About Float Chests

Most drow noble Houses, temples and academies have 1-6 such floats. Merchants accustomed to handling delicate, valuable or dangerous cargoes may employ 1d8 floats in a caravan, or up to 3d4 floats within a drow community. Floats often carry breakables, magic, weapons, or volatile cargoes, and may be navigated about by any being within 30í who touches the float and utters a (usually secret) command word. The float then obeys its handlerís silent mental commands until he or she gets out of range, or someone else touches the float and utters the correct command word, thereby transferring control.

A floatchest is unintelligent, and is AC 6, MV Fl 14 (B), HD 2, no attacks or defenses. If directed to ram, it can strike a man-sized being for 1 point of damage
(2 points to halflings or smaller beings, and can bowl them over if circumstances dictate and/or a Strength Check fails).

Floatchests move in utter silence, and can be camouflaged. Drow have sometimes employed them in attacks, as darkened oil-pot bomb carriersófloating them over an enemy guardpost, and then upending them, as flaming arrows or spells are cast. XP Value: 1,000 Suggested
GP Value: 1,500