Dice rules difference between cannon and mortar

[Kim Jong-un]

I have never played tabletop games before. I understand some range attacks have various attack damage dice rules. Can someone with tabletop experience kindly explain?

Thank you in advance

[Psycohitman]

the diff is simple. canon rolls 1-2=1 hit 3-4=2 hits 5-6=3 hits sixsided dice but for every hit the unit that get shot loses 2 HP per hit so u can one shot i giant. mortar rolls a D6 and hits with strength 4 but only deals 1 damage. so canon for single target mortar for big units

[Kim Jong-un]

Originally posted by Psycohitman:

the diff is simple. canon rolls 1-2=1 hit 3-4=2 hits 5-6=3 hits sixsided dice but for every hit the unit that get shot loses 2 HP per hit so u can one shot i giant. mortar rolls a D6 and hits with strength 4 but only deals 1 damage. so canon for single target mortar for big units

Thank you!

[Psycohitman]

Originally posted by Kim Jong-un:

Originally posted by Psycohitman:

the diff is simple. canon rolls 1-2=1 hit 3-4=2 hits 5-6=3 hits sixsided dice but for every hit the unit that get shot loses 2 HP per hit so u can one shot i giant. mortar rolls a D6 and hits with strength 4 but only deals 1 damage. so canon for single target mortar for big units

Thank you!

np, keep in mind that spearthrowers also hit for 2 damage per model, so its an awesome cavkiller

[Vihyungrang]

Theoretically Cannon for big monsters, mortar for elite infantry, and bolties for cav. In practice, the way you level them up changes things.

[Ilostmycactus]

You can add attacks to cannons too and make them crazy good.

[Jonkenden]

Originally posted by Psycohitman:

the diff is simple. canon rolls 1-2=1 hit 3-4=2 hits 5-6=3 hits sixsided dice but for every hit the unit that get shot loses 2 HP per hit so u can one shot i giant. mortar rolls a D6 and hits with strength 4 but only deals 1 damage. so canon for single target mortar for big units

Cannons can only oneshot giants in campaign after a few bonus hit upgrades, in MP it´s dealing 6 wounds at most and Giants pack 8. Still it´s dang effective

[=]

I had 330 or so kills with my dwarf cannon in my last campaign, thats about a third more than any other unit.

Generally, cannon is better for anything with more than a single wound (monsters, cavalry and artillery) as it hits automatically, has a high strength and does 2 wounds per point of damage.

Mortars/stonethrowers do more hits but only 1 wound per hit and at a lower strength so are better at infantry (particularly heavy infantry).

After a few upgrades though, both are good against literally everything. I strongly suspect that they will be nerfed, probably by limiting or removing the extra free hits that they can get.

[Kim Jong-un]

Can I ask, how effective is Veteran Accuracy (reroll 1s) as an upgrade for cannon? I went for it instead of Veteran Crew (I think it add one more attack).

[=]

The extra attack adds more consistency as it will literally prevent you only having a single attack.

Re-rolling 1 is not a terrible upgrade but I would always prioritise extra attacks and you can get the re-roll from other sources like the Dwarf engineer.