Ben

Of the two, I feel that the Shrieking has a higher upside, with the L-Cancel ability (didn’t you say that was a bad idea?

It’s a very broken thing to have in terms of regular cancellers.  In this case it happens on your own turn, which makes it impossible to make that ship unhittable, unlike an L-canceller that could shut down an enemy captain at…[Read more]

Thank you again for the feedback, I think both crew could be reasonably useful in American fleets.

Time to reveal the “final” (could be more in the future) Cursed 6 masters!

Grand Shrieking
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: R
Point Value: 17
Number of Masts: 6
Cargo Space: 3
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 4L-5S-4S-3L-4L-3L
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Exactly I always thought it was funny that they made a crazy number of masts on ships without having even close to a realistic number of cannons lol(from what I understand and 10 masted ships are debatibly legend and myth)

Counting up the number of cannons on the artwork of the ship’s hull and decks is a much better metric than the number of…[Read more]

The Zeus crewed by Emperor Blackheart, Grim the savage and a musketeer.24 shots from the same ship is as close as we can get to a realistic gunship(from what I understand most ship of the line had WELL over 20 cannons)or if you are playing a strictly 40 point game replace Blackheart with captain sao feng and Elizabeth Swan along with Hag of…

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Nayalitu is a nice crew, great use of an ability that I didnt see as very viable on the crew I saw wizkids produce(this crew must be the first eliminated.)

I don’t recall seeing her negative ability on a Wizkids crew, but thanks!

Jerrison Beaner
Type: Crew
Faction Affiliation: American
Rarity: U
Point Value: 7
Ability: Captain. S-Board. [As part…[Read more]

Given the minimal cargo space, I don’t think that the Ascent will ever have treasure on her. I suppose there’s a possibility of a UT or two finding their way on board, which would count as a treasure, but again I don’t think the odds of that happening are high.

I think she could work as an empty gold runner since she doesn’t need a helmsman, and t…[Read more]

Rapid Ascent
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Jade Rebellion
Rarity: R
Point Value: 8
Number of Masts: 1
Cargo Space: 2
Base Move: S+S+S
Cannons: 2L
Ability: Turtle Ship. This ship cannot be shot at while docked. This ship cannot shoot when she carries treasure.

Flavor text: Climbing various mountains in Asia in record time, the crew of the Rapid…[Read more]

Thanks for the feedback!  This latest 10 master combo is actually one of the least interesting from the set, so feel free to give feedback on any of the others whenever you want.  In fact, I probably haven’t made it clear enough, but feel free to give feedback on any of my customs even if they haven’t been publicly posted.

Bonus funny: When I sa…

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My group and I were thinking about how its wierd that you may only board by ramming or special ability so after thinking a little bit I figured maybe a ship may make ONE free boarding action at the start of its turn if its in contact with another.(this way if a ship is still jammed against yours you may board it but it also can’t be abused to a…

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Are you exploring a derelict ship, boarding an enemy ship, or just transferring cargo between your ships? There should likely be little to explore on a friendly cargo transfer.

I think this would apply to 1 and 3, since boarding is not part of an explore action of any kind.  I suppose exploring an enemy derelict for the first time could take a…[Read more]

So…. Faradun can eliminate cargo optionally? Interesting. Could you go back and forth with him if you had enough shots?

Yup!

Would his minus to boarding rolls be counted as a bonus, for the sake of ability interaction?

Unfortunately it probably would.  -1 definitely isn’t a “bonus”, but I have a feeling it would be ruled the other way.

Another th…

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I think I like Arella Harkins more than Barry. Her combination of abilities has more interesting potential for boarding related tactics. Whether its crew elimination, gold capture or other stuff like Nemo. Hmmm. I guess she would make a good combination with her linked crew, provided you can get them on a quick enough ship with some ample cargo…

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I got to play a 1vs1 of the scenario and I realized I have to either change some wording or ban some abilities since I have 2 ships that may take a random treasure from any other wild island…ruining the fun and realism.

Interesting, I haven’t found the Island treasure trading ability (what I call it) to be all that powerful or fun-ruining.

If y…[Read more]

Barry Corstrom
Type: Crew
Faction Affiliation: American
Rarity: C
Point Value: 5
Ability: Captain. Filching Gold.
Link: Arella Harkins

Flavor text: Barry likes to “play pirate” while still in obedience to the US Naval Board. He is generally an effective captain, though he prefers to command one ship rather than a fleet, so as to keep his thieving…[Read more]

Those are interesting ships there, mast saccing?

Indeed, an interesting and hopefully less OP twist on the classic Sac ability.  I’ve also toyed around with coin saccing and cargo saccing.  If it’s too powerful I can always nix the ability or change it. Forgot to add the link at the end, but you can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age o…[Read more]