How fast are the skiffs from WotVB [Archive] - Wizards Community

How fast are the skiffs from WotVB [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Andrus_Shade
01-19-05, 06:52 AM I'm preparing to run the airship battle with the group i dm and i am trying to figure out how fast the skiffs move. all it says is that they are short range craft. The airships cruise at 20 mph, so i am guessing the skiffs can sprint at a higher speed for a short period of time. Just wondering if anyone had heard and official (or unofficial) description of the skiffs.
OS2nLinux
01-20-05, 12:58 AM I may be wrong, but someone once said that Eberron is like the days after WWI. If so, I'd use bi-plane speeds and behaviors for the skiffs. Except skiffs can hover.

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StinkyNutz
01-20-05, 12:52 PM They move at the speed of plot...or in other words, as fast as you need them to go.
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Tengu1958
01-20-05, 01:18 PM The Earth Elemental Cart from SotLW cruised at 15MPH and 90' each round. Therefore I would extrapulate that a skiff could cruise at 120' a round and take it from there.
Reylan Talonspyre
01-20-05, 01:38 PM 20 to 25 miles per hour would be fine, they are just not very comfortable. I think more of the little skiffs used in Return of the Jedi when the heroes were on Jabba's sail barge. That will make my players smile a bit when we get to that part I am sure.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Andrus_Shade 01-19-05, 06:52 AM	I'm preparing to run the airship battle with the group i dm and i am trying to figure out how fast the skiffs move. all it says is that they are short range craft. The airships cruise at 20 mph, so i am guessing the skiffs can sprint at a higher speed for a short period of time. Just wondering if anyone had heard and official (or unofficial) description of the skiffs.
OS2nLinux 01-20-05, 12:58 AM	I may be wrong, but someone once said that Eberron is like the days after WWI. If so, I'd use bi-plane speeds and behaviors for the skiffs. Except skiffs can hover. -
StinkyNutz 01-20-05, 12:52 PM	They move at the speed of plot...or in other words, as fast as you need them to go. ;-)
Tengu1958 01-20-05, 01:18 PM	The Earth Elemental Cart from SotLW cruised at 15MPH and 90' each round. Therefore I would extrapulate that a skiff could cruise at 120' a round and take it from there.
Reylan Talonspyre 01-20-05, 01:38 PM	20 to 25 miles per hour would be fine, they are just not very comfortable. I think more of the little skiffs used in Return of the Jedi when the heroes were on Jabba's sail barge. That will make my players smile a bit when we get to that part I am sure.