| Item | Cost | Notes |
| Hand Cart, crude | 8 silver | A humble and unadorned, two wheel wooden cart. Crudely built of sticks and boards. Bed area is about 2 square meters. Uncovered. Designed to be pulled/pushed by one person. Due to the short tongues, it cannot be attached to a draught animal. |
| Hand Cart | 20 silver | A medium sized, good quality hand cart built of iron bound wood planks. Bed area is about 2 square meters. Uncovered. Designed to be pulled by one person. |
| Large Cart | 50 silver | A large sized, high quality cart built of iron bound wood planks and metal rimmed wheels. Bed area is 3 square meters. Uncovered. Has two large wheels and forward shafts so it can be hitched to a draft animal. |
| Small Wagon | 100 silver | A small four wheeled wagon. Too heavy to pull or push by hand - requires a draft animal. Bed area is about 5 square meters. Uncovered. |
| Large Wagon | 200 silver | A larger wagon with a bed area of 8 square meters and higher side walls. |
| Freight Wagon | 400 silver | A very large and sturdy wagon with extra thick, steel-rimmed wheels and high walls. Bed area is 8 square meters, uncovered. Much too heavy to push/pull by hand. Requires a strong draught animal. |
House Wagon |
1000 silver | A large enclosed wagon with a tiled roof and living quarters inside. Designed as a mobile living space for long journeys. Typically used by nobles or wealthy merchants. Internal floor space is about 15 square meters. Includes a door, two windows, drapes, a bed, desk, lantern, a small wood burning stove and chimney. Requires a very strong draft animal team (typically a pair of animals). |
| Sayune Clan Wagon | 3000 silver | An extremely large version of the nomadic wagon, built by, and sized for, the sayune. Typically includes two or three levels, eight small rooms, a dozen beds, two stoves, two chimneys, three storage compartments, three balconies, drapes, doors and hatches. All beds, doors and so forth are sized for sayune (4 foot height). These huge vehicles are normally not for sale to outsiders. But on very rare occasions, one will come to market. |
| Carriage, common | 500 silver | A basic four wheel carriage that seats four people. Wooden walls enclose the interior and it has a rounded wooden roof. Wooden seats. Some basic ornamentation. |
| Carriage, noble | 3,000 silver | A larger and much more regal carriage, colorfully painted, adorned with elaborate scrollwork and gold trim, with cushioned seats, two windows that close and lock, velvet drapes and a tiled roof. Typically seats six. |
| War Chariot | 300 silver | A large, armored two wheeled chariot designed for battle. Enough room for a driver and two warriors. Heavily armored and weighs a great deal. Used primarily in the Padashan Empire and Anquar. Can also be found in the Aukarian Republic. Rare in Ithria. |
| Litter | 300 silver | A small carriage mounted on two long poles carried by a group of 4 or more servants. The enclosed carriage box includes cushioned seats, windows, drapes and a tiled roof. It seats two (larger models may seat four). Popular in Rukemia and Padashan, but rare in other nations. In most cities of those two empires, only nobles are allowed to use such vehicles. They are usually quite elobarately decorated. |
| Sedan Chair | 150 silver | Very similar to a litter, but it is a smaller, single seat carriage mounted on two poles meant to be carried by two servants. |
| Item | Cost | Notes |
| Longboat | 150 sp | A longer version of a rowboat carried on larger sailing ships and used to ferry people and cargo to and from the ship. Length: 7 meters. It has 3 sets of oars and can typically carry about 8 people comfortably and up to double that if comfort is not an issue. |
| Rive raft, small | 50 silver | A small and simple square raft. Steered with oars or poles. Total area is 10 square meters. Can comfortable transport four people and gear. |
| River raft, large | 100 silver | A large rectangular raft with a basic rudder. Propelled with oars or poles. This raft has a total area of 20 square meters and can comfortably carry up to eight people and gear or two people and two horses. |
| Saurian Bogboat | 100 silver | Lightweight, round raft maneuved with poles. Smooth rounded edges. Very sturdy. Designed for maneuvering dense bogs and swamps. Common in Saurian territory, rare everywhere else. Light enough to be carried by four saurians across a portage. |
| Rowboat with a pair oars | 75 silver | A small simple rowboat with three seats and a pair of oars. Length: 4.5 meters. |
| River barge | 400 silver | A large flat bottomed river boat with rudder and tiller. Propelled with either long oars or poles. Total deck area of 100 square meters. Most commonly used by merchants for transporting goods by river. Typically requires a crew of four to handle. |
