Hull, Control: Helm, Movement: Sails, Weapon: Ballista, Weapon: Mangonel View Sailing Ship Details. Warship Ghosts of Saltmarsh Warships are slower but more heavily armed vessels capable of taking on more cargo. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, their respective logos, and all Wizards titles and characters are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC in. Ballista- A Ballista is a massive crossbow that fires heavy bolts. Before it can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. SpellJammer 5e RaphidDarkshade Raphid.
- The rate of fire of a ballista was relatively slow because it took considerable effort to load and aim the weapon. People of medium and smaller stature were at a particular disadvantage. Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p.
- If you can cast Feather Fall on an arrow, then it's easy to determine the ranges which it can be fired. Each round, the arrow will drop 60ft, and travel roughly 1200ft horizontally (value taken from Yahoo Answers). So if you fire from on top of a 1200ft-high tower, your arrow will fly for 1200/60=20 rounds, travelling a total of 20x1200=24,000 feet. This is assuming there are no hills, uneven.
Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Dnd 5e Large Ballista
1st-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose one object weighing 1 to 5 pounds within range that isn’t being worn or carried. The object flies in a straight line up to 90 feet in a direction you choose before falling to the ground, stopping early if it impacts against a solid surface. If the object would strike a creature, that creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the object strikes the target and stops moving. When the object strikes something, the object and what it strikes each take 3d8 bludgeoning damage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the maximum weight of objects that you can target with this spell increases by 5 pounds, and the damage increases by 1d8, for each slot level above 1st.
Dnd 5e Ballista Stats
Spell Lists.Sorcerer, Wizard, Artificer