[B]A fine day for a sail![/B] [Archive] - Wizards Community

[B]A fine day for a sail![/B] [Archive] - Wizards Community

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wizard of Newfoundland
03-02-06, 07:12 PM My friends and I recently "aquired" :shifty: a sailing ship but we don't want to pay 20 people to row it for us (and I don't want dirty commeners eating my food,sleeping in my beds, and touching my stuff.) By what means do you think we could get the boat to effectivly move itself.

I've thought of two but I don't think they would work:

Have 20 oars enchanted with animated object (but I don't want to pay for 20 permancy spells)

Have a magic item that provides a permanet unseen hoard (but with a Strenght score of 2 each to move a ship I don't think so.)
Auorix
03-02-06, 07:16 PM If it has sails and you have a caster high enough level there are not only spells to provide it locomotion but to also tell it to move certain ways. Hell there is even a spell to make your ship sail underwater! All three spells are in the spell compendium.
Seeker95
03-02-06, 07:49 PM Pay* for the animated oars.

But you might want to get a few crewmembers that know what the hell they are doing. All the nimated oars can do is row. They can't watch out for rocks, sand bars, or approaching kraken.

*If you can't afford it, then you probably can't afford the ship in the first place. It's like a poor person winning a brand new expensive car. Sure, they can afford to put gas in it, but they can't afford the plates or the insurance. Soo... if you can't afford the permanencies, then consider permanently docking the ship and turning it into a landlocked houseboat. :P
Chrono Nexus
03-02-06, 09:40 PM Buy the services of an experienced captain who isn't bothered by undead being the crew. Most captains order around the crew anway, so the skeletons would be capable sailors(except for tying knots).
wizard of Newfoundland
03-03-06, 12:07 PM just a thought what about a permanet gust of wind and a set of sails?

would it work?
tarkin
03-03-06, 12:41 PM Yes. Anytime a boat entered the non-moving location of the gust of wind, the sails would fill and it would push the boat out of the way.

I can't however see it being attached to an object which you put behind the sails.
dvlsadvct
03-03-06, 12:57 PM Buy a cart full of fan feather tokens.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
wizard of Newfoundland 03-02-06, 07:12 PM	My friends and I recently "aquired" :shifty: a sailing ship but we don't want to pay 20 people to row it for us (and I don't want dirty commeners eating my food,sleeping in my beds, and touching my stuff.) By what means do you think we could get the boat to effectivly move itself. I've thought of two but I don't think they would work: Have 20 oars enchanted with animated object (but I don't want to pay for 20 permancy spells) Have a magic item that provides a permanet unseen hoard (but with a Strenght score of 2 each to move a ship I don't think so.)
Auorix 03-02-06, 07:16 PM	If it has sails and you have a caster high enough level there are not only spells to provide it locomotion but to also tell it to move certain ways. Hell there is even a spell to make your ship sail underwater! All three spells are in the spell compendium.
Seeker95 03-02-06, 07:49 PM	Pay* for the animated oars. But you might want to get a few crewmembers that know what the hell they are doing. All the nimated oars can do is row. They can't watch out for rocks, sand bars, or approaching kraken. *If you can't afford it, then you probably can't afford the ship in the first place. It's like a poor person winning a brand new expensive car. Sure, they can afford to put gas in it, but they can't afford the plates or the insurance. Soo... if you can't afford the permanencies, then consider permanently docking the ship and turning it into a landlocked houseboat. :P
Chrono Nexus 03-02-06, 09:40 PM	Buy the services of an experienced captain who isn't bothered by undead being the crew. Most captains order around the crew anway, so the skeletons would be capable sailors(except for tying knots).
wizard of Newfoundland 03-03-06, 12:07 PM	just a thought what about a permanet gust of wind and a set of sails? would it work?
tarkin 03-03-06, 12:41 PM	Yes. Anytime a boat entered the non-moving location of the gust of wind, the sails would fill and it would push the boat out of the way. I can't however see it being attached to an object which you put behind the sails.
dvlsadvct 03-03-06, 12:57 PM	Buy a cart full of fan feather tokens.