Windsailor (Character Kit)

Windsailors (Warrior or Rogue)
Description: Windsailors form the bulk of Xan Kraban crews. They are trained in the operations of the airship and in combat. Xakhun Warriors or Rogues may choose the windsailor kit, provided they meet the minimum ability requirements. Windsailors fill the highest echelons of Xakhun society, below only the clergy of Lolth and higher-ranking windsailors.
Physically, windsailors tend to be slight and swift. Agility means more than brute strength on the constantly shifting deck of a Xan Kraban, and good windsailors are seldom large. Windsailor Warriors form the main assault force of windships, adept at both missile and melee combat. Windsailor Rogues are experts at dropping to the ground on a cord of spider silk, looting the villages of the Xan Kraban’s victims before burning the villages to the ground.
Role: Windsailors are responsible for all operations of the Xan Kraban. When not serving on board a Xan Kraban, windsailors often lead small Xakhun raiding parties on the surface. Their elite status makes most windsailors aloof and serious. Outsiders, even other drow, consider the windsailors the worst of an already haughty people. The knowledge that they were chosen to carry out Lolth’s quest makes every member of a Xan Kraban’s crew look down on those who were not so honored. 
Requirements: Every Xakhun selected to serve on a Xak Kraban must have a minimum Dexterity of 15. In addition, preference is given to those slighter in stature than most. Most experienced windsailors are below average height and weight.
Weapon Proficiencies:
* Required: Dagger, short bow (composite).
Non-weapon Proficiencies:
* Bonus: Pilot airship (see sidebar). 
* Recommended: Navigation, rope use, weather sense.
Special Benefits: The extensive training windsailors receive aboard a Xan Kraban negates any penalties they might otherwise receive due to firing missiles from an unstable platform. As part of the final stage of their training, windsailors learn to move swiftly along the spidersilk rigging of a Xan Kraban. Any windsailor moving through familiar rigging moves at half his movement rate with no penalty. It takes roughly two hours for a windsailor to become familiar with the rigging of a new airship. This benefit extends to the webbing used by drop spiders, allowing crew members to slip down on unsuspecting prey along with the spiders.
Special Hindrances: Because of the inherent weight restrictions aboard the Xan Kraban, windsailors may not wear anything heavier than leather armor. Although they are allowed to train with any weapon permitted to their class, Xhakun windsailors may not carry any weapons other than daggers and short bows while aboard a Xan Kraban.
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