User:Eiji-kun/Complete Transportation/Sky Vehicles

Using Sky Vehicles

Sky vehicles use Profession (Pilot). They're basically sea vehicles with a fly speed. You can use Pilot similar to Ride. Ships take their size penalty to the AC dodge attempts from evading via Pilot, so it may be impossible for large ships. However they have both hit points and typically active defenses, like missiles and shields. Fluff this later.

Creating a Sky Vehicle

To create a sky vehicle, one must start with a general idea of the size of the craft. The size of the vehicle determines the base price of the frame, as well as how many components you can add. Components have a size (for example, 10x10 feet) which takes up roughly an appropriate amount of space in your frame. Some components have a space of -, meaning they take up no significent amount of extra mass on the vehicle by virtue of being part of the frame or being small. If you run out of space, you should consider getting a larger frame. Sizes and shapes are purposefully abstract so you may define your ship looking anything from a space age fighter place to a classical fantasy airship to a steam powered blimp and more. For segmented and oblong ships, simply buy more than one frame of the appropriate size (round down). For example a ship which is 30 feet wide and 100 feet long would easily be three Huge frames connected into an oblong vehicle (as huge can be 16-32 ft, and three of them stacks to 96 ft long, close enough for our purposes). Use the actual height or length, rather than the number of squares it would actually take up in combat. Consult the table below to pick the size of your airship's frame.

Aircraft Frame Size Chart

Size Catagory	Price	Base Hp	Max Number of Components Spaces	Height or Length	Weight	Examples
Medium	1000 gp	50 hp	4	4 ft. - 8 ft.	15 lb - 125 lbs	Hang Glider
Large	4000 gp	100 hp	16	8 ft. - 16 ft.	125 lb - 500 lbs	Hot Air Balloon
Huge	8,000 gp	200 hp	32	16 ft. - 32 ft.	500 lb - 4 tons	Orthinhopter
Gargauntuan	16,000 gp	400 hp	64	32 ft. - 64 ft.	4 tons - 31 tons	Fighter Plane
Colossal	25,000 gp	800 hp	128	64 ft. - 128 ft.	31 tons - 125 tons	Tugboat
Titanic	36,000 gp	1600 hp	256	128 ft. - 256 ft.	125 tons - 250 tons	Airliner
Macro-Fine	49,000 gp	3200 hp	512	256 ft. - 512 ft.	250 tons - 2000 tons	Battleship (in length)
Macro-Diminutive	64,000 gp	6400 hp	1024	512 ft. - 1024 ft.	2000 tons - 16,000 tons	Zeppelin (in length)
Macro-Tiny	81,000 gp	128,000 hp	2048	1024 ft. - 2048 ft.	16,000 tons - 128,000 tons	Aircraft Carrier (in length)
Macro-Small	100,000 gp	256,000 hp	4096	2048 ft. - 4096 ft. (0.7 miles)	128,000 tons - 1024 kilotons	Something really big
Macro-Medium	121,000 gp	512,000 hp	8192	4096 ft. (0.7 miles) - 8192 ft. (1.5 miles)	1024 kilotons - 8190 kilotons	No, really really big!
Macro-Large	144,000 gp	1,024,000 hp	16,384	8192 ft. (1.5 miles) - 16,384 ft. (3.1 miles)	8190 kilotons - 65,520 kilotons	Seriously, this is huge.
Macro-Huge	169,000 gp	2,048,000 hp	32,768	16,384 ft. (3.1 miles) - 32,768 ft. (6.2 miles)	65,520 kilotons - 523 megatons	Who builds things this big?
Macro-Gargauntuan	196,000 gp	4,096,000 hp	65,536	32,768 ft. (6.2 miles) - 65,536 ft. (12.4 miles)	523 megatons - 4190 megatons	Flying City
Macro-Collosal	225,000 gp	8,192,000 hp	131,072	65,536 ft. (12.4 miles) - 131,072 ft. (24.8 miles)	4190 megatons - 33,520 megatons	Flying Island
Macro-Titanic	256,000 gp	16,384,000 hp	262,144	131,072 ft. (24.8 miles) - 262,144 ft. (49.6 miles)	33,520 megatons - 268 gigatons	A bigger flying island.

After purchasing the frame, you may proceed to fill it with components. Only two components are required to make the simpliest of sky vehicles, a cockpit for its would-be pilot and a source of propulsion, be it balloon, sail, jet engine, or other. You may as as many components as you can fit within your frame. Components take up component spaces, depending on the general size and bulk of the component. Some components require a minimum size they can be placed upon. For example a hang glider (medium size) cannot hold a ballista (which can only fit on Huge or larger craft). Even then, if you want multiple ballistas you may need an even larger ship to obtain the number you need.

