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2023-05-29, 03:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-05-29, 03:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Airship sources
I'm on the phone so I can't check the books, but a certain site lists there being airships in the DMG for just 20k, seems very cheap imo.
EDIT: I doubt there's a lot of rules for them, maybe there's some in Spelljammer you can use? I haven't read it, but it doesn't have good rep, so I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have rules for ship combatLast edited by Rukelnikov; 2023-05-29 at 03:37 PM.
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2023-05-29, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Airship sources
Typing "airship" into DDB shows a few hits for the DMG and Storm King's Thunder, plus of course a bit in the Eberron book. Looking at the DMG (P. 119) it does mention some basics that might happen if the party happens to own a ship, but ship-to-ship combat isn't really talked about. It mentions crew and cargo capacities as well as what would happen if someone were to attack the ship, but nothing about ship-to-ship combat or boarding actions.
"Airship" has stats, being mostly similar to sailing ships. You can add more detail, but the game still fundamentally expects that ships are a stage for the characters to act on instead of tools for the characters to actively use themselves. And in that sense the only difference between a seagoing vessel and an airship is that in the one people who fall overboard are screwed if they can't swim, while the other screws characters who can't fly.
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2023-05-29, 10:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Airship sources
You could probably hack some of the stuff from Spelljammer, you may need to tinker with the speeds (and I would make the onboard weapons alot stronger) but it should come in handy.
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2023-06-03, 11:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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There was a UA of ships
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2023-06-05, 11:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-06-06, 04:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Airship sources
Apart from DMG and the aforementioned Unearthed Arcana: Of Ships and the Sea (which, to be honest, is quite extensive and good source for the purpose), I still find it to be rather disappointing that THE 5th edition setting book that talks about having airships among other magical transport (Eberron: Rising from the Last War) doesn't have any (additional) rules for them.
Spelljammer, on the other hand, is more about "spaceships" which is different, and might not work that well for the purposes of airships.Last edited by Arkhios; 2023-06-06 at 05:17 AM.
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2023-06-06, 02:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Airship sources
I don't know any first party stuff, but there are lots of third party sources.
Bastian Press, Airships
Goodman Games, Aerial Adventures Guide, Sky Captain's Handbook
Just for two examples