Ley Ships and Carriages
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Vehicles are extremely common in C99, due to the prevalence of Ley lines. There are literally dozens of types of vehicles that use ley lines alone, and they are the most common sorts of vehicles in the Empire, by a large margin. There are also other types of vessels, most notably the myriad of Vanx canal boats and the many types of ground vessels, both wheeled and drayspelled. Ground vessels and river boats have the advantage that they are not restricted to travel upon the Ley lines. It is easy to forget that the ley lines don't go everywhere, but there is lots of adventure that can only be reached on foot, or by destrier, or by using a non-ley vessel.
Note that there DO exist versions of all the below vessels which have been specially enchanted to free-fly, and thus leave the Ley lines. Such vessels are quite rare due to the expense.
The core rules for vehicles are used for all of these vehicles, with various modifications as noted.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/other-rules/vehicles
Ley Ships and Carriages
There are many types of vehicles that can be used with the Ley Lines. In order of size, they include:
Carriages
Brooms
One-person, very agile, very maneuverable. Powered by thunderstones, they can travel 30-60 miles per charge
Surry
Two person side-by side ley carriage. Very sporty, powered by thunderstones, 20-50 miles per charge.
Chariot
Two-person standup fighting carriage. Fast and manueverable, powered by thunderstones, 10-40 miles per charge.
Sedans
4 person carriages, with space up above for four more to sit outside. Think a flying stagecoach. Powered by thunderstones, they can travel 20-40 miles per charge
Phaeton
6 person luxury carriage, with space outside for 4 more. 10-30 miles per charge.
Landau
Eight person carriages, with space above for four more. 10-40 miles per charge Think a cabin cruiser, you can live in a landau if you're cozy.
Dray
Can carry between 20 and 100 people. A flying bus, or, a flying cargo truck. 10-20 miles per charge.
Ley Ships
Heavy Dray
An air barge, or heavy truck. The largest thing you'll see running around on a city's streets. Can carry 20-200 people or lots of cargo
Caravelle
Smallest long-haul freighter. Can carry 100-500 people if need be, but mainly used for cargo. Can use a thunderstone, and gets 10 miles per charge, but can also use a Ley Circle.
Carrack
Common large freighter. Can carry up to 1000 people but mostly used for cargo. Usually uses a Ley Circle, but can use thunderstones at 5 miles per charge.
Lugger
Large freighter, very cheaply built, used for short journeys. Uses only thunderstones at 30 miles per charge, but miserably slow.
Packet
Small, long-distance passenger ship. Usually carries 100-200 passengers. Uses only a ley circle and is very fast indeed.
Galleon
Huge long-haul armed freighter. Can carry 1000-2000 passengers and lots of cargo. Uses a ley circle, not terribly fast but not slow either.
Clipper
Very large, fast, long-haul ship. Carries passengers and freight expensively but well, and even carries some arms.
Legionaire Fleet
Chopper
A militarized version of a landau, named for the massive ramming blades commonly equipped at the front for ending pursuits. Usually carries three hands of Troopers, a half Squad.
Chariot
Two-person standup fighting carriage. Fast and manueverable, powered by thunderstones, 10-40 miles per charge.
Torpedo
Dedicated warship. Runs on thunderstones, at 1-8 miles per charge. Extremely fast, designed to ram and board. Short range, but within that range can easily run down even a corvette. A packet has no chance at all, the only hope is to hope the torpedo runs out of range. Usually carries 36 Troopers as a boarding squad and has a crew of six.
Corvette
Dedicated warship. Uses a ley circle and thunderstones, very very fast and able to run long distances quickly. Can carry 100 troopers. A military version of a packet. Very commonly seen running fast errands and rapid-response missions.
Frigate
Dedicated warship. Uses a ley circle. Faster than any freighter although not by much over a clipper or a packet. A faster, militarized version of a clipper. The backbone of the Legionairy Fleet.
Man'O War
Dedicated warship. Uses two ley circles, quite fast, manueverable, and utter death in a fight. Slower than Frigates and Corvettes, effectively unlimited range.
Monitor
Dedicated warship. Uses two ley circles just to stay aloft and two more ley circles to move around. Truly huge, quite slow, built to last forever. Used for patrols in frontier areas and to break seiges. Easy to run away from, deadly if you can't.
Flying Fortress
Just what it says. Makes a monitor look tiny and agile. Used until a real fortress can be built in 'exciting' areas.