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Both Smokepot sources are similar enough to be considered the same, the wording was just tweaked slightly from one version to the next, and the PC clarifier makes them function the same.

Island and terrain are considered game pieces, so you can’t place smoke/fog on them.

Would this also apply to crew abilities and equipment abilities? For example, suppose I assign a Stinkpot Specialist to the same ship as Stinkpot Shot, would the abilities count as the same? Or does the last line of Stinkpot Shot prevent that?

Specialist:

Equipment:
If the cannon roll is a 1, remove Stinkpot Shot from the game.

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The S-Board and the Ramming-Board are completely separate things and neither has language specifically preventing the other, so you can do one of each with a single move action.

The S-Board would have to be first, attached to a segment, and the bonus-prevention it provides for that boarding will not carry over to the standard boarding later.

Suppose I have a ship with S-Board. I move that ship to ram an opposing ship, and at the same time I get within S of a different opposing ship. Am I able to board both ships? One with traditional ram+board, and the other with the S-Board ability?

This ability may be applied immediately before or after any movement segment, including a “stern t…

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Would this also apply to shooting with a captain?

Yes, and it actually prevents using the captain because jumping to another whirlpool ends the move action. You’ll have to pick one or the other, not both.

Suppose there is a derelict ship on a whirlpool. I want to capture that ship and use the whirlpool to tow the ship away. Does my ships move action end when it initiates the tow?

I couldn’t find anything in the code about the move action ending, but I could have sworn it did. Also, if I initiate the tow, can I go through the whirlpool with that s…

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The Code, Lord Mycron, pg 29

“If you use this ability, this ship cannot be given any other actions this turn regardless of how many it could generate or would normally have available. This restriction also applies to free actions such as making a scuttle attempt or
transferring crew to or from an island.”

Just to be sure, this prevents using the…

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The ability of Bianco’s Haulers would also prevent being shot at correct, or any similar ability?

Bianco’s Haulers
This ship can’t be shot at while docked.

Correct, that blocks shots of any kind that target the Haulers’ ship directly.

Does a swoop attack need a line of sight to target a ship, or does the target ship simply need to be withi…

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Sounds kinda like Sid Meier’s Pirates!

1987 Version: https://videogamegeek.com/videogame/70866/sid-meiers-pirates-1987
2004 Version: https://videogamegeek.com/videogame/73447/sid-meiers-pirates-2004

I’d say the ship’s owner chooses. You control the action the ship takes, but control of the ship itself and her cargo remains with her current fleet.

This is correct. You’re only giving it an action, but ownership doesn’t change, so the owner still chooses if things are lost.

Suppose I have Savage Shores Wraith in my fleet, and he has snagged a couple crew. Can the crew that he saves be unloaded from the ship, or are they stuck there with him?

None of the crew taken that way are forced to stay with Wraith, so you can unload them to an islands or other ships using the normal rules.

What all of that extra stuff in his…[Read more]

With no island involved in the transfer I think it would work. I don’t see anything in the Ransom keyword or its Code entry that prohibits transferring a Ransom crew between friendly ships

That part is covered by the general transfer ruling. I can’t recall if it was originally made specifically because of Ransom crew, but it definitely does a…[Read more]

A question about crew with the Ransom keyword. The Code states that they cannot be unloaded to an island unless captured, but says nothing about transferring them to another ship. Would it be possible to transfer a crew with ransom from one ship to another ship, by direct contact with an explore action? Or is the ransom crew “locked” onto whi…

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Suppose a fleet has more than one Kraken/Octopus in it. Can Captain Davy Jones declare a target for both at the same time, or is he only able to declare targets one at a time for each Kraken/Octopus?

Each would have to be targeted separately/independently. Changing or removing targets later would be done individually too.

Do you have any specific examples (including customs?) where the timing distinction might be relevant?

A custom ship at the Discord did prompt my question, with this new ability:

If this ship carries a crew that was not a part of your starting fleet she gets +S to her movement.

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Does the term “starting fleet” include game pieces added via the +5 points ability?

Even though you technically don’t add them until after you’ve finished building the rest of your fleet up to the point limit, I would still count them as part of your “starting” fleet, because that’s still occurring before any turns are taken.

I feel that this has been asked before, but I’m not sure where.

Suppose Albert Crenshaw (or similar crew) is on a ship that has Extended Range. The Code states that those abilities don’t actually make the cannons L range, but allow for them to target things within L. By this logic, Extended Range would only extend the printed ranges of the shi…

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“For a 40-point game, players must use three islands per player (six islands for 2 players, nine islands for three players, etc.).”

“For a 40-point game, each player should contribute eight treasure coins totalling 16 gold points.”

How many islands, and how much treasure, should be used in a 100 point game for 2 players? What about a 150 point g…

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Regarding the multiple Necklace of the Sky question, what if I possessed two of them before using the first one to teleport (two on one Ship, or one on two different ships), and thus triggering the cannot load condition?

The same restriction would still apply as soon as you used the first one.

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Looks like I missed several – sorry about that! I’ll cover them in order…

If multiple copies of Necklace of the Sky are in play, can a faction load and use second/third/etc copies of it after the first has been used, or does the effect apply to all copies in play rather than being tracked individually?

“Load this treasure face down. Give this s…

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