| Etharan Wayfarer | 5,000 silver | A small two masted elven sea faring ship. Slender and elegant. Despite its name, this ship is designed for short voyages close to the coast. Used by the elves of Ethara. Typically 35 feet long with a crew of six. |
| Borrellian Longship | 10,000 silver | A long and narrow ship with oars along its entire length and a single retangular sail. Graceful, long, wide and light. It has a shallow draft designed for speed. Symmetrical front and back ends allow it to reverse direction without turning. Designed for deep fjords and rough sea voyages. A typical longship is 75 feet long and can carry 50 borrellian warriors. Often used by the Borrellians in long distance summer raids. Fairly lightweight for a ship of such length. It has no need for ports. It can simply be beached. |
| Ormekian Galley | 20,000 silver | A two masted longship usually with both sails and oars. Fifty feet long with a crew of three officers, eight crew and 16-20 slave rowers. |
| Normidian Lakeship | 25,000 silver | A tall and narrow two-masted ship. Typically 40 to 60 feet long with a crew of 12. Used widely on the Captured Sea for cargo transport. |
| Durogar | 30,000 silver | A broad dwarven ship with a deep draught but low sides, propelled by many oars. Designed from transporting cargo on underground lakes where the water is calm and deep and there is rarely a breathe of wind. A durogar averages 65 feet long and is usually operated by a crew of 12. |
| Mercian Broadship | 50,000 silver | A large and stout bellied cargo ship. A typical three-masted broadship has six sails, namely bowsprit, foresail, mizzen, spritsail, and two topsails. Averages 80 to 100 feet long with a deep draught, high sides and a wide belly with a huge central cargo section and two or three levels fore and aft. Usually a crew of 20. |
| Rukemian Galley | 75,000 silver | A huge four masted ship that typically reaches 150 feet in length with a crew of 30 or more. Has multiple levels within. Used for long distance cargo transport and for war. |
| Kalimuran Dreadnaught | 100,000 silver | A massive four masted tall ship with a deep draft and five decks. Sheer size, advanced design and technology make it the strongest, fastest and most durable type of sea vessel known, able to withstand storms that would sink other ships. Typically 250 feet long with an enormous cargo volume. Normally has eight officers and a crew of 50. The dreadnaught is the only ship armed with cannons, a recent technological invention from Kalimura. A typical dreadnaught will have between six and twelve cannons. Kalimura jealously guards its technology and it is exceptionally rare for a cannon to be found on any non-Kalimuran ship. This ship was designed to transport cargos through the Pirate Isles and have enough power to fend off any attack. |
| Item | Cost | Notes |
| Canvas | 50 sp | A 1m x 10m bolt of flax linen canvas. Can be used to patch a torn sail. |
| Magnetic Compass | 10 sp | This is a magnetized needle on a spindle in a small wooden box with brass fittings. It is an important piece of navigational equipment or seagoing vessels. The magnetic needle loses its magnetism and must be re-magnetized with a lodestone every few days. |
| Lead Sheet | 60 sp | Lead sheeting is used to patch leaks in the hull of the ship on the inside. It is purchased in 50kg rolls and then cut into small pieces called “tingles” as needed to patch the hull. Each tingle is nailed into place with tingle nails. Tingle sheets are used in conjunction with oakum, pitch and tar to patch leaks and keep the hull water tight. They are a “temporary fix” until hull boards can be replaced during a refit in a shipyard. |
| Lodestone | 72 sp | A lodestone is a naturally occuring magnetic stone. It can be used to magnetize other pieces of iron and is typically used to magnetize the needle in a magnetic compass. The standard lodestone used on ships is 500 grams and about the size of a large chicken egg. |
| Pitch | 8 sp | In combination with oakum, pitch is used for caulking seams and packing joints to stop leaks and create a waterproof seal. Sold in small barrel weighing 10kg. |
| Oakum | 10 sp | Oakum is loose fibers from unwound old rope. Used for patching leaks in conjunction with pitch and tar. Sold in hemp canvas bags weighing 10kg. |
| Oars | 10 sp | A pair of wooden long oars. They are 3m long and each oar weighs 8 kg. |
| Sounding Lead and Line | 1 sp | A large heavy lead weight which is attached to a 40 meter long hemp line. It is lowered into the water to find the depth to the bottom. Used to help a ship navigate shallow waters. |
| Tar | 5 sp | Thick, black viscous liquid used for waterproofing and sealing. Sold in small barrel weighing 10kg. |
| Tingle Nails | 20 sp | Tingle nails are sold by the thousand. A bag of 1000 iron tingle nails weighs about 10kg and costs 20 sp. Used in conjunction with tingles (lead sheets) to patch leaks in the hull. |
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