Questions tagged [vehicles]
For questions about vehicles in RPGs: devices for carrying/transporting objects and/or people.
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Would a moving ship break glyphs of warding?
Say a wizard wishes to have his ship able to repair itself mid-combat. Were he to have multiple glyphs of warding storing the fabricate spell cast on the hull of his ship, alongside sufficient spare ...
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Does a warship make a Constitution saving throw against the Shatter spell, or does it automatically take the damage?
The Shatter (Player's Handbook, page 275) spell description reads:
Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 thunder ...
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How does the Blink spell work on moving vehicles?
During a combat that takes place on top of a moving vehicle (let's say a bus moving at 60 feet per round), What happens if you use the spell blink?
The blink spell description states that:
At the ...
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Can a UA Warforged Envoy pick a land vehicle as his integrated tool?
I am aware that a Warforged Envoy picking anything but the tools in the PHB on page 154 is probably against RAI and would be an awkward implementation. But is it RAW?
The Warforged Envoy's Integrated ...
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How many creatures fit on a Carpet of Flying during combat?
The Carpet of Flying comes in four sizes. To keep it simple, let's just look at the smallest carpet, which is 3 feet by 5 feet in size, can carry 200 lb., and has a fly speed of 80. It can carry twice ...
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What is the cargo capacity of a Cart versus a Wagon?
In the D&D 5e Player's Handbook, on pages 155-157, is the Mounts and Vehicles section. The only statistics that they give are Cost and Weight. Does anyone know how much a Cart can carry as ...
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Are there any ways to improve a siege weapon's attack bonus?
I've just gotten started reading the new Spelljammer book for 5th Edition D&D. I see that shipboard weapons work the same way siege weapons work in the DMG: It takes multiple actions to load, aim, ...
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Can a siege weapon "see" its target?
In another question, I was considering the mechanics of siege weaponry (and Spelljammer's ship-to-ship weapons, more to the point). I considered use of the faerie fire spell as a way to gain advantage ...
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Can the Heat Metal spell target the Infernal War Machines from the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus adventure?
I'd like to know if I can use the Heat Metal spell in the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus module and target an Infernal War Machine.
And more specifically, what happens about this part of the ...
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Am I understanding how to calculate a mule's pulling capacity correctly?
Am I understanding how to calculate a mule's pulling capacity correctly?
The PHB offers a few bits of information scattered across the chapters, and though I've read answers like this, I'd like to ...
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Where can I find the hit points for vehicles?
In the PHB (pg. 157), it lists various mounts and vehicles:
For the animals, such as horses and elephants, etc, their hit points can be found under their listings in the Monster Manual.
But what ...
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How does the Mounted Combatant feat interact with Infernal War Machines?
The new Baldur's Gate - Descent into Avernus hardcover features a brand new mechanic: Infernal War Machines! A few things caught my eye - first off, that they have a stat block:
An infernal war ...
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What happens if a large vehicle collides with an arcane gate?
If Arcane Gate is cast at a point where a vehicle that is too large to pass through would collide with it, should there be damage to the vehicle?
Would the gate collapse?
What if part of the vehicle ...
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The missing link in Pathfinder boats
What are the seaworthy boats available for a party of 4-6 in Pathfinder, without hiring additional crew?
I put some stats together to model the viking knarr Skuldelev 3, averaging the longship and ...
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How far can a ship "see"?
I need a sight range for a ship at sea in 5e.
This is important because I'm using a virtual tabletop and using fog of war. This seems like a stat that would be part of the ship's stat block, but such ...
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How can I efficiently manage Ship to Ship Tactical Combat and Boarding?
I'm planning a campaign that will involve a fair amount of ship to ship combat and boarding. My group is accustomed to using a square grid battle mat, and I'm concerned about the mechanics of the PC'...
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How can PCs keep up when maneuver DCs increase so quickly?
Lots of maneuvers call for a DC of [some number]+2×[the ship's tier]. Yet as your character levels up (and your ship's tier with it), your max ranks in a given skill only increase by 1/level.
Thus, ...
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Can a non-mount pull a cart?
To illustrate the situation in a more relatable way, I have a lvl 3 halfling drakewarden ranger who wants to circumvent the whole "it only becomes a mount at lvl 7" argument by hitching it ...
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How much water can a ship take on before sinking?
My players are currently in a naval battle. The wizard used Disintegrate on the enemy warship's hull and now water is getting inside the ship.
I remember reading something about that in the Ghosts of ...
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Can someone without the Mark of Storm change the direction of an airship?
In our Eberron campaign, airships are more common than usual. The bad guy in my adventure hides on an already flying airship, kills the pilot and crashes the airship against a castle next to the ...
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Does the Elk option for the Totem Warrior barbarian's Aspect of the Beast feature affect travel pace for land vehicles?
The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide adds the Elk and Tiger totem spirits as options for the Path of the Totem Warrior barbarian. The Elk totem option for the 6th-level Aspect of the Beast feature (SCAG,...
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What is the current status of official 5e Naval Combat?
In May of 2019, Ghosts of Saltmarsh was released bringing official rules for naval combat in the form of Appendix A: Of Ships and the Sea. This appears to be the culmination of the published "...
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How much does a spaceship cost?
Going through the spaceship building chapter of Starfinder I'm rather impressed with the versatility in there, but I seem to not be able to find what these spaceships cost. The header "Building a ...
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Can a UA warforged envoy have an integrated airship?
We know that Warforged envoys can have a vehicle as their integrated tool. I had assumed that this had to be a land or water vehicle. However, the D&D beyond character generator lists “Vehicles (...
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What effect does reducing a Spelljamming Vessel to 0 hp have?
For sea-going vessels, Ghosts of Saltmarsh says that (186):
A ship component is destroyed and becomes unusable when it drops to 0 hit points.
So, for example, if the 'movement component' was reduced ...
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Are there glider rules in Shadowrun 4E?
This is a short one, but I'm confused about it. Arsenal, on p112 lists two gliders, the Artemis Dawnglider and the Moonlight Phoenix. Unfriendly Skies adds the Artemis Nightwing on p14.
All gliders ...
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How can an elemental be bound into an object or vehicle (e.g. lightning rails, elemental airships) in Eberron?
I will soon be DMing an Eberron campaign for my Dungeons & Dragons group. As part of the plot, I want a player or NPC to bind an air elemental to an elemental airship, and it may come up in the ...
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Where can I find Airship alterations?
Where can I find alterations/improvements stats that PCs could make to a very basic airship?
Although I went (quickly) through "the forge of war", "explorer handbook" and the "campaign setting" I ...
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What creature or vehicle has the fastest unmodified speed?
What creature or vehicle has the fastest speed without any magical or psionic effects, and without any feats or items, AND without any templates or class levels, in 3.5 D&D? In short, no ...
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Which types of spells can damage vehicles? [closed]
When considering spells that require a target, and spells with area affect, which types of spells can also damage vehicles? My assumption for this question is that a vehicle is an object rather than ...
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Are there stats for a fast, maneuverable animal-drawn vehicle for one person?
The existing vehicles in the PHB, like carts and wagons, are made for slow, overland movement and transport. Both are heavy and not easy to maneuver in.
Does D&D 3.5e have an animal-drawn ...
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