Ballad of the False Dragon: an Elder Scrolls Quest

[KingAardvark1st]

curiosity or awe, I think?

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Good catch, edited

Huh, that's weird. I always thought that longboats were comparatively crew-heavy for their size and sailing ships were the opposite, since longboats have a shitload of oars they need to crew and were basically built for raiding anyway. Well, whatever.

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Oh yeah, that's correct. It's more that everyone here has oars, and while the longboats are definitely more crew dense, the galleass is just garden variety large.

 

[Eternal_0bserver]

[X] Plan: Buff and Debuff

Eventually you get up with a groan and stretch. "Well, I probably ought to get below deck. After all, the 'new empress' will need her beauty sleep."

Horror grips Sissel's heart. "No… no I can't handle two Britte's."

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"Why do you think I chose the crown of all things?"

 

[Miriam]

[X] Plan: Buff and Debuff

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[Dark as Silver]

Crosswind will stall the ships behind us, and since our ship is apparently also equipped with oars (presumably for reaching ramming speed/dealing with doldrums or whatever) boosting speed and stamina will help us open the fight against the galleass with a bang.

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Thats not how boats work. They don't ram unless they were specifically designed for it. Theres a reason Trireme's where designed with a actual metal ram.
Among long boats you'd be sailing past to try and snap oars and ruin their ability to manoeuvre.

Regardless I'm voting for the wind change.

[X] Plan Divide and Conquer + Ramming Speed

 

[Fayhem]

Thats not how boats work. They don't ram unless they were specifically designed for it. Theres a reason Trireme's where designed with a actual metal ram.

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A few horses are provided for you as well as a trio of Dragonguard escorts for your long but uneventful journey to Dawnstar, and at dusk you reach your boat. The Dauntless is fresh off the slip, a large cargo ship by name but sporting a ram on her bow hidden by the waterline and rigged with a mixture of square and triangular sails--which apparently help its speed in crosswinds (you don't understand how, you're not a sailor).

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Emphasis added.

 

[Dark as Silver]

Emphasis added.

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My apologies.
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How the hell is a cargo ship (in shape at least) going to manage that? The thuum I guess.