Longship, Karfi/Skei

The Longship, commonly used by northern raiders, is similar to the large galley. However, where more civilized nations have specialist rowers, sailors, and marines, the crew of a longship is more generalized with every crewman usually being qualified for all of these tasks. Longships are generally flat-bottomed, allowing them to easily sail down rivers as well as across seas. A Karfi or Skeia is a warship powered by about thirty rowers. While a Drakkar is a large warship used for raiding powered by up to sixty rowers. but does not have much cargo capacity. Stats: cost 10,000 gp • dimensions 80' x 10' • cargo 50 tons • crew 30 • movement 30' (25') • miles per day 42 / 24 • hardness/HP 8 / 75. Notes: See the Basic Fantasy RPG Core Rules for explanations of crew, cargo, movement, hardness, and HP.