[quote=“jcd, post:738, topic:2160”]cannons!
tools of destruction found in some museums or crafted by an enterprising metallurgist.
maybe only limited to smoothbores initially.
Very heavy (you can only drag them around like bookcases), the player can (e)xamine them to load them and (e)xamine them again when loaded to fire. Can target only a 45degree cone in front of it.
Take a lot of gunpowder and a metal ball and convert them into a 10kg projectile moving at 450 m/s (or even use grapeshot that spreads in a 30degree cone and wipes an approaching horde) and a big boom that drags all zeds around to your location.
These could be static defenses for factions or the player, inefficient of course (but cool and very fun to use :)[/quote]
I’ve seen a cannon (claimed as an 1812-era naval piece? no idea) fire food-size cans that had been filled with cement. Looked impressive.