Ahoy J.W. Darkhurst, thanks for joining my site! 🙂 I’m not a huge fan of bringing LotR into Pirates but the game pieces look fair and appropriately costed so far.
Cryptic Scroll
Unique Treasure
Ability: You may unload this treasure at your home island. If so, roll a d6. On a 1, eliminate the crew on this ship with the highest point cost. If this ship has no crew, instead eliminate all crew on one friendly ship docked closest to this ship. On a 6, this treasure is worth 9 gold. On a 2-5, place this treasure face down on the wild island farthest from your home island.
Historical Custom of the Day #247
Scourge of Malice
Faction Affiliation: English
Rarity: C
Type: Ship
Point Value: 13
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: L
Cannons: 2S-4L-3S
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against the Spanish. This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls against sea creatures. This ship can use Parley against Dutch ships.
Link: George Clifford, Henry Middleton, David Middleton, William Keeling, James Lancaster, Thomas Best
Some very specific abilities, but all based on her story of course. (which is quite interesting by the way, especially considering all the voyages she was a part of) The anti-creature bonus is due to a legitimate whaling incident. XD
You can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age of Sail and Pirates of the Epic Seas