Warp Wood Question


Rules Questions


As a 6th lvl caster, I could affect (6) small, or (3) medium, or (1) large piece of wood. Being Mythic, I could use my ability to cast the spell @ +2 caster level, so I could technically warp a Huge piece of wood. What would the size of a Keel be on a Colossal sized ship? Specifically one that is 60ft (12)squares in length.

Since I have no technical knowledge of ships, I am unsure if the Keel is made of several large (or smaller sized) pieces of wood, or if it is all one piece.

I think everyone can figure out what I am trying to do (sink a ship), and I need to know if this is even possible with this spell, or would I have to cast it numerous times to get the keel warped enough to make a ship go down.

Thanks for your input in advance.


Mortimer Magnus Monteque III wrote:
I think everyone can figure out what I am trying to do (sink a ship), and I need to know if this is even possible with this spell, or would I have to cast it numerous times to get the keel warped enough to make a ship go down.

A single "warp" to a ship's keel should do the trick (pretty much everything is built up from there), but... your GM may (and I think should) rule that a ship is one, single object and individual parts cannot be targeted separately.


Skull and Shackles rules:

Magic and Ships wrote:
Warp Wood: A warped ship springs a leak and gains the broken condition. If the ship is reduced to below half its hit points while warped, it gains the sinking condition.

So you have to be able to warp something the size of the ship itself to really use it. Additionally, warping it isn't enough to bring it down. You need "break" it after warping it (by bringing it below half health).

The keel should be one solid piece. It has to be, it's essentially the spine of the ship upon which all the other parts are based. This isn't as true with modern boats (since they're made of prebuilt hull sections) but even the modern composite keels coat the whole thing in fiberglass to make one solid structure at the end. As VRMH said though, you probably can't target the keel for the same reason you can't scorching ray someone's hand or shocking grasp someone's eyes.


Thanks for the replies. I was kinda figuring that the ship would be counted as a single object (mainly because of the animate object spell and how a ship is considered a single object).

And Bob, thanks for the quote from skulls and shackles. It appears that I will have to wait until I can affect a colossal sized object before having fun sinking ships. But at least I know where the rules for sinking the ship can be found.

Cheers,

MMM

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