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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kitsune9" data-source="post: 4920210" data-attributes="member: 18507">Good stuff Danny! I didn't think the "lightstone" approach was unique though, but I took a shot. Actually if we think about it--we know that airships can be powered by elementals (Eberron), materials, magic (Spelljammer), and wacky science (Final Fantasy). I guess we can think of some other ways to make and power the airships.1) Sacrifices--willing. A dying person gives their life to become the power an airship. The airship acts like an intelligent weapon in terms of control, ego, and purpose, but a ritual gives the airship "life" and the ability for flight.2. Sacrifices--unwilling. Sacrifice enough innocent blood in the name of some vile demon god and you can lift anything and give it motion.3) Faith--the power of faith is the only thing that makes an airship go. Maybe the faith of a follower/cleric can be solidified into "fuel" or that the faithful must be hooked up to an apparatus. Should they waiver in their faith, the ship can come crashing down.4. Battery--Think of The Matrix. That ship isn't going to get powered by itself. You need people as a battery to get the ship moving. Illithids would probably loooove this approach.5. Magical Leylines--the world has powerful magical leylines that crisscross each other everywhere high in the sky. Arcane/divine magic is used to lift the ship onto a leyline where it is firmly "attached". The ship can only move forward or backward along the leyline though it can turn should it reach a "junction". Should the ship actually move off the leyline, it plummets to the ground below, but as long as the leyline exists, the ship will stay up in the sky indefinitely.</blockquote>

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