The RNS Coaltongue

Morrus · May 18, 2011

A little art preview. The RNS Coaltongue is Risur's newest ship, a steam-powered battleship and the new flagship of the Royal Fleet. King Aodhan is scheduled to attend the launch ceremony.

Jan van Leyden · May 18, 2011

Let's hope the king won't get crunched by this ship! She's mighty high and doesn't look too stable...

RangerWickett · May 18, 2011

Riding high for a maiden voyage.

LightPhoenix · May 19, 2011

Named after the Emperor of a distant land, perhaps?

Colmarr · May 19, 2011

LightPhoenix said:
Named after the Emperor of a distant land, perhaps?

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who wondered!

As for the RNS Coaltongue, all I can say is "Holy

!". That's a level of tech far beyond what I had imagined would be in the campaign. I had imagined something more akin to the Monitor or the Merrimac than to the Queen Elizabeth.

I'm tempted to try to overanalyse the picture (eg the lack of obvious weapons other than the prow 'cannons' might suggest that magic still holds prime position in offensive warfare, unless all those portholes are in fact cannon ports) but maybe that's holding art to an impossibly high bar. Instead I'll try to wrap my head around how tech at that level will change the genre conventions of a D&D adventure.

Oh, and great picture!

Jan van Leyden · May 20, 2011

RangerWickett said:
Riding high for a maiden voyage.

But she can't ride much lower, what with the portholes.

RangerWickett · May 21, 2011

Photoshop's a hell of a drug:

Jan van Leyden · May 21, 2011

Now, that's much better! :lol:

Dice4Hire · May 22, 2011

That is pretty high tech. Way higher than makes me comfortable.

It is a nice picture, though.

mort655 · May 23, 2011

It reminds me of a fantasy version of the Titanic. I'm not sure what the relative technology level is, but the ship seems to be at higher part of it...which, I suppose, could be intentional.

From what little I have gleaned about the first adventure, isn't the Coaltounge supposed to be the first of its kind? A new modern warship for a new modern nation?