Sky Vehicles Components

Vehicle components are major sections of the vehicle which perform certain functions. Components can either be internal or external. External components can be targeted and potentially damaged by called shot attempts against them. For that reason important parts such as the core and fuel tanks are often internal. Some parts are external only, such as wings or most propulsion methods. Components possess their own HD and hp, or hp equal to 1/10th the ship's hp, whichever is more. Components which are broken, destroyed, or obliterated may have negative consequences on the vehicle beyond mere damage. Components follow the following format:

Example Component

Name	Pre-requisites	Effect (Normal)	Effect (Broken)	Component Space	Hardness	Hp	Weight Added	Description	Price
Example Component	Requires Cockpit	It works.	It doesn't work so well.	2	10	15	20 lbs	The example component does something interesting. I'm sure it'll be useful, except that it's an example so not really.	100 gp

The complete list of components can be found here.

Sky Vehicles Materials

The material a vehicle is made from determines the hardness associated with the craft and most of its components, its bonus hit points, and its weight. As lift is often a tradeoff between weight and thrust weight can become important to consider, not to mention price.

The statistics below are for a single component space. To determine the total weight, hit points, and price multiple the prices below by the number of component spaces you have. In addition it is possible to mix and match materials, applying it to individual component spaces if you so wish. Usually the only concern with differences in material between interior and exterior walls. Use the tables below to find the percentage of interior to exterior, and the cost of materials.

Interior and Exterior Construction

Size in Component Spaces	Percentage of Interior and Exterior Walls
1-10 cs	20% interior, 80% exterior
11-20 cs	30% interior, 70% exterior
21-40 cs	40% interior, 60% exterior
41-90 cs	50% interior, 50% exterior
91-240 cs	60% interior, 40% exterior
241-900 cs	70% interior, 30% exterior
901-7,600 cs	80% interior, 20% exterior
7,600+ cs	90% interior, 10% exterior

Example Component

Name	Thickness	Hardness	Bonus Hp per Space	Break DC of 10ft section	Climb DC	Cost per Space	Weight per Space	Extra
Adamantine	3 in.	20	3	40	25	15,000 gp	500 lbs	-
Bone*	1 ft.	3	1	23	10	3,000 gp	50 lbs	Interior of vehicle is under a desecrate effect.
Crystal	1 ft.	8	1	35	15	1,500 gp	150 lbs	Takes no damage from psionic attacks. +2 on saves vs psionics for occupants.
Deep Coral	3 ft.	8	2	92	15	1,000 gp	200 lbs	Recover 1 hp/minute while submerged. Cannot be repaired normally.
Flesh	3 ft.	0	3	28	15	3,000 gp	100 lbs	Recover 1 hp/minute. 1/2 benefit from cure spells. Cannot be repaired normally. Subject to poison, disease, and extreme weather.
Force	1 in.	N/A	0	N/A	N/A	20,000 gp	- lbs	Frame is indestructible, but other parts are not. Overall, the ship takes 1/2 damage from attacks. Disintegrate automatically deals 1/# of component spaces in total hp worth of damage.
Glass*	3 in.	1	0.5	18	25	1,500 gp	30 lbs	Transparent. An entire ship made of it has 20% concealment.
Glassteel	3 in.	20	3	40	25	25,000 gp	200 lbs	-
Ice*	1 ft.	10	1	27	30	5,000 gp	250 lbs	Recover 1 hp/minute in cold climates, lose 1 hp/minute in hot climates. Vulnerable to fire.
Iron	3 in.	10	1	30	25	6,000 gp	400 lbs	-
Ironwood*	3 in.	10	1	30	21	10,000 gp	100 lbs	-
Livemetal	3 in.	10	2	30	22	12,000 gp	400 lbs	Recover 1 hp/minute.
Livewood	6 in.	5	2	20	18	1,000 gp	100 lbs	Recover 1 hp/minute. Vulnerable to fire.
Mithril	3 in.	15	1	35	25	10,000 gp	200 lbs	-
Obdurium	3 in.	30	4	60	25	30,000 gp	1000 lbs	-
Soarwood	6 in.	5	0.5	20	21	6,000 gp	5 lbs	-
Stone	1 ft.	8	2	35	15	1,000 gp	80 lbs	-
Wood	6 in.	5	1	20	21	500 gp	100 lbs	Vulnerable to fire.

Small Sky Vehicles

• Air Skiff
• Hang Glider
• Heliocopter
• Hot Air Balloon
• Fighter Plane
• Interceptor Plane
• Orthinhopter
• Recon Plane
• Sky Shuttle
• Sky Tug

Medium Sky Vehicles

• Airliner
• Bomber Craft
• Cruiser
• Flying Gun
• Flying House
• Large Heliocopter
• Patrol Boat
• Skywhaling/Fishing Ship

Large Sky Vehicles

• Blimp
• Cargo Ship
• Cruise Ship
• Flying Mini-City
• Refueling Ship
• Sky Battleship
• Sky Carrier

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