Ship Construction

[Malchia]

Sounds like 150k well spent.

Actually, we should probably buy two.  One for each end of the ship.

[Windblade]

1. Spyglass of Finding: 150,000 ( I do not think we need to)
Can we start pricing the other upgrades.

2. Anti-scrying wards:  Can we make this a room and what would the cost be?
3. Translator ("tongues" item): (cost?)
4 Resilient sphere effect on helm: (cost?)
5. Backup magical offense if the ship is attacked when Alpha Squad is on an away mission (e.g., magic missile wands, dispel scroll, greater dispel scroll, high level summoning, etc.): (cost?)

[Hero]

5. Backup magical offense if the ship is attacked when Alpha Squad is on an away mission (e.g., magic missile wands, dispel scroll, greater dispel scroll, high level summoning, etc.): (cost?)

How about a golem?

Rope Golem, Coral Golem, Helmed Horror, Relief Golem (assuming we can make it work for wooden structures instead of stone) all seem plausible options.

[Windblade]

1. Spyglass of Finding: 150,000 ( I do not think we need to)
Can we start pricing the other upgrades.

2. Anti-scrying wards:  Can we make this a room and what would the cost be?
3. Translator ("tongues" item): (cost?)
4 Resilient sphere effect on helm: (cost?)
5. Backup magical offense if the ship is attacked when Alpha Squad is on an away mission (e.g., magic missile wands, dispel scroll, greater dispel scroll, high level summoning, etc.): (cost?)

Hero do you have prices on any of this stuff. 

I really like the idea of a Rope Golem.

[Hero]

I really like the idea of a Rope Golem.

I kind of like the Rope Golem too. Price is 90,000 gc for the basic 16 HD model. +5,000 gc/HD beyond that. Immunity to magic and improved grab are nice. Drawbacks are that it is vulnerable to fire (and since it has magic immunity we can't protect against that), it's not smart, has no ranged attack, and only has a land speed.

I am also partial to the Helmed Horror because it's intelligent (so it gets feats), can see invisible, can air walk, and has a ranged attack (it can use a crossbow). And it's buffable.

[Hero]

Hero do you have prices on any of this stuff. 

Continuous Tongues item is 30,000 gc if it takes up a slot space (maybe head, neck, or face). Double that for slotless.

We could do an item with daily charges at 1 hr/charge for 6,480 gc/charge (slotted) or 12,960 gc/charge (slotless).

[Hero]

DM, for the antiscrying wards and the resilient sphere, should we use the "wondrous architecture" rules from Stronhold Builders Guide for pricing? Similar structure to wondrous items, but cost is halved since the effect is fixed to a location (formula is similar to magic traps).

[Asinjin]

DM, for the antiscrying wards and the resilient sphere, should we use the "wondrous architecture" rules from Stronhold Builders Guide for pricing? Similar structure to wondrous items, but cost is halved since the effect is fixed to a location (formula is similar to magic traps).

I will say yes, but I would think then that you could not use the other discounts you normally build into magic items.

[Hero]

I will say yes, but I would think then that you could not use the other discounts you normally build into magic items.

Using the wondrous architecture pricing, a “bulky but technically removeable” steering wheel that generates an at will resilient sphere around the helmsman would cost 1000*SL4*CL7=28,000 gc.

[Hero]

We could do “nondetection” on the entire ship. Wondrous architecture pricing is 500*SL3*CL for each 20x20x10 ft space. That spell would potentially block any attempts to cast divinations on the space or those within it unless the divination caster succeeds on a caster level check vs nondetection CL+11. So ideally we would need a CL of 20 to be effective, so call it 30k gc per 20x20x10 ft space. That’s probably non cost effective to do the entire ship.

[Hero]

We should get this spell made into a single use item to keep as a lifeboat:
https://dnd.arkalseif.info/dndtools/spells/stormwrack--87/mordenkainens-capable-caravel--3334/

[Asinjin]

We should get this spell made into a single use item to keep as a lifeboat:
https://dnd.arkalseif.info/dndtools/spells/stormwrack--87/mordenkainens-capable-caravel--3334/

A scroll would cost 3500gc.

[Hero]

A scroll would cost 3500gc.

I was thinking something anyone could use. So a single charge wondrous item.

[Asinjin]

I was thinking something anyone could use. So a single charge wondrous item.

So that looks like 6500gc

[Malchia]

We should get this spell made into a single use item to keep as a lifeboat:
https://dnd.arkalseif.info/dndtools/spells/stormwrack--87/mordenkainens-capable-caravel--3334/

Could it be made into a wondrous item usable once per day, week, or month?