And would also take multiple rounds to aim.&nbsp; Firing is pretty quick, though.A good crew took about 30 seconds or 5 rounds to load a cannon.&nbsp; That's an entire good crew, not one BBEG.&nbsp; One BBEG is going to have to ask the group to hold on for about 10 rounds so that he could load the sucker.&nbsp; Then it took another 30 seconds to aim and fire.&nbsp; One cannon commander in a controlled experiment managed to fire 60 aimed shots in an hour.&nbsp; Of course, he wasn't firing at 4 quickly moving PCs, either.No.&nbsp; Aiming at a castle the crews could get off one shot every 10 rounds.&nbsp; At the castle.&nbsp; The BBEG by himself would take far longer.&nbsp; And none of them would be able to adjust that aim quickly enough to hit a small group of individuals, which is why they were generally fired into entire advancing armies and not individuals.&nbsp; Unaimed shots were faster and when you had thousands of people who were fairly close together, it was effective since there was a good chance you'd hit someone or even a few someones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9196106, member: 23751"] Sorry. I didn't realize we were just talking about one of those tiny desk cannons that's really just an oddly shaped gun. I thought we were talking about an actual cannon like you'd see on a pirate ship which isn't going to be loaded in 1 round, let alone 3 actions. And would also take multiple rounds to aim. Firing is pretty quick, though. A good crew took about 30 seconds or 5 rounds to load a cannon. That's an entire good crew, not one BBEG. One BBEG is going to have to ask the group to hold on for about 10 rounds so that he could load the sucker. Then it took another 30 seconds to aim and fire. One cannon commander in a controlled experiment managed to fire 60 aimed shots in an hour. Of course, he wasn't firing at 4 quickly moving PCs, either. No. Aiming at a castle the crews could get off one shot every 10 rounds. At the castle. The BBEG by himself would take far longer. And none of them would be able to adjust that aim quickly enough to hit a small group of individuals, which is why they were generally fired into entire advancing armies and not individuals. Unaimed shots were faster and when you had thousands of people who were fairly close together, it was effective since there was a good chance you'd hit someone or even a few someones. [/QUOTE]

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