Friday, January 16, 2026

The Windscreamer

Titanic+ Wide Ship, Water Clockwork Mount
    Hit Dice: 18d12+70 (187)
    Controls: 4-person cockpit, 2 stand-alone control banks (one on the deck, one in the engine room)
    Initiative: As pilot
    Speed: 125 ft.
    Maneuverability: Average
    Accelleration Light/Medium/Heavy Load: 15 ft./10 ft./5 ft.
    Braking Light/Medium/Heavy Load: 5 ft./2 rounds/3 rounds
    Maximum Altitude/Depth: —
    Armor Class: -11 (-24 size, -3 Dex, +3 heavy wood armor, +3 mount integrity)
    Hardness: 7 (Wood, magically hardened and waterproofed)
    Base Attack/Grapple: As pilot/+31 (defensive only)
    Attacks: 2 triple-firing large repeating crossbow turrets +as gunner (12d6 ranged)
    Space/Reach: 84ft long, 30ft. wide/—
    Empty Weight: 394,500 lbs. (197.25 tons)
    Carry Weight (Light Load): 101,750 lbs. (50.9 tons)
    Limbs: —
    Special Attacks: —
    Special Qualities: Dual propellers, bellspeak player, alarm bellls, pilot alert bells, chonometer, speaking tubes, soundproofing x2, advanaced soundproofing x2
    Power Plant(s): 4 titanic steam engines (usually only has 2 running)
    Interior Qulaities: 20 weapon ports
    Exterior Qualities: 2 huge-sized combat turrets
    Saves: Fort +3, Ref +0, Will —
    Abilities: Str 24, Dex 4, Con —, Int —, Wis 1, Cha 1
    Skills: Hide -27, move silently (+0 stationary, -21 moving)
    Feats: None
    Cargo Hold(s): 1,800 square feet.
    Space Remaining: 0
    Energy Needed for Movement: 745
    Energy Total/Remaining: 1,962/1,204
    Chasllenge Rating : 12


    This ramshackle-looking boat not only looks old, it seems like parts of it have been re-built over the years with very different styles. It is very large, however and has four huge smokestacks - indicating powerful engines.

    The Windscreamer is not a pretty vessel, nor a polished one, but she is fast and can carry a large amount of cargo. The current owner, Captain Tranio, claims to have won the ship in a game of chance, but it is likely that the ship has been stolen and renamed many times since it was built in the Umberto shipyards almost 200 years ago.
    When docked in a harbor, The Windscreamer does dominate most other vessels, being one of the largest ships that can be accomidated in most places. Her cargo hold is heavily reinforced and can be adjusted with temporary timbers to form whatever is needed for the current cargo with only a few days of hammering and shouting.
    The vessel is a free-trader, unowned by any city-state. It flies her own flag of a purple circle on a yellow background. The gaudy thing is claimed to be the two favorite colors of the Captain and he wears them in all sorts of patterns in an eye-wrenching display, whenever he can.

Combat
    This is not a combat vessel, but she is used to steaming amoung unfreindly waters. Her main armaments are her two combat turrets with triple-firing repeating crossbow bolts both fore and aft. She also has four tripods mounted amidships with large-sized heavy crossbows fixed to them. Added to this are 10 weapon ports on eaither side for crew to fire their personal firearms through. Taken together, these armaments have served her well enough to survive eight different , year-long treks through the unknown portions of the Spice Islands, if her captain can be believed.

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