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    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Blue Cheese!!!
    "Victory has a thousand fathers,defeat is an orphan."

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    Blue cheese is just sick! And if I was forced to eat it on an air ship I would just throw up!
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    If somemone vomits blue cheese off of an airship, and it hits someone,how much damage does it do!:P
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    Orginally posted by Lord Eldred
    Blue cheese is just sick! And if I was forced to eat it on an air ship I would just throw up!
    I would not, could not on a sea ship! I would not, could not on an airship! It will not, shall not cross my lip!
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    I do like blue cheese and am, I do like it Sam I am!
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    Should I rename this thread 'Cheeses of Cerilia'??

    LOL. :P
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    Orginally posted by Temujin

    Should I rename this thread 'Cheeses of Cerilia'??

    LOL. :P
    Referring to the thread's content or the posters? :P
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    I was contemplating this topic and it seems that a reasonable non-magical airship could be made. Using a light-weight wood for external construction (albeit sacrificing safety for the ability to get off the ground), one could construct the airship in 2 different ways. First, a large prop atop the device creating lift ala a helicopter. This would require the use of "a few" men or a couple of horses, to turn the prop quickly enough to generate the required lift. This could result in significant enough altitude to kill everyone on board when it came crashing down do to exhaustion of those who were powering it. THe second thought is to create the ship around a large cylinder which would house the prop. This prop would be signifcantly large and at even lower rates of speed would create an air cushion beneath the ship, along which it could ride. You could employ a sail to drive it, use horses to pull it (no friction means faster rates of speed), or props on the back mounted vertically to create thrust. Both designs are feasible although I like the second best.

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    Airships in Cerilia? Aaaaghhh!!!!! :)

    That aside, I know of several worlds that have used airships:
    1) Mystara, the old DnD world, had airships. There was even a campaign set released that centered around the explorations of a single airship and its crew.
    2) Earthdawn has airships aplenty, as well as elemental-steam-powered-riverboats-run-by-blue-lizards.
    3) Eyes of Silver, by Michael Stackpole has a lot to offer, including airships powered by elemental steam and a bunch of mages at the helm. The book is out of print, but if you can get it you won't be disappointed.
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    Well since there are no current airships on paper on birthright,
    then a possible suggestion could be to have players research and develop one. of course this would take alot of money and time to develop. a great flying ship would prob take 50 to a hundred years to develop, and even then i dont think it would be a great advantage as it would be easily taken down by fireballs or catapults or arrows etc.. but it would be fun to have and to roleplay getting it developed over time.
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