Ben

Loimeriea Caroleus
Faction Affiliation: France
Rarity: C
Type: Crew
Point Value: 4
Ability: This ship ignores terrain when given a move action. This ship can’t be pinned.

Flavor text: The youngest first mate in the French Navy at just 17, Loimeriea doesn’t care what her fellow sailors think of her. Her only goal is to join her father (who is…[Read more]

Swift Attempt
Faction Affiliation: American
Rarity: SE
Type: Ship
Point Value: 14
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 4
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 2S-3L-2S
Ability: Windcatcher. Broadsides Attack.

Flavor text: After becoming famous for one of the most successful heists in history, the crew of this vessel laid low for months. Knowing they will be…[Read more]

So Kihwe is basically BA without the “no other abilities” part, and no extra damage. Seems like it would get complicated…
Not sure about Urupan yet. Reminds me of Doragon the Magnificent, but this guy can elevate the ship he is on too… pretty wacky! I’m not sure how he would lift that much weight all of a sudden…. XD
I think the latest…[Read more]

Also (this is mostly for Ben) as of yet, I have no real flavor text for the seas of doom pieces, but once I get enough, I will begin re-posting the pieces with the text attached.

I think it would be much better to simply reveal the flavor text with the eventual spreadsheet than repost them all.

Skoric
Faction Affiliation: Viking
Rarity: C
Type:…[Read more]

Why is Jasper Greene so expensive? I don’t think that version of the copy ability is worth that much, since the only things you’ll be copying are by and large generic abilities like musketeer, firepot specialist or helmsman.

I think Greene is fascinating, and probably worth the points. I think he’ll be copying stuff like SAT and Parley, and bei…[Read more]

Explorer + SAT strikes me as a combo that probably shouldn’t show up together on a crew. Kano is quite interesting.

Ruins of Baboteca
Faction Affiliation: Spanish
Rarity: C
Type: Fort
Gold Cost: 4
Cannons: 2S-2S-3L-3L
Ability: Spanish ships docked at this island or within S of this island get +1 to their d6 rolls. When this fort is hit,…[Read more]

Yup, podcast topic makes sense too.
I do think Wanhu’s ability text could receive some lengthy additions to keep it from being OP.
A cure for venom sounds like the perfect background for Crew Protect (or Doctor but that hasn’t appeared on a ship).
If it’s automatic it really shouldn’t be on every hit. Players shouldn’t be penalized for getting…[Read more]

The Matoran Canoes remind me of a problem that is difficult to avoid when making customs – making the same kinds of mistakes that Wizkids made, since they did it first and made it official. As in, using the Banshee’s Cry’s ability to severely lower point costs, or comparing customs to all the BEST ships in the game rather than average ones. For…[Read more]

I can give the canoes one cargo, would that make them less OP? Or would leaving them as-is just be par for the course, considering the existing canoes?

Yes, but they’re not better than the American canoes, so no changes are completely necessary. I just feel like canoes with more than 1 cargo are just OP by default (unless the Chieftain had a…[Read more]

@Xerecs: All three IMO. The cargo is extremely important with canoes; one set of those could be a gold running powerhouse even without factoring the auto Captain into play. 10 cargo spaces for 13 points with plenty of speed and the possibility of five 4S shots in addition to that – very impressive. The Star Chaser is less OP than most other…[Read more]

Tranquil Tide
Faction Affiliation: American
Rarity: C
Type: Ship
Point Value: 14
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 4
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 3L-4S-3L
Ability: Galley. If this ship begins a move action within S of land, she gets +L to her base move. Enemies get -1 to their cannon rolls when this ship is within S of land.

Flavor text: After a full…[Read more]

I would argue that the Matoran Canoes are likely more OP than the Chaser, though I like them better.

Elephant
Faction Affiliation: Barbary Corsair
Rarity: R
Type: Ship
Point Value: 9
Number of Masts: 1
Cargo Space: 0
Base Move: T
Cannons: 2S-2S-2S-2S
Ability: Flotilla. Extended Range. This flotilla eliminates cargo with every hit if the target…[Read more]

I wouldn’t mind if the Bomo’s abilities were simply automatic if the cargo went to 3 or the cost to 12. The text doesn’t specify on which turn the effects apply, so it’s a bit confusing – not to mention the annoyance of yet another roll for the ship every single turn that opponents then have to remember for their own turns when attacking it.
I…[Read more]

Swift Stabbing
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: U
Type: Ship
Point Value: 15
Number of Masts: 4
Cargo Space: 3
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 2L-4S-4L-5L
Ability: Schooner. On the turn this ship is pinned, eliminate one crew and one mast from the rammed ship.

Flavor text: Every Cursed crew on this ship is equipped with at least one sword. They’ve…[Read more]

The Everjust is confusing with 4 cannons instead of 3.
Personally I think the comment in Dorrian’s name is unnecessary. Especially because it made me think the ship linked to two crew, one called “Master-at-Arms” and one called Wesley Dorrian. His cost seems right, though I don’t like the thought of adding a die roll before each shoot. Maybe…[Read more]

BA basically doesn’t work on 10 masted junks, but could be of slight value when the ship loses a lot of masts. More of a thematic touch given the “berserk anger” flavor stuff. XD The ship is not after sea creatures since most of those will be Cursed or not hostile to the Cursed, unlike many subs.
I like both of those 1 masters.
@JB/JW:…[Read more]