Ben

The inspiration behind the Nurak was a character that compelled people to go back to their job/task. I translated it as best I could without making it too similar to existing mind control pieces.

Kinda weird for Pirates; maybe the ships that get hit cannot shoot at Nurak on their next turn? What makes the most sense to me would be forcing them to…[Read more]

Solemn Farewell
Faction Affiliation: American
Rarity: U
Type: Ship
Point Value: 15
Number of Masts: 4
Cargo Space: 6
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 4L-4L-4L-4L
Ability: Sniping. [You may double the range of this ship’s cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit.]

Flavor text: Named after citizens who reluctantly accepted the new independence from G…[Read more]

“Perfect shoot action” needs to be more specific. All cannons hit, or just the ship’s regular cannons? (not including a Musketeer/etc) Must roll only 6’s?
Last part of Bohrdak’s ability could say “you may give the target ship an action”.
Nurak’s ability is a bit strange and as usual I don’t like the teleportation aspect of it. (nearest wild…[Read more]

Sea Breeze
Faction Affiliation: Jade Rebellion
Rarity: C
Type: Ship
Point Value: 13
Number of Masts: 2
Cargo Space: 3
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 3L-2L
Ability: Junk. If this ship has a crew with the Captain keyword, she gets +S to her base move.

Flavor text: The veteran crew of this vessel use their vast knowledge of the wind and water currents to…[Read more]

The new Vaki ships look like a conundrum. The ability to not carry crew severely hurts them, to the point where both may be overpriced.

Hmmm…… Would bringing their costs down to around 12-13 be better?

That might be a little too cheap, but I wouldn’t be opposed to that for playtesting purposes.

The towing would work as if towing a derelict. If the Putrid Atrocity is too good once used, I’ve thought about simply dropping the Switchblade part. Ships being towed automatically dock at islands when the towing ship docks, so getting gold slowly isn’t completely out of the question. Something like Hades’ Realm would be really nasty to tow it…[Read more]

Today I am tentatively announcing a return to daily reveals of my fantasy customs, from my fantasy set Pirates of the Epic Seas (link at bottom of post)

Putrid Atrocity
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: U
Type: Ship
Point Value: 14
Number of Masts: 4
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: T
Cannons: 2L-3S-3S-2L
Ability: Switchblade. This ship must be…[Read more]

Historical Custom of the Day #237

Thomas Wyndham
English
Crew
6 points
Ability: Captain. Firepot Specialist. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against forts within S of her.

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

With Rotoz at L speed, I’d be fine with her at 15 points. (mostly just extended chainshot)
Zuva could maybe go to 16, but it’s too early to say that definitively.

Historical Custom of the Day #236

Jean Le Vacher
French
Crew
7 points
Ability: Parley. Doctor. This crew is not affected by negative effects of unique treasures.

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

I think Kluun could be 13 and Grok 15.

Speaking of speeding things up, I think I’ll start posting fantasy customs again very soon, earlier than I expected to.

For stuff like the Grok, I think you should at least have a full draft before posting it. It’s really hard to give feedback as-is.

Historical Custom of the Day #235

Abraham Duquesne
French
Crew
12 points
Ability: Hostile: Pirates, Spain, Barbary Corsairs. Captain. EA. This ship gets +1 to her d6 rolls against the Spanish. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against the Pirates and Barbary Corsairs. This crew may use their abilities on Swedish ships.

This admiral was…[Read more]

@Xerecs: I think the Marto could be 15. Very basic and simple Bombardier.

Historical Custom of the Day #234

Edward Michelborne
English
Crew
4 points
Ability: Once per turn as part of a move action, this ship can randomly take one treasure from any ship up to S away from her. Pirate crew may use their abilities on this ship.
Link: John…[Read more]

I haven’t decided on a point cost for this one yet, though I’m thinking somewhere around 15-17 points.

Lurker
Points:
Ionic
Masts: 3
Cargo: 4
Cannons: 4S-4S-4S
Movement: S+S
Ability: Submarine. This ship may eliminate up two masts on a successful ram.

Yeah, between that speed, cargo, and ability, I could see this starting at 16. Without thi…[Read more]