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#1 quoin Aug 15, 2010 4:54:41	The Dark Sun Campaign Setting book lists a few new modes of transportation, two of which are vehicles. The Sand Skiff is listed as being 2x3 squares, and the Silt Skimmer is 5x10. It'd be neat to see some figs or something buildable for these, like the wagon in the recent tileset, or like they have for the star wars desert skiffs. Hell, I'd even be happy with some decent pictures of them, so I could make my own for figs on our maps. There's not a lot to go on, besides the description. I think there's one picture of a skiff, towards the back of the book, but nothing really inspiring,
#2 mouthymerc Aug 15, 2010 6:39:23	This is a silt skimmer. Couldn't find a rendition of a Dark Sun sand skiff, but they are modeled somewhat on these vehicles.  Bigger, though, so they can carry passengers or cargo.
#3 quoin Aug 15, 2010 9:41:07	It's a start. I figured it was along those lines. And if it's 2x3, every space is able to be occupied by a character (holds 6 medium creatures + gear). I'll probably end up making something for figs, or even just using the wagon, since it's the same area.
#4 Pennarin Aug 15, 2010 11:55:42	They seem to have phased out psionic-powered silt shooners (as opposed to skimmers). Maybe in a later DDI article. In 2e Androponis' entire military fleet was psionic-powered, and IIRC the Dragon might have had a few in his pocket as well, for launching war campaigns involving his armies and Dead Lords.
#5 Tectuktitlay Aug 15, 2010 14:06:13	They seem to have phased out psionic-powered silt shooners (as opposed to skimmers). Maybe in a later DDI article. In 2e Androponis' entire military fleet was psionic-powered, and IIRC the Dragon might have had a few in his pocket as well, for launching war campaigns involving his armies and Dead Lords. No, they still mention silt schooners...in the Balic section.  So, schooners are still around but entirely unique to Balic.  In my campaign, schooners are more common amongst the wealthy, including merchant houses.  Balic has the largest fleet, but not the only fleet.  Skimmers are for the poorer, who cannot afford to rely on an expensive psionic navigation orb and the appropriately-trained folks to go along.
#6 Pennarin Aug 15, 2010 15:12:02	I don't recall any mention of ships without wheels, or psionic-powered. I'll check it out later.
#7 el_ahrairah Aug 15, 2010 21:13:50	One of Paizo's recent map tile sets has some really great ships to use, here.
#8 Tectuktitlay Aug 15, 2010 22:57:33	I don't recall any mention of ships without wheels, or psionic-powered. I'll check it out later. They just mention schooners by name.  They don't go into any more detail, yet leave it open to anyone who has read the Pentad.
#9 quoin Aug 19, 2010 19:40:41	One of Paizo's recent map tile sets has some really great ships to use, here. That link seems dead, what's the product name? I'd love to see what they have and consider my options.
#10 quoin Aug 19, 2010 19:54:50	One of Paizo's recent map tile sets has some really great ships to use, here. Er, nevermind, it's showing up now. Weird, before it was giving me a dead link message.
#11 Pennarin Aug 19, 2010 21:39:28	I see they call them dromonds, not shooners, and they mention they are psionically-powered and hover above the silt.