This was intended to be the ship from Thanesridge Landing. But that ship was crap, so I redrew it. I like this much better. I will always redraw and rework a map rather than knowingly put out something that sucks, even if it takes a bit longer. Also, I’m going to replace the ship in Thanesridge with this one, but give me till tomorrow to get that done.
So, the map. Dwarves aren’t known for their love of ships, but I felt like this is the kind of ship a dwarf would build. With a coal-fired steam boiler for propulsion, they don’t have to worry about “learning to sail” or whatever. Just fuel it up and point it where you want to go. Which way is the wind blowing? Who cares. Plus, the burning coal makes it smell a bit like home.
I’d like to remind any DMs considering using this map that the ship’s speed is entirely dependent on how hot the boiler can get. So if the party starts summoning fire elementals in the fuelbox, things could get pretty interesting. Of course, the ship is made mostly of wood, so hopefully they don’t get too interesting. Anyway, something to think about.
Next up, I’ll be drawing the next map for Tir Thelandira. This will be the map proposed by Shawn and voted for by patrons. It’s called the Tower of the Moon and I’m imagining it like this: a round, wooden tower that snakes upward, curving and branching off in a few places. It’ll be kind of like a large, hollow tree. I haven’t drawn it yet, but it looks really good in my head.
Anyway, I think that’s it. Let me know what you think of the ship!
nice
Thanks!
Could you put submarines and trains on your list of future vehicle maps?
I’m thinking about doing a submarine at some point, but we’ll have to see about a train. Might be a bit modern for a lot of settings. I mean, submarines would be too, but they’ve found their way into fantasy settings despite that.
As long as the train is named something snake or dragon-related
Also u-boat pls
Nice. I assume this is an underdark ship, since leaving the coal loose like that would be murder in rough seas.
I didn’t necessarily intend it to be for the underdark, but it could. I hadn’t really thought about the coal. Maybe I should’ve drawn it in a bin.
I think it’s much funnier for the PCs to be on it the first time it has to deal with rough seas, the coal starts sloshing around the engine room, starts on fire, and the whole rear end of the boat goes up in flames in a storm when the PCs are aboard.
Give them something to do, you know?
The CSA made basically made a u-boat during the American Civil War, the H. L. Hunley. It was entirely hand-cranked and sank a Union warship on its first and only mission. Two problems though: it had a habit of sinking and killing its crew, and it only had enough air for two hours.