Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Of Ships and The Sea

Interesting. There's an old AD&D 2e "blue book" with that title: Of Ships and the Sea

 

[Morrus]

This month's Unearthed Arcana, from WotC, is all about sailors! "Ships, officers, crew, and hazards on the high seas—those are the focus of this month’s Unearthed Arcana." It's a 9-page PDF with ship stat blocks form airships to galleys, information of crews, and rules for sea travel and hazards. There's also information on owning and managing your ship!

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[cbwjm]

I'm actually wondering if this is a stealth playtest for spelljammer.

 

[Jester David]

Does lend some credence to the “pirate” AP idea, especially with the big ship mini incoming...

 

[Parmandur]

I'm actually wondering if this is a stealth playtest for spelljammer.

Spelljammer rules are already in Dungeon of the Mad Mage. There have been indications that there will be a high seas AP along the Sword Coast in the near future, though Spelljammer could get in there easily enough.

 

[Parmandur]

Interesting. There's an old AD&D 2e "blue book" with that title: Of Ships and the Sea

They love doing older edition references in UA.

 

[Parmandur]

Does lend some credence to the “pirate” AP idea, especially with the big ship mini incoming...

And the comic set at sea along the Sword Coast...

 

[cbwjm]

Spelljammer rules are already in Dungeon of the Mad Mage. There have been indications that there will be a high seas AP along the Sword Coast in the near future, though Spelljammer could get in there easily enough.

Oh okay, cool. I hadn't heard of the high seas AP and had thought that the spell jamming in mad mage was only a minor reference.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Spelljammer rules are already in Dungeon of the Mad Mage. There have been indications that there will be a high seas AP along the Sword Coast in the near future, though Spelljammer could get in there easily enough.

A high seas adventure along the Sword Coast would reasonably involve the pirates of the Nelanther Isles, which aren't terribly far from Lantan. So it could definitely be a way to combine both.

 

[Parmandur]

Oh okay, cool. I hadn't heard of the high seas AP and had thought that the spell jamming in mad mage was only a minor reference.

The Mad Mage has rules for Spelljamming, through a Spelljamming Helm item. Doesn't preclude Spelljamming making it into another AP, but the Mad Mage provides the rules to do it.