5E - Ships of the Realms

# Ships of the Realms

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# Ships of the Realms

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### 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)

#### Main deck
The main deck of the ship has the following features:

**Ballista.** Six **ballista** (*DMG*, ch. 8) are attached to the main deck. Ten ballista arrows are stacked and secured nearby each one.

**Hatch.** A covered, 10-foot-square opening leads to the lower area.

**Railing.** The main deck has a 3-foot-high rail around its perimeter that provides half cover for Medium creatures and three-quarters cover for Small creatures behind it.

**Rowboats.** Four rowboats are stacked on top of each other on this deck. Ropes and pulleys can hoist these boats in and out of the water.

#### Officers' Quarters
Four beds stand in the officers quarters. Beneath each is an iron footlocker that holds the officers' belongings. The officers sleep in shifts so someone remains on duty to command the crew and carry out the captains's orders.

#### Captain's Quarters
The captain's quarters holds a bed and a desk. Beneath the bed is an iron footlocker that holds the captain's belongings.

#### Siege Weapon Ammunition
Shelves and rope on the walls of this cabin secure the cannon balls and ballista arrows.

#### Supplies
This area holds tools, barrels of tar, rope, extra material to repair sails, and other supplies needed to maintain the ship.

#### Aftercastle
The aftercastle has the following features:

**Railing.** The main deck has a 3-foot-high rail around its perimeter that provides half cover for Medium creatures and three-quarters cover for Small creatures behind it.

**Wheel.** The ship's wheel stands at the aft of the aftercastle.

#### Gun Deck
Sixteen **cannons** (*DMG*, ch. 8) are stored here on the lower deck. Each with ten cannon balls stacked and secured nearby. There are eight cannons located on each side of the ship infront of closed gun ports, the cannons have three-quarters cover. The ship can only fire cannons at at ships *Hull* since they can't adjust them vertically or horizontally.

#### Privy
Benches line the walls of this room. With holes carved in them to house chamber pots.

#### Medical Cabin
Hooks and shelves on the walls hold medical instruments, bandages, balms, tonics, jars of leeches, and more, ready to treat injuries from combat or sailing mishaps.

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> ## 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).
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> **Fire Cannons.** The sloop-of-war can fire its **cannons** (*DMG*, ch. 8).
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> **Move.** The caravel can use its helm to move with its sails. As part of this move, it can use its naval ram.
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> ### Hull
>**Armor Class** 15
>
>**Hit Points** 200 (damage threshold 10)
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> ### 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.
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> ### Movement: Sails
>**Armor Class** 12
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>**Hit Points** 100; -10ft. speed per 25 damage taken
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>**Speed (water)** 45 ft.; 35 ft. while sailing into the wind; 60 ft. while sailing with the wind.
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>**Special** The caravel can only transverse coastal waters.
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> ### Weapon: Ballista (2)
>**Armor Class** 15
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>**Hit Points** 50
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>*Ranged Weapon Attack:* +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. *Hit:* 16 (3d10) piercing damage
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> ### Weapon: Cannons (2)
>**Armor Class** 19
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>**Hit Points** 75 
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>*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.

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### 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.

**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)