Caravel

Caravels are sturdy vessels, but not built for the open ocean. They are equipped for navigating coastal waters and carry twenty passengers comfortably. The lateen sails gave it speed and a capacity for sailing windward.

A caravel has the following features:

Ceilings. The ceiling of the caravel's lower deck, holds, and cabins are 8 feet high with 6-foot-high doorways.

Doors. The ship's doors are made of wood and have AC 15, 18 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A lock can be picked with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check made using thieves' tools, or the door can be forced open with a successful DC 20 strength (Athletics) check.

Footlockers. Footlockers on the ship are iron and have AC 19, 18 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage.

Light. Hanging lantern cast bright light throughout the ship.

Rigging. Rigging on the ship can be climbed without an ability check.

Sails. The ship has three 80-foot-tall masts with sails to catch the wind.

Example Crew

A caravel requires a large crew to properly sail the vessel. A caravel makes small coastal trips either used for scouting or patrols. If the characters are guests on caravel, the crew consists of the following creatures, all which have proficiency with water vehicles in addition to their normal statistics.

• One captain (bandit captain)
• Four other officers: a first mate, a bosun, a quartermaster, and a cook (nobles)
• Five soldiers (guards)
• Twenty sailors (commoners)

Caravel

Gargantuan vehicle (100 ft. by 20 ft.)

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• Creature Capacity 30 crew, 20 passengers
• Cargo Capacity 100 tons
• Travel Pace 5 miles per hour (120 miles per day)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	10 (+0)	14 (+2)	0	0	0

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• Damage Immunities poison, psychic
• Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious

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Actions

On its turn, the caravel can take 3 actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only 2 actions if it has fewer than thirty crew and only 1 action if it has fewer than fifteen. It can't take these actions if it has fewer than three crew.

Fire Ballista. The sloop-of-war can fire its ballista (DMG, ch. 8).

Fire Cannons. The sloop-of-war can fire its cannons (DMG, ch. 8).

Move. The caravel can use its helm to move with its sails. As part of this move, it can use its naval ram.

Hull

Armor Class 15

Hit Points 200 (damage threshold 10)

Control: Helm

Armor Class 15

Hit Points 50

Move up to the speed of the ship's sails, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the ship can't turn.

Movement: Sails

Armor Class 12

Hit Points 100; -10ft. speed per 25 damage taken

Speed (water) 45 ft.; 35 ft. while sailing into the wind; 60 ft. while sailing with the wind.

Special The caravel can only transverse coastal waters.

Weapon: Ballista (2)

Armor Class 15

Hit Points 50

Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) piercing damage

Weapon: Cannons (2)

Armor Class 19

Hit Points 75

Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 600/2,400 ft. , one target. Hit: 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage.

Guest Cabin and Brig

This cabin is meant for guests and visiting high ranking officials along for the journey. Since sloop-of-wars often have a greater need to house prisoners rather than guests, each bed aboard the vessel also has a set of manacles (see chapter 5 in the Player's Handbook) attached to its frame.

Hold

This area houses both passengers and cargo. The ship's off-duty crew sleeps on bedrolls among the crates and barrels of food, water, and other supplies.

Armory

The ship's supply of weapons and armor is held in this cabin. Its walls are fitted with built-in weapon and armor racks. the door to this cabin is usually locked, the key kept by one of the ship's officers.

Sloop-of-war

Sloops-of-war are warships with a single gun deck that carries 16 up to 18 cannons. The term encompassed all the unrated combat vessels, including the very small gun-brigs and cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fireships were classed as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were employed in the sloop role when not carrying out their specialized functions.

A sloop-of-war has the following features:

Ceilings. The ceiling of the sloop-of-war's lower deck, holds, and cabins are 8 feet high with 6-foot-high doorways.

Doors. The ship's doors are made of wood and have AC 15, 18 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A lock can be picked with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check made using thieves' tools, or the door can be forced open with a successful DC 20 strength (Athletics) check.

Footlockers. Footlockers on the ship are iron and have AC 19, 18 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage.

Light. Hanging lantern cast bright light throughout the ship.

Rigging. Rigging on the ship can be climbed without an ability check.

Sails. The ship has three 80-foot-tall masts with sails to catch the wind.

Example Crew

A sloop-of-war requires a large crew to properly sail the vessel. They normally carry some soldiers to fight battles and extra siege engineers to fire the siege weapons. If the characters are guests on a sloop-of-war, the crew consists of the following creatures, all which have proficiency with water vehicles in addition to their normal statistics.

• One captain (bandit captain)
• Five other officers: a first mate, a bosun, a quartermaster, a surgeon, and a cook (nobles)
• Twenty siege engineers (guards)
• Fifteen soldiers (guards)
• Twenty sailors (commoners)

Sloop-of-war

Gargantuan vehicle (120 ft. by 30 ft.)

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• Creature Capacity 60 crew, 40 passengers
• Cargo Capacity 100 tons
• Travel Pace 4 miles per hour (96 miles per day)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	7 (-2)	18 (+4)	0	0	0

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• Damage Immunities poison, psychic
• Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious

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Actions

On its turn, the sloop-of-war can take 3 actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only 2 actions if it has fewer than thirty crew and only 1 action if it has fewer than fifteen. It can't take these actions if it has fewer than three crew.

Fire Ballista. The sloop-of-war can fire its ballista (DMG, ch. 8).

Fire Cannons. The sloop-of-war can fire its cannons (DMG, ch. 8).

Move. The sloop-of-war can use its helm to move with its sails. As part of this move, it can use its naval ram.

Hull

Armor Class 15

Hit Points 400 (damage threshold 15)

Control: Helm

Armor Class 18

Hit Points 50

Move up to the speed of the ship's sails, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the ship can't turn.

Movement: Sails

Armor Class 12

Hit Points 100; -10ft. speed per 25 damage taken

Speed (water) 45 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 60 ft. while sailing with the wind.

Weapon: Ballista (7)

Armor Class 15

Hit Points 50

Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) piercing damage

Weapon: Cannons (16)

Armor Class 19

Hit Points 75

Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 600/2,400 ft. , one target. Hit: 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage.

Weapon: Naval Ram

Armor Class 20

Hit Points 100 (threshold 10)

The sloop-of-war has advantage on all saving throws relating to crashing when it crashes into a creature or object. Any damage it takes from the crash is applied to the naval ram rather than to the ship. These benefits don't apply if another vessel crashes into the sloop-of-war.

Superior Ship Upgrades

Some vessels possess extraordinary abilities, whether due to magic or superior artisanship. The upgrades below can replace a ship's existing components or provide a new element to augment a ship's abilities.

Adding an upgrade costs 15,000 gp and requires 1d4 weeks of work. During that time, the ship must remain in port. If the ship leaves, the work must start over, but you don't need to pay the gold piece cost a second time.