Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Seas
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Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Seas
I have the book Adventures on the High Seas and have studied the ship stats extensively but they do not clearly state how seaworthy some of them are compared to others. Of most interest to me is which ships would fare best in the rough northern waters near/around the Algor Sea. I assume the eastern Giant War Galley would not fare well and the Bizantium ships would do well. What about the Eastern Mercantile or the Imperial Galleys?
Re: Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Se
The seaborne info is a little bit scattered, with a lot of it in high seas, but the other kingdom books also has info too. Byzantium are the best seafarers and have the best ships. The eastern territory has a range of crapola ships that have to hug the coast, but also own boats from other kingdoms too. One of the southern estates in the eastern territories goes on about how good their boats and sailors are.
(i.e timiro, western empire and Byzantium)
So it's really mostly up to you.
I play Byzantium are best
Yin Sloth is worst and everyone else comes somewhere in between.
(i.e timiro, western empire and Byzantium)
So it's really mostly up to you.
I play Byzantium are best
Yin Sloth is worst and everyone else comes somewhere in between.
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Re: Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Se
Bizantium's ships are all among the most seaworthy of the world. Wolfen ships seem fairly seaworthy, though they are generally best-suited to coastal and river waters. The Western Empire's caravel is the only non-northern ship that's considered to be truly seaworthy in the descriptions. Black ships are infamously powerful and can be very swift, but little is said of how they handle in storms and rough seas.
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Re: Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Se
Hotrod wrote:Bizantium's ships are all among the most seaworthy of the world. Wolfen ships seem fairly seaworthy, though they are generally best-suited to coastal and river waters. The Western Empire's caravel is the only non-northern ship that's considered to be truly seaworthy in the descriptions. Black ships are infamously powerful and can be very swift, but little is said of how they handle in storms and rough seas.
Agreed. It all depends how well you arm your ship and who you have on board. One warlock can
change a ship to ship outcome.
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Correction to my earlier post: I think the western ship that's cited as seaworthy is the Carrack, not the Caravel. In my defense, they look a lot alike.
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Re: Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Se
most of the ships are based on real world vessels from history. you should be able to compare them to their real world counterparts to determine how they would fair in different conditions.
i actually used that to compare the navies of the wolfen vs the eastern territories.. it wasn't pretty.
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i actually used that to compare the navies of the wolfen vs the eastern territories.. it wasn't pretty.
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Re: Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Se
Would you say the Eastern Mercantile is comparable to a real world Cog?
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Re: Most Seaworthy Ship classes in Adventures on the High Se
Iron Sorcerer wrote:Would you say the Eastern Mercantile is comparable to a real world Cog?
i had originally thought it to be an early Caravel. but in retrospect, you are right, it is closer to a Cog. particularly of a Genoese/venetian 12th century type, with that side rudder and lateen sail.
so Mediterranean ship styles, in the analog of the north sea.
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