Will there be any offical rules for Naval Combat for 5e?
I'm hoping for an eventual supplement with this type of content. Something that includes naval combat, as well as other maritime adventure material; things such as: ship deckplans, crew and armament specifics, and outfitting information; underwater society details; waterbourne random encounter tables for oceans, rivers and lakes; tidal effects and tendancies; maritime skills; etc.
I have a sneaking suspicion we won't have anything offical from WotC though, most likely a 3rd party. Though while looking for something, I found this http://blogofholding.com/?p=6415 I would love to make this a little more inline with 5e.
I'd love to see this as well, since I've been planning martime adventures in my new 5E game.
I run a game and play in another. The game I am playing in, we started on a ship, heading south along a coast line to get to a city. But I doubt that we will be encountering any ship to ship combat in that game, maybe just a storm.
I would be curious to see the Naval rules from the DMG2 for 3.5.
Magistus71 wrote:
I forgot to look last night (I added a reminder for myself for tonight) but I was checking out D&D classics, there is a 2e rulebook DMGR9 Of Ships and the Sea (2e)
There's also Stormwrack (2005)
Because now you've got me thinking about my next campaign being a sea-going adventure. 
I looked at the rules in Stormwrack, not digging them. The rules I found on Blog of Holding, are very workable, but but updated for advantage/disavantage in the optional rules portion.
So, if there are no rules in the DMG, who is up to making the rules on Blog of Holding, more 5e campatible? The other thing I am looking or is mass combat rules, which I guess ties in to ship to ship.
DMGR9 Of Ships and the Sea for 2E was indeed a hella supplement if you wanted detailed Naval Combat rules.
Worth getting on PDF.
I have it lying around somewhere...
Illithidbix wrote:
I'm really hoping the DMG covers some of this.
My homebrew game is going to consist of Aboleths and the Kraken as the BBEGs, and will be VERY water-themed. Merfolk, Kuo-Toa, and all sorts of aquatic creatures. The Aboleths and their perfect memories of millenia-gone-by, is also going to be the major hook for one of my PCs. A Warlock who's pact is with the Great Old One. Abberations abound! I'm hoping he'll take the hook of those perfect memories, since some of his features and Traits from his Hermet background is the insatiable quest for knowledge that eludes him.
Naval Combat throughout the editions.
http://blogofholding.com/?p=6405
Super simple Naval Combat for any edition.
I have seen those, and actually link to the second one previously in this thread. How would we go about making the version for Any Edition 5e friendly?
I'm actually midway through creating a compatable naval combat system that tries to get the flavor of naval combat (maneuvering, weather gage, team-effort) but without getting ludicrously over-complex. The main issue with it is that I've not fully described all the systems involved, and each ship must be built and tested before it can be applied to the game (I've only tested three so far. Once there was a larger database, it'd be more concise.) For the record, this campaign's technology is Age of Sail, so cannon and gun powder are present, however it would be easy to convert the ruling made therein for ballista. The rules are also meant to be compatible with oar-based ships as well, so earlier settings are also viable.
I can post a read-only link here, though I do intend for it to be submitted for review in the DM help section eventually.
Nachturnus wrote:
PM'd you the link to the Gdoc.
Nachturnus wrote:
I would encourage you to take a second look at Stormwrack. It really does work well. We used the rules in there for ship chases and Naval combat and had no real trouble at all. I remember it went very smoothly.
Someone on Reddit, just shared this.
http://tribality.com/2014/12/26/naval-combat-rules-dd-5th-edition-part-1/
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