Ben

“This ship may eliminate one treasure that she carries to gain a second action”

I’ve got a custom crew with that ability.  I don’t see too much problem with it, since you’d have to find treasures in the first place as opposed to starting the game with a bunch of oarsmen.  It would be a great way to recycle negative UT’s though.  Could make for an…[Read more]

I think that the Ascent would be better balanced if the L-immunity only applied while surfaced.

I think you’re right and I’ve made that change.  Giving subs additional defenses is probably never a good idea.

I’m glad to see you making more exotic pieces, no matter how few.

🙂  There definitely are some in the set, if you know the keywords to sea…[Read more]

Lava Cauldron
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Mercenary
Rarity: R
Point Value: 9
Number of Masts: 1
Cargo Space: 2
Base Move: L
Cannons: 2S
Ability: Mercenary. Turtle Ship. When an enemy ship initiates contact with this ship, replace one of that ship’s masts with a fire mast.

Flavor text: The crew of this sturdy vessel keep a hot fire going at…[Read more]

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I don’t disagree that she’s a good ship; it’s just that I personally have trouble hitting with 2-rank cannons

I can vibe with that; I’ve had a lot of terrible dice luck when shooting.

Don’t get me wrong, they are both good ships and have their uses; but if I had to choose between the Devil or the Ascent, I’d more than likely choose the Ascent.

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Crew with that ability have been seen at 4 points, so that’s whee I’d put the ability, which means the DotN is an 18 point ship before that ability is added.

Just like world hater, it’s an ability that ideally would scale in cost to the number of cannons on the ship.  A ship that essentially has 6 cannons can make great use of it, especially if y…[Read more]

The Cargo-Wrecking, though very useful, isn’t much of a point booster either, especially since the Devil has all rank-4 cannons.

I strongly disagree.  If it’s useful, it has to increase the point cost.  6 cannons at 4L is not trivial, and a world-hater to essentially make them all 3L’s is easy to add (especially considering customs and not jus…[Read more]

Being faction-specific, I’d be very hesitant to make it anything other than a 0-point ability, and not even as a “half point” that could put you over the top when paired with a Hostile or Loyal.

Absolutely, I was not wanting it to be a -1 for cost or anything.  It would be “free” as a thematic negative, especially since if it applied to only o…[Read more]

What happens when you roll a number higher than the number of masts on the ship?

It would replace all the masts with fire masts, but not sink it outright.

Does it apply to only current masts, or total masts? (In other words, do you fill empty slots with fire masts if there aren’t enough remaining masts?)

I used to wonder about that a lot in t…[Read more]

@Woelf: Do you see any nasty rules issues by making Ransom faction specific, similar to Hostile and Loyal?

For example, “Ransom: Spain” would mean that only the Spanish could get the benefit of the keyword.  This is for thematic reasons of course and to simulate some but not all nations putting a price on someone’s head.

Could even try to apply…[Read more]