Just to field my future plans: I desire, as a pirate captain on land, an airship. I believe this to be advantageous to the team because it is awesome (plus also means we get significantly increased mobility.)
A list from the GM of required resources reveals:
1 Ship of desired size
40-160 Opals (Wind)
40-160 Moonstones (Gravity)
3 Large Mana Batteries
75,000 Mana (Which is why the Large Mana Batteries are needed)
1 Blueprint of Airship (You do have an inventor with you)
All help would be appreciated. And if I ever see a jeweler who specialises in opals/moonstones, I'm robbing them. Just saying.
Well, I can definitely help with the blueprints. But...yeah, enchanting the jewels is going to be a bit of a pain. I should probably learn that little trick at some point.
Heh probably. I plan to just find a spellstone that contains a dragon. Who needs an Airship when you have a dragon to ride?
1. People who don't have a steady supply of meat/etc to feed it?
2. People who want to be able to be in the air at all hours of the day?
3. People who want to be able to fly across deserts or oceans, not just places you can find streams for the dragon to drink?
4. People who don't want a single lucky shot to send them plummeting to the ground suddenly?
5. People who want to take cargo places?
6. People who want to take passengers?
7. People who want to be able to upgrade/alter their ride later?
Not to say that dragonriding isn't cool, or that it doesn't have its uses, but it just can't be used for the purposes of an airship.
I can point out an airship weakness.
Thunder storm.
Why? It's not grounded, lightning wouldn't be an issue. Unless you made the whole thing out of metal or something, I guess. And even then, it would be directed around anything of value inside.