Re: Waterjammers

> I think so, yes. If you have a 30 ton ship, that
> then has
> 30 tons of water added to its air envelope, it would
> be
> a 60 ton ship. And it would then have an air
> envelope that
> extends out beyond the water. Which could then hold
> its
> own water, ad infinitum.

I was thinking along the line of a thin membrane
holding the water from escaping through the gravity
plane using a magical item. The envelope developed
underwater before the ship leaves for the surface of
the water.

> The air envelope is x27 the volume of the ship it
> surrounds.
> So a 45 ton Squidship has a 1215 ton air envelope.
> So if the
> entire air envelope is filled, the water takes up
> 1170 tons
> (this excludes the 45 tons of the ship itself),
> which is about
> 96% of the total mass.

Wow! If that is the case, waterjammers might not grow
beyond fighter to shuttle type ships. =)

> > Will the liquid envelope affect the gravity plane?
>
> Yes. It will create a larger gravity plane.

Yes, it would be a honking big one. I wonder if it big
enough to affect capital ship in a shear attack?

> Note, though, that unless a ship uses magic, the
> water will
> eventually drain off as it departs the ship along
> the gravity
> plane, as all things thicker than air eventually do.

Yes, I think I have to add magic to make this idea
possible.

> My advice? Create a magic item to do this. Going by
> the rules,
> most ships would not be able to move because the
> tonnage
> would be immense, and no helm could move them.
>
> Have an item that makes the helm ignore water when
> determining the tonnage that it can move. And keep
> it in place
> when rammed, sort of a seal that locks it in.
>
> Note, though, that such a thing makes a ship
> virtually immune
> to heavy weapons such as catapults. I'd imagine even
> ballista would have a hard time doing damage.

Hehehe, it did keep my players very nervous. =)

A.Sibal

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