Chapter 07: Elemental Airships - Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Chapter 07: Elemental Airships. Conflict between houses escalates to the skies as elemental airships join in battle During the Last War and in its wake, artificers across Khorvaire made many magical and mechanical advances-but none quite as impressive as the elemental airship. With its intricately carved soarwood hull and distinctive ring of elemental energy, the airship is the most advanced elemental-powered vehicle in all Khorvaire. The first airships appeared only a handful of years ago, the product of a collaboration between the workshops of House Cannith, dragonmarked heirs of House Lyrandar, and elemental binders in Zilargo. Only a dragonmarked heir with the Mark of Storm can easily use an airship's magical helm to control the elemental bound to the vessel and pilot the ship, so House Lyrandar maintains a monopoly on airship travel and services. Some cunning inventors seek to develop ways to undermine House Lyrandar's control of the skies, but for now, adventurers look to Lyrandar airships as the foremost means of transcontinental travel. Operating an Airship Whether hiring a means of overland travel or seeking to take a crew of their own to the skies, characters are likely to encounter elemental airships during their adventures in Eberron. Supplementing the rules for vehicles in the Player's Handbook, this section details rules for handling airships. The rules for specific ships appear later in this chapter. Crew Members and Stations The standard crew of an elemental airship consists of one captain, one pilot, and one or more additional crew members to operate the ship's other systems. Each crew member is assigned by the captain to operate one of the ship's systems at a crew station: either the Helm described below or a station detailed in the ship's description. Each crew station has its own Armor Class and Hit Points separate from the airship. If a crew station is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it becomes inoperable, and crew members can no longer access any o...