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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7315033" data-attributes="member: 6777052">It was........ quite unusual for a boat of that era, for it had no mast, no sails, no oars and no other visible means of propulsion. "Looks wrong to me," was Nord's professional opinion. "The freeboard is too short and she'll take on water in a heavy swell.  And the fo'csle is too pointy. And the poop deck is supposed to be abaft the beam. And anyway, how does it go?"You'll see, you'll see," said the gnomes. "Climb aboard and we'll cast off!"After the four heroes had come aboard and helped each other across the magically slippery deck (DC15 Dex save) to where the ship's wheel would have been if it had one, the gnomes produced their knitting and cast off. They had made new woolly hats for the journey. It then became apparent how the boat was propelled, as fourteen mage hands gathered around the stern and started pushing. While they were doing this, one of the gnomes (the one with FIRST MATE embroidered on his woolly hat) stared meaningfully at a coil of rope on the deck which began to writhe about and soon he was making 12 knots."Steer course Nor' Nor' East, lads," called the captain. "And up a bit, there's a reef ahead."Soon, the craft was sailing smoothly across the ocean and Nord was keeping very quiet because all the ships he'd been on before had taken hundreds of men hauling on sheets, rattling up ratlin's and generally working their socks off to get even half this speed."Shall we repair to our cabins?" suggested Jeli, who was struck with a sudden craving for ginger biscuits. "This might be a good time to polish our rapiers, before we catch up with our quarry?""I think it might be wise to stay alert," countered Herewulf. "The gnomes' blindsight has limited range, does it not? Too short to sense what I can see over on the horizon? That sort of giant sea turtle-ish object heading our way, for example?"Overhearing this, the captain looked startled. "All hands on deck!" he shouted, "and start lifting!"There was a squench sound as the boat rose clear of the water and hovered comfortably at around 100 feet above the waves. The giant sea turtle blinked slowly and decided that perhaps flying whales were too weird to eat and lost interest.During the night, however, ...</blockquote>

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