Certainly on the high seas it's a bit difficult to ambush anybody. But around coastlands or islands a small (50-100metres) oared vessel can make a fair speed - 10+ knots, that's ~1000 metres in 3 minutes.
> You will of course need to deal with piracy at some point, whether
> your players doing it, or being attacked by them.
No point having a naval campaign without the chance to get a few PCs to walk the plank, aargh Jim lad.
> The Vadeli (shiver) are one of the main sea-going people these
days.
> They're not terribly powerful as a group, but I still wouldn't
really
> want to meet them on the seas.
I love the Malkioni-slanted description of them on Etyries.com.
-- tez
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