<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145962.msg6645403#msg6645403">Quote from: apostateCourier on 24-07-2012, 21:17:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, loathe as I am to outright contradict the GM, but the basic bomb does fire damage- quite clearly an incendiary.  If it was a concussive bomb, I'd need the Concussive Bomb discovery.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Sadly, with very few exceptions, involving acceleratants outside of a container, nearly every contained reaction, from a firecracker to a500 pound bomb produces a concussive effect when detonated. It's more the degree of the concussive power than whether it does damage or not. if you stick a cherry bomb under a bucket, you see how much concussive power that contains, even though on it's own, it's power is minimal.<br/><br/>in game terms, and in this instance, the point is mute as the ship's hull and the water beyond it would contain the explosive force of anything short of something actually pushed into the hull itself. The hull of sailing vessels of the period were on average 9 to 14 inces thick and seawater is an excellent reforcing element to keep a hole from being blown OUT. The most you SHOULD see is some sprung seams, and that's fairly easy to repair. Damage to hulls comes from explosions from outside the hull, where water magnifies the effect by forcing it into the point of least resistance... the air behind the hull... shockwaves will not become a facture until well into the 20th century.<br/><br/>The person in the room may not be happy though... it'll probably hurt more than the spider bite... but then, my favorite quote..<br/><br/>"What are you afraid of a fate worse than death?<br/><br/>"No! Just Death! Isn't that enough?<br/><br/>What, do you want to live forever?<br/>"No, just the rest of today."