- See also Boat Piloting (Proficiency).
The Complete Thief's Handbook[]
Recommended: Adventurer, Bounty Hunter, Smuggler.
A character with boating proficiency is needed to guide a boat down a rapid stream or to reduce the dangers of capsizing a canoe or kayak. In addition, a character with boating proficiency can insure that a boat is propelled at its maximum speed.
Note that this proficiency is distinct from Navigation and Seamanship, which apply to ships on oceans, seas, or at least large lakes, rather than small craft on smaller lakes and rivers.
The Complete Book of Dwarves[]
A character with the boating proficiency is needed to guide a boat down a rapid stream and to reduce the danger of capsizing a canoe or kayak. He also assures the maximum speed of a boat.
This proficiency is distinct from Navigation and Seamanship, which apply to ships on oceans, seas, and large lakes.
The Complete Ranger's Handbook[]
This proficiency allows the character to pilot any small boat, such as a kayak or canoe, operating it at maximum speed. It also allows make minor repairs and improvements in these boats, such as waterproofing them and patching holes. A successful proficiency check enables the character to handle the craft in treacherous situations; for instance, maneuvering the boat though choppy water without capsizing it, or avoiding collisions when guiding it through a narrow channel choked with rocks or ice. Note that while the navigation and seamanship proficiencies deal with ships in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water, the boating proficiency is confined to small craft on rivers, lakes, on oceans close to shore, and over similar terrain, usually on relatively calm waters.
Crossover Groups: General.
The Complete Barbarian's Handbook[]
This proficiency lets the character pilot small boats, including canoes, rafts, and kayaks, A successful proficiency check is necessary to pilot them at maximum speed or to execute a difficult maneuver, such as steering around rocks in a rapid river or spearing a fish without capsizing.
Barbarians: A barbarian may not take this proficiency unless water vessels are common in his homeland.
Crossover Group: General.
Shaman[]
This proficiency lets characters pilot small boats, including canoes, rafts, and kayaks. A successful proficiency check is necessary to pilot the craft at maximum speed or to execute a difficult maneuver, such as steering around rocks in a rapid river.