WWI Fighter Aircraft (5e Equipment)

Size. Huge
AC. 15
Hit Points. 100
Damage Threshold 10
Crew and Passengers. 1 driver (some variants allow 1 passenger).

Cost: — Speed: Fly 900 feet (90 mph); maximum altitude of 10,000 ft; accelerate 90 feet (9 mph) per round; ascend/descend 60 feet per round. Carrying Capacity: 800 lbs. An early fighter aircraft of the sort that was historically fielded in 1915-1918 during the Great War. It is equipped with a mounted machine gun, and it is useful for many sorts of purposes: reconnaissance, observation, ground strafing, and of course shooting down enemy planes and balloons. A typical fighter aircraft has a length of 20-25 feet, a height of around 8 feet, and a wingspan of around 30 feet. A fighter has a range of 150 miles on a full tank of gasoline. Some fighters only have one seat; many others, especially those produced during the latter period of the war, have two and can carry a passenger. In a single-seat aircraft, the pilot also operates the plane's machine gun; in a two-seater, the passenger is typically also a designated gunner.

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Heavy Machine Gun: Ranged Weapon Attack +8 to hit, range 400/1,200 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (5d8) piercing damage. The heavy machine gun has the burst fire and reload (100 shots) properties. A WWI fighter aircraft comes with 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

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