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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8275604" data-attributes="member: 22779">Don't know about Eberron, but, Forgotten Realms doesn't have ship board cannons.  They have bombards, but, the FR ship technology would make their use very difficult, and the notion of a broadside, with a 100 cannons to a side, impossible.  It would rip the ship apart.  <a href="https://www.sageadvice.eu/2017/05/24/do-firearms-such-as-muskets-blunderbusses-exist-in-the-forgotten-realms/" target="_blank">Do firearms such as muskets, blunderbusses exist in the Forgotten Realms?</a>And, no, no real images in mind.  And, to be fair, 5e seems to have nipped this one in the bud.  They've REALLY scaled back on the naval technology in the modules - GoS's ship is a Hansa Cog (albeit a REALLY big one) and the ships they show in Waterdeep Dragon Heist are either pure fantasy  and magic (such as the existence of submarines) or pretty much in keeping with the time period.  It was particularly egregious in 3e where you had images in Dragon with actual 18th and 19th century Ships of the Line images complete with gun ports.  I mean, these are ships that wouldn't look out of place in the War of 1812 or even the American Civil War.  They're cool and all, but, really, really out of place.  For example, this from Dragon 345:<img src="http://www.jeffcarlisle.com/files/images/drg345_excursion_ships_0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The straight up fantasy stuff doesn't bother me in the least, because magic.  But, gun ports are just a step too far.  And, yes, I know I have a sickness.  Why do you ask?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  It's just one of those proud nail things that stands out for me.  I know it's nit picky and most people couldn't give a rat's patoot.  It's my disease and I'm very happy with it.</blockquote>

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