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Wooly Rupert
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I wanted to see if there was any info out there before I queried Ed... I'm not recalling having read any anywhere.
We know Waterdeep has a navy. Do we know how many ships, or their names? I've seen some ships listed before, but I believe it was all non-canon stuff.
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Kuje
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Posted - 26 Feb 2006 : 07:47:11
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Lady Kazandra
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Posted - 26 Feb 2006 : 07:49:25
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Maybe Steven or Eric have the occasional snippet of info sitting somewhere on there HDs that they could share...
I'd at least wait to hear from either of them before asking Ed.
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Dargoth
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Posted - 26 Feb 2006 : 13:50:23
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I wanted to see if there was any info out there before I queried Ed... I'm not recalling having read any anywhere.
We know Waterdeep has a navy. Do we know how many ships, or their names? I've seen some ships listed before, but I believe it was all non-canon stuff.
Wooly Wooly Wooly
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 26 Feb 2006 : 16:12:07
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I wanted to see if there was any info out there before I queried Ed... I'm not recalling having read any anywhere.
We know Waterdeep has a navy. Do we know how many ships, or their names? I've seen some ships listed before, but I believe it was all non-canon stuff.
Wooly Wooly Wooly
See page 34-35 of City of Splendors (The new one)
Well, that's about 55 ships, then... But we still don't have any names. |
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scererar
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Wooly Rupert
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ericlboyd
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Posted - 26 Feb 2006 : 20:07:05
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Sorry, not much in the way of cut Realmslore on Waterdeep's navy. I believe there might be some ship names in the rumors section of FR1 or FR5 or possibly City of Splendors [2e], but that's about it.
Here's one little tidbit of crunch. If you have Arms & Equipment Guide, this will make sense.
Raker: Colossal vehicle; Profession (sailor) +4; Spd wind x 25 ft. (nautical average), oars 20 ft. (nautical good); Overall AC –3; Section hp 60 (hardness 5); Section AC 3; Rigging 80 hp (hardness 0), AC 1; Ram 12d6; Face 80 ft. by 20 ft.; Height 10 ft. (draft 10 ft.); SA Ramming prow; Crew 120 (36 rowers, 70 marines); Cargo 5 tons; Cost 20,000 gp.
A raker can accommodate one heavy catapult, two light catapults, or two ballistas. Two launchesAEG are used as lifeboats and troop transports (not included in the price).
Striker: Gargantuan vehicle; Profession (sailor) +2; Spd wind x 15 ft. (nautical average), oars 10 ft. (nautical good); Overall AC –1; Section hp 40 (hardness 5); Section AC 3; Rigging 40 hp (hardness 0), AC 3; Ram 8d6; Face 60 ft. by 20 ft.; Height 10 ft. (draft 5 ft.); SA Ramming prow; Crew 36 (15 rowers, 15 marines); Cargo 5 tons; Cost 5,000 gp.
A striker can accommodate a single light catapult or ballista mounted on deck.
Transport: Colossal vehicle; Profession (sailor) –2; Spd wind x 15 ft. (nautical poor), oars 20 ft. (nautical average); Overall AC –3; Section hp 80 (hardness 5); Section AC 3; Rigging 160 hp (hardness 0), AC 1; Ram 18d6; Face 130 ft. by 20 ft.; Height 20 ft. (draft 15 ft.); SA Ramming prow; Crew 200 (160 rowers) (plus 200 passengers); Cargo 50 tons; Cost 30,000 gp.
A transport has enough flat deck space to accommodate three heavy catapults or six ballistas or light catapults. Twelve launchesAEG are used as lifeboats and troop transports (not included in the price).
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 Feb 2006 : 22:02:56
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Volo
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Posted - 27 Feb 2006 : 11:08:52
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| Unfortunately, the only sources I know of for ship names, namely Pirates of the Fallen Stars and Sea of Fallen Stars, don't deal with the Sword Coast. But they may have one or two references in there. Good luck! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 27 Feb 2006 : 16:19:00
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Well, that's about 55 ships, then... But we still don't have any names.
I did a quick scan of the PDFs for both Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast and Volo's Guide to Waterdeep in the hopes of finding some particular names for ships in and around Waterdeep, but found little.
I think it's time to go to Ed, or even Steven.
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 27 Feb 2006 : 17:06:48
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Well, that's about 55 ships, then... But we still don't have any names.
I did a quick scan of the PDFs for both Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast and Volo's Guide to Waterdeep in the hopes of finding some particular names for ships in and around Waterdeep, but found little.
I think it's time to go to Ed, or even Steven.
I'll ping Steven, first, before I add to Ed's load of questions... I"ve already got two outstanding requests in his pile already!  |
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