Parrot Rifle

The parrot rifles of the civil war were designed by a fellow, Parker Parrot. He was experimenting with cast iron cannons, as opposed to the brass napoleons and howitzers of the day. Cast iron was intriguing in that it helped open the door to gun rifling's, speeding projectiles on to great distances with notable accuracy. Their effective firing range was between 2000 and 3000 yards, much farther than the mountain howitzers 1000 yards of effective range. These guns were commonly used by both the Union and the Confederacy. Many versions of this gun were developed, the most common the 3” parrot rifle which was a ten pounder, but there were also 20 pounders, 30 pounders, 100 pounders, and the famous 200 pounder swamp angel siege guns. One side effect of using cast iron though, was their tendency to explode, them being much more brittle than the brass smoothbores. This could often be lethal to the gun crew, but they were still used due to their relative light weight and cheapness, accuracy, etc. As a precaution, they did wrap an iron band around the breach, which was the most dangerous part of the gun, however they would still explode, just farther up the barrel.

Information

Attacks (damage × count)

	canister	pierce	14 × 1	melee	(first strike, fireblast, slows, defend only)
	heavy shot	impact	11 × 3	ranged	(fire from hills, fire from fortifications, no counter-attack)
	shell	fire	8 × 4	ranged	(fire from hills, fire from fortifications, no counter-attack, stun)

Resistances

	blade	20%			pierce	20%
	impact	10%			fire	-10%
	cold	0%			arcane	20%