Sea Ram, Detaching

A particular favourite of captains who do not wish to reveal their ship’s martial capabilities, preferring to appear to be an innocent, even vulnerable merchant ship, the detaching ram is a smaller version of the regular ram, which can be removed from the prow and reattached later.

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

The detaching ram functions like a normal ram in all ways, save that its smaller size results in slightly less damage to an enemy ship, dealing 1d3 points of damage per ten feet of the attaching ship’s length, rather than 1d4 points of damage.

Though meant to be removed, the detaching ram is still monstrously heavy, requiring a winch to remove and replace. Removing and reattaching a ram is a laborious process, taking 20 minutes to remove the ram and 40 minutes to attach it again.

Ram, Detaching: 4,500 gp