Airships

[Race]

Airships. Flying Fun. Has anyone taken a swing at these yet? Eberron or Otherwise? FFX_? I'd be interested in seeing some people weigh in on this!

[Doublebond]

I think one of the settings (I forget the name) for fantasy craft as flying ships of a kind. I don't recall the name.

Someone more intelligent than I will come along and produce it, surely.

[MilitiaJim]

Flying galleons are a key vessel in the Wyrmstone setting.

[Doublebond]

Flying galleons are a key vessel in the Wyrmstone setting.

See? I knew it was to be.

[Race]

do they have a firm system of contstuction and such already?

[ahzad]

do they have a firm system of contstuction and such already?

and are there ship to ship battle rules in the game? or if not how are they handled?

[Gentry]

At this stage, airship rules aren't heavily codified. The plan was to base airship combat on the chase rules, as two Highsailing ships fighting looks a lot like two submarines fighting, and the chase rules felt like a good tool for that. With Crafty potentially revising those for the future it felt like reinventing the wheel (and probably poorly) to do our own ship-to-ship combat rules.

That said, we'd love to see ideas from people fired up to write them up. So if you're into the idea, by all means lay it out.

[TheAuldGrump]

Yeah, I have to admit that I do not use airships as much as I would like for my steampunk game. In the setting they have big envelopes and large steam powered screws (props) on the sides of the gondola, somewhat akin to a steam powered heavy lift or Skyhook -


Look to see airships making a comeback in the years ahead.

Other flying machines in the setting include Kites (biplanes - both gliders and powered) and Screwjacks (four propped helicopters - tricky to fly, but very maneuverable - not much for legs though).

The Auld Grump