Ben

Enemy ships within L of this ship get -2 to their cannon rolls.

This seems problematic. I suggest limiting it to cannon rolls against the ship with the ability. Love the Rashi. Rocos seems like a simple gold runner, reminds me of the Algiers.

Historical Custom of the Day #230

Francis Leslie
Pirate
Crew
1 point
Ability: This ship can use…[Read more]

Historical Custom of the Day #229

Edward Fenton
English
Crew
4 points
Ability: Helmsman. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against Spanish ships. Once per turn you may look at one face down treasure on an island within L of this ship.
Link: Martin Frobisher

You can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age of Sail and Pirates of the Epic Seas

Historical Custom of the Day #228

Aid
Faction Affiliation: English
Rarity: C
Type: Ship
Point Value: 12
Number of Masts: 2
Cargo Space: 4
Base Move: L
Cannons: 3S,3L
Ability: This ship cannot sink, but she can be scuttled.
Link: Martin Frobisher, Anthony Jenkinson

I might be a little biased after seeing the Triton’s Fury in last night’s awesome…[Read more]

Historical Custom of the Day #227

Anthony Jenkinson
English
Crew
5 points
Ability: Explorer. Parley. Ship treasure trading. [Once per turn, if this ship carries treasure and is within S of an enemy ship, you may randomly trade one treasure with that ship.]
Link: Aid

You can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age of Sail and Pirates of…[Read more]

I like the Gurahk, but feel she could be 10 points. However, I think the Kurak’s ability could get ugly; I hope Woelf responds to that one.

Historical Custom of the Day #226

Finally going to TRY and go away from the Pirates a bit after such a long run of them. I seem to have over 150 Pirate named crew in my historical set now (nearly the same as the total number of English pieces O_O), so I think it’s time to divvy things up and get some balance. However, the historical pirate…[Read more]

Hmmmm. Suppose the range was S and it could only eliminate up to one mast, in addition to my suggested wording change. Would look like this:

Once per turn, before you give this ship an action, roll a d6 for every ship within S of this ship. On a 5-6 eliminate a mast from the target ship.

That sounds much more reasonable, though the cost might be…[Read more]

That ability would be a huge nuisance. I don’t see it working well – in home waters you might end up doing severe damage to friendly ships (unless the ship always had a “bubble” of space around it), and in combat situations it’s just overpowered.

Lehrak seems like the right cost.

Historical Custom of the Day #225

Samuel Liddell
Pirate
Crew
1 point
Ability: Ship treasure trading. [Once per turn, if this ship carries treasure and is within S of an enemy ship, you may randomly trade one treasure with that ship.]
Link: Henry Jennings

You can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age of…[Read more]

Historical Custom of the Day #224

Nicholas Brown
Pirate
Crew
2 points
Ability: Loyal: Pirate. When touching an English ship, this ship can load as much of that ship’s treasure as she can carry. This crew can use their abilities on Spanish ships.

You can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age of Sail and Pirates of the Epic Seas

I agree! It’s MUCH better than Fear in a lot of ways. Those changes sound good.

I think Turak is definitely too good. Great ship to start with, and a crazy good ability on top of that. I think making it less automatic would help: 3-4 for T movement, 5-6 for cancellation. Even then 19 might be too low, but that would be a better start for playtesting in my opinion.

Interesting that you say that about the Savant and Sub-hunter, as you were the one who suggested their cost of 8 on MT when I first posted them.

Oops, sorry about the confusion!
For Umarak, a “crazy speed boost” could be more OP than fog hopping.
Jan is just an awkward crew in my opinion, especially since it’s tough to justify getting a cargo…[Read more]

Finally joined! Huzzah!

Super happy to have you here! Among other things, the forum is still under development and will probably see significant changes in the future eventually. However, for now I’m still building the master spreadsheet/database, and after that will be trying to save as much of the MT Pirates forum as possible. Happy to…[Read more]