Ardent (Vehicle Class)

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Ardent-Class General Attributes

Vehicle Attribute:	STR
Base Speed:	4 squares (200 feet)
Maneuverability:

Air:	poor
Sub-surface:	poor
Land:	poor
Aquatic (surface):	poor

Weapon Ranges:

Short:	1 - 2
Medium:	3 - 4
Long:	5 - 6

Available Actions:

Move:	Move Sudden Halt (costs 1 focus)
Swift:	Quick Attack
Standard:	Build Focus Damage Control Double Move Evasive Maneuvers Standard Attack Take Aim

Ardent-Class Base Stats

Ship Level	Base CMB	Siege Damage	Base CMD	Base Durability	Base Vehicle DR	Base Crew DR	Special Abilities
1	1	1d2	11	4	-	-	Careening Fire 1
2	2	1d2	12	5	-	-	Efficient Propulsion 1
3	3	1d2	13	5	-	-	Slicing Prow 1
4	4	1d2	14	6	-	-	-
5	5	1d3	15	6	-	-	Narrow Profile 1
6	6	1d3	16	7	-	-	-
7	7	1d4	17	7	-	-	Access Panels 1
8	8	1d4	18	7	-	-
9	9	1d6	19	8	-	-	Push the Limits
10	10	1d6	20	8	-	-
11	11	1d6+1	21	9	-	-	Slicing Prow 2
12	12	1d6+2	22	9	-	-	-
13	13	1d6+3	23	10	-	-	Careening Fire 2
14	14	2d6	24	10	-	-	-
15	15	2d6	25	11	-	-	Controls Feedback 1
16	16	2d6+1	26	11	-	-	-
17	17	2d6+2	27	11	-	-	Efficient Propulsion 2
18	18	3d6	28	12	-	-	-
19	19	3d6+1	29	12	-	-	Access Panels 2
20	20	3d6+2	30	13	-	-	Grappling Volley 1
21	21	4d6+1	31	13	-	-	Slicing Prow 3
22	22	4d6+2	32	14	-	-	-
23	23	5d6	33	14	-	-	Careening Fire 3
24	24	5d6+2	34	15	-	-	-
25	25	6d6+1	35	15	-	-	Grappling Volley 2
26	26	6d6+2	36	16	-	-	-
27	27	7d6+1	37	16	-	-	Narrow Profile 2
28	28	7d6+3	38	16	-	-	-
29	29	8d6+2	39	17	-	-	Grappling Volley 3
30	30	10d6	40	17	-	-	-
31	31	10d6+3	41	18	-	-	Slicing Prow 4
32	32	10d6+6	42	18	-	-	-
33	33	10d6+9	43	19	-	-	Controls Feedback 2
34	34	10d6+12	44	19	-	-	-
35	35	10d6+15	45	20	-	-	Access Panels 1

Ardent-Class Vehicle Features

Careening Fire

Beginning at level 1, any time you make a successful attack against an enemy vehicle or creature in your close, medium, or long range, in addition to dealing your normal damage, you may either slide the enemy up to 2 squares as forced movement and change its facing by up to 45-degrees, or slide a willing ally that is also within your close, medium, or long range and change its facing by up to 45-degrees.

Beginning at level 13, if Careening Fire hits the target, you can slide the enemy up to 3 squares, and change its facing by up to 90-degrees, or do the same to a willing ally within your close, medium, or long range.

Beginning at level 23, if Careening Fire hits the target, you can slide the enemy up to 4 squares, and change its facing as much as you wish, or do the same to a willing ally within your close, medium, or long range.

Efficient Propulsion

Beginning at level 2, once per encounter, you can perform a second move action as a swift action instead of a standard action.

Beginning at level 17, any time you perform a second move action, your vehicle's speed is increased by +1 square during that action.

Slicing Prow

Beginning at level 3, you gain DR 2 versus any damage you take from ramming or collisions that you cause.

Beginning at level 11, you deal an additional +1d6 points of siege damage when ramming an enemy vehicle or creature.

Beginning at level 21, vehicles or creatures that you ram cannot use their DR to reduce ramming damage that you inflict.

Beginning at level 31, your vehicle is treated as 2 size categories larger for purposes of determining who retains control of a square, any time you are involved with ramming or a collision.

Narrow Profile

Beginning at level 5, once per encounter, you can perform the Evasive Maneuvers action as a swift action, instead of a standard action.

