>A couple of wacky questions out of nowhere, to satisfy my idle curiosity.
>
>1. Can moon boats only travel inside the Glowline, or can they travel
>outside the Glowline when there's a full moon?
>(1a. Can they travel in the Glowspot? e.g., could the Crimson Bat be
>followed by a moon boat cargo ship, carrying cultists, goods, etc.?)
>
>2. Does a moon boat suffer damage when it's "beached" (outside the glowline,
>and not in the full moon)? Are they built to always be in the air, or can
>they be landed and powered-down safely?
>
>3. How far can a moon boat travel in a day? (Does that depend on the size of
>the moon boat and/or magic skill of the crew?)
>
>Question 3 is really the question I'm interested in. It seems to me that
>there would be two distinct lunar "borders" for strategic purposes: a. Areas
>within round-trip distance--the moon boat can leave the glowline, get to the
>place, and turn around and get back into the glowline, all within a single
>full-moon day; and b. Areas within one-way distance--the moonboat can get
>there in a single full moon, but then has to wait a week before its return
>voyage. But that assumes moon boats *can* travel outside the Glow Line (and
>that they're not relying on, say, some hinky Yara Aranis magic to fly. And
>if moonboats are damaged by being beached, they can presumably only make
>round-trip voyages outside the Glowline--though they could make emergency
>one-way trips if bringing some vitally important person or cargo, if it's
>worth damaging a boat over.
>
>
Moonboats can travel inside and outside the glowline, no matter what phase the moon is in. From Strangers in Prax: "The Moon Boat departs very late that night, after the Moon turns from Black to Crescent."
Looking at the picture on the cover of Strangers in Prax, it looks like Moonboats can only land in special docks made for them. To load and unload cargo, they just tie down to the ground but stay in the air. (The boat has a curved bottom with no visible legs or a stand to support it.) On the other hand, the section in ILH, Vol 1 describes them very differently from the picture on Strangers In Prax. The ILH says they are made from reeds and have sails. Strangers In Prax shows it made of wood with no sails.
ILF says a Moonboat can cover 150 to 300 mails in a day, more is powered by many worshipers.
--Victor
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