Sandsail
Strange, magically unstable, vast expanses of sand of the Wild Wastes are hard and treacherous to trek trough by most conventional means. Some more creative individual though have put their ingenuety to the test, using the arcane nature of the desert in their advantage, creating the peculiar, efficient, yet quite risky method of transportation on things known as the Sandsails.
Sandsails are creations of the practisioners of the arcane arts that have found their home in the Wastes. These small vessels are used to travel large expanses of sand much faster than with foot, while using the aid of arcane currents. They are commonly made of metal, wood, hardened leather and other scraps that the one building it has found to form a small boat like tub with a mast with either a shield or sail attached to it. This contraption glides trough the sand, like it would be liquid, and can carry few people and some gargo.
Propulsion
To get around, sandsails use enchanted fabrics or large enchanted shields, that are connected to a pair of ropes that are used to steer the vessel. Enchantment lets the one steering the vessel catch the frizzied energy of the leylines that so strongly sparks on this desert and use it to propel the vessel forward.
As the leyline currents aren't really felt in same way than, for example, wind, the ride is going to be unpredictable. Very few know how to travel with a sandsail safely, so ones that are very praticed and know their area well can potentially get very rich by helping people to move on the large expanses of the desert. Study, luck and determination (possibly madness) are pretty much required from any single Sandsailer, if they wish to actually succeed.
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