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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seriousmoonlight" data-source="post: 7841561" data-attributes="member: 6873732">[Apologies for the delay, I started a new job last week.]Travel: It will take several days to reach The Purple Rocks, which are east of Luskan in The Trackless Sea. If there is anything the party would like to do first, let me know.Airship Weapons: A spring-loaded harpoon gun, fashioned from burnished bronze with iron fittings, is bolted to the forward upper deck. It has a 90-degree arc of fire (side to side, as well as up and down). The gun comes with a winch, a 500-foot coil of rope, and ten steel-tipped harpoons.Although it fires harpoons instead of bolts, the gun isconsidered a ballista (see the "Siege Equipment" section in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master's Guide). Tying a rope to a harpoon, if desired, takes an action.In addition to dealing 16 (3dl0) piercing damage on a hit, a harpoon impales its target. While impaled, the target can't take any action on its turn other than trying tofree itself from the harpoon, which requires a successful DC 15 Strength check. If the check succeeds, the target takes 5 (ldlO) piercing damage as the harpoon is pulled free and is no longer impaled. If a harpoon is attached to the gun by a rope, a creature impaled on that harpoon can't move farther away from the gun or increase its altitude until it frees itself. A creature within reach of the gun's winch can use its action to reel in a harpooned creature, pulling it up to 20 feet closer to the gun.Aditionally,  a wooden ballista is mounted on an iron swivel on the aft castle. It has a 90-degree arc of fire (side to side, and up and down). Behind it rests a crate that holds a dozen bolts. For ballista rules, see the "Siege Equipment" section in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master's Guide.Level: Just double checking, the party should now be level 9.</blockquote>

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