weight of objects(a sailing ship)

[Shard O'Glase]

I really suck at guessing weights, and d&d doesn't have a table of object weights anywhere that I know of. But does anyone know how much a standard sailing ship from the dmg weighs?




Oh and what kind of giant sea monster would I need to summon to pull one off a sand bar?

 

[Mahali]

Check historical web sites and boat/sailing sites.
They'll probably have pics along with dimension to match the DMG ships and the weight.

 

[Hypersmurf]

And how much damage would you do if you dropped a folding boat, a swan boat, or a marble elephant on someone's head?

-Hyp.

 

[kreynolds]

Shard, pick up the Seafarer's Handbook. I'm still waiting for mine to come in but the sample was awesome.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

Well since the game seems to be on a coast of a large sea, the seafarers handbook sounds like a good idea to at least look at. thanks for the suggestion.

And good idea mahli I've been looking and I sen a tonage listed but I'm unsure if it is the ships weight or the weight they can carry.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Tonnage typically refers to the displacement, I believe.

Let me try to come up with a quick and dirty answer:

White pine has a density of 513 kg/Meter (Cubed). Let's assume a 33 meter (roughly 100 foot) ship, 8 meters (c.24') wide, and 8m tall. Let's not quibble about curved bottoms and such, but just assume that those dimensions are rougly accurate. That 2,112 cubic meters of ship. Let's assume 5% of that volume is wood (white pine). That would yield almost 60 tons of weight - empty. Adjust upward or down ward if you think that 5% amount is off. I think it seems like a fair number.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

Um thanks, 60 tons huh. Well until I learn how to summon infernal kraken I don't think this ship is getting off the sand bar anytime soon.

 

[Mahali]

Tonnage typically refers to the displacement, I believe.

Yes, tonnage refers to displacement. Why? Because its displacement is its weight.

 

[chilibean]

Come on folks! Imagination!


Just summon an earth elemental to appear under the sand bar and push it off.

Or a water elemental to push it (or erode the sand away).

Wait until high tide, then let out full sail with a gust of wind spell (if it's only lightly stuck or if it was stuck during low tide).

Drink some potions of water breathing and dig it out yourself.


Improvise, adapt, overcome!

 

[CRGreathouse]

Improvise, adapt, overcome!