Beginning at level 27, the maneuver defense bonus granted any time you perform the Evasive Maneuvers action is +4 instead of +2.

Access Panels

Beginning at level 7, once per encounter, you can perform the Damage Control action as a swift action, instead of a standard action.

Beginning at level 19, when you perform the Damage Control action, if your piloting check equals or exceeds a Hard DC, you repair 3 durability instead of 2. (Normally, this would require an Impossible DC.).

Beginning at level 35, when you perform the Damage Control action, if your piloting check equals or exceeds a Average DC, you repair 2 durability instead of 1. (Normally, this would require a Challenging DC.)

Pilot Check DC Achieved	Durability Repaired
	Normal	Level 19	Level 35
Easy	1	1	1
Average	1	1	2
Challenging	2	2	2
Hard	2	3	3
Impossible	3	3	3

Push the Limits

Beginning at level 9, once per encounter as part of either a move action or a second move action, you can spend 1 focus to move as though your maneuverability class were one better than it actually is. (E.g. if your maneuverability class is normally "average", it becomes "good" for the duration of the move action or a second move action.) If your vehicle's maneuverability class is already "good", it becomes "perfect", allowing you to move in any direction (including backwards) for the duration of the move action or a second move action.

Controls Feedback

Beginning at level 15, once per encounter, you can perform the Build Focus action as a swift action, instead of a standard action.

In addition, beginning at level 33, when you perform the Build Focus action, if your piloting check equals or exceeds a Hard DC, you regain 3 focus instead of 2. (Normally, this would require an Impossible DC.).

Pilot Check DC Achieved	Focus Regained
	Normal	Level 33
Easy	1	1
Average	1	1
Challenging	2	2
Hard	2	3
Impossible	3	3

Grappling Volley

Beginning at level 20, as a swift action, you can spend 1 focus to make an attack against an enemy vehicle or creature in your close, medium, or long range. If the attack hits, you deal damage as normal, and until the start of your next turn, any time the target moves from its space, you are pulled along with it. Each time the enemy makes a move action or a second move action, you may move an equal number of squares. While your path does not need to follow the target enemy's path, you must end your movement no further from the enemy than when you began. If the affected enemy is able to move in such a way that you cannot end your movement at least as close as you were before the move, the Grappling Volley immediately ends. This is considered forced movement for your vehicle. After this forced movement, you may alter your facing by up to 45-degrees.

Beginning at level 25, during any forced movement caused by Grappling Volley, your vehicle can move up to 2 squares further than the enemy vehicle that is pulling you, for each move action or a second move action it performs. You must still end your movement no further from the enemy than when you began each time it moves, or the Grappling Volley immediately ends. After this forced movement, you may alter your facing by up to 90-degrees.

Beginning at level 29, during any forced movement caused by Grappling Volley, your vehicle can move up to 4 squares further than the enemy vehicle that is pulling you, for each move action or a second move action it performs. You must still end your movement no further from the enemy than when you began each time it moves, or the Grappling Volley immediately ends. After this forced movement, you may alter your facing as much as you wish.

Ardent-Class Cost By Size

The prices below are the gold piece cost for a Ardent-class vehicle at the listed level, by size of the ship. You must first purchase the base vehicle (whether it be a land-based, aquatic (surface), sub-surface or aerial vehicle, then choose the vehicle class, vehicle size and vehicle level. The total purchase price is the sum of the base vehicle chosen plus the level cost listed below for the desired vehicle size. This table reflects the cost to purchase a Ardent-class vehicle. The cost for other vehicle classes varies.

The cost to increase an existing ship's level (without changing its size) is calculated by subtracting the current level's cost from the next level's cost. Note that you cannot skip levels when increasing a ship's level; you must level up the ship one level at a time, paying the cost each time.

Changing the size of a vehicle requires purchasing an entirely new vehicle. An existing vehicle cannot have its size increased.

Refer to the Vehicle Classes page for details on required number of crew, information on how large the various ship sizes are, as well as information on sizing a vehicle for crew (and pilots) who are smaller or larger than traditional player characters (i.e. sized-small or sized-medium).

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Ardent-Class Upgrades

The following upgrade modules require only 1 slot in a Ardent-class vehicle:

The following upgrade modules require 2 slots in a Ardent-class vehicle: