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F.6 Ship Size

Table F.4:Ship Size
Size Min Level Elite? Crew1 Armor Weapons

Space

Speed

Turning Cost Cargo Item Rank
Medium 1 No 1 Light —

5 ft.

30 ft.

10 ft. Small x2 —
Large 1 No 1—2 Light 1

10 ft.

30 ft.

15 ft. Medium x2 —
Huge 4 Either 1—5 Light or medium 2

20 ft.

40 ft.

20 ft. Large x2 +12
Gargantuan 7 Either 2—20 Any 3

40 ft.

50 ft.

30 ft. Huge x2 +12
Colossal 10 Yes 10—100 Any 4

80 ft.

60 ft.

40 ft. Gargantuan x2 +3
Galleon 13 Yes 50—500 Any 6

160 ft.

80 ft.

60 ft. Colossal x2 +3
Titan 16 Yes 100—1000 Any 8

320 ft.

100 ft.

80 ft. Galleon x2 +4
1. This range indicates the number of crew members that meaningfully contribute to the ship’s functions, not the ship’s maximum carrying capacity including passengers and cargo. It is either difficult or impossible to adequately control a large ship with less than the minimum crew listed here. Individual ships may have higher minimum crew requirements or lower maximum allowable crew based on their structure, at the GM’s discretion.
2. If the ship is Elite, increase its item rank by an additional +1.

A ship’s size does not directly affect its statistics. However, it has many effects on the ship’s functionality. Larger ships are much more capable than smaller ships. Some of these effects are listed below in Table F.4: Ship Size. In addition, advanced ship weapons often require a minimum ship size (see Ship Weapons).

Some ships can be larger than most creatures and objects are usually defined. To track ship size beyond the limits of Colossal, additional Galleon and Titan categories are listed below. As usual, each size category represents a doubling of each dimension, and an eightfold increase in weight. Titan ships are unlikely to be present at all in many universes, and they require extensive magical reinforcement to function. The GM can decide whether their world is advanced enough to construct such monstrosities.

Some examples of ships of a given size are given below. Since ships are typically named for their function and structure, not their size, this is only a rough guide.

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