Would this also apply to crew abilities and equipment abilities? For example, suppose I assign a Stinkpot Specialist to the same ship as Stinkpot Shot, would the abilities count as the same? Or does the last line of Stinkpot Shot prevent that?
Specialist:
Equipment:
If the cannon roll is a 1, remove Stinkpot Shot from the game.
(If anyone runs across an older ruling that says otherwise, go with that instead, but…)
The removal effect makes those two just different enough that they get around the non-stacking rule. You will have to specify which is being used before you roll for the shot.
Got another equipment related question. The various Letters of Marque equipment state: “If this ship shoots at X ship, remove X letter of Marque from the game.”
Does this mean that if I shoot at whatever is indicated by X, the letter of marque would remove itself, regardless of if I used Parley?
In other words, if I have American letter of marque on my ship, and I shoot at an American ship, does the letter of Marque remove itself? Even if I haven’t used parley against that specific ship?
The two different effects of the Letters are independent of each other. Shooting at an X-ship removes the letter whether you’ve used Parley or not, and regardless of which specific ship(s) you’ve used it against.