d20 Living Imagination Broadsides.pdf

Evan Bernstein

Celeste DeAngelis

Evan Bernstein

Jeff Himmelman

Celeste DeAngelis

John Faugno

Marcio Fiorito

John Forish

John Faugno

Harald Henning

John Forish

Jeff Himmelman

Stephen Micheals

Harald Henning

Inger Henning

Stephen Micheals

Milos Milic

Inger Henning

Steven Novella

Milos Milic

Jose Pares

Steven Novella

Joseph Unfried

Jose Pares

Michael Lee Viviano

Joseph Unfried

Robin Mazzola

Christina Schull

Robin Mazzola

Christina Schull

Celeste DeAngelis

Christina Schull

John Faugno

Steven Novella

John Faugno

Steven Novella

Celeste DeAngelis

Copy Editor: Jennifer Bernstein

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Larry Fitzgerald, Marc Gancsos, and David Kuhn

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I NTRODUCTION

: Nautical Equipment ..............54

Firearms...............................................................54

Gunpowder..........................................................54

Nautical and Underwater Equipment.....................55

Surgical Supplies.................................................57

Weapons...............................................................58

Chapter

Chapter 6 : Nautical Equipment

: Nautical Equipment

NTRODUCTION ............................................................3

NTRODUCTION

C HAPTER

1 : N

: N

: N AVIGATION

AND

AND P

P P

P P ILOTING

ILOTING .....4

New Nautical Skills................................................4

Navigation & Piloting..............................................5

Nautical Instruments..............................................6

Maps & Charts.......................................................8

Terrain...................................................................8

Weather.................................................................9

Using Wind Direction............................................10

Winds of the World................................................11

Seasickness..........................................................12

Flying Ships..........................................................12

Altitude.................................................................14

Chapter

HAPTER

AVIGATION

AND

ILOTING

Chapter

Chapter 7 : Feats

: Feats

: Feats .........................................61

Chapter 8 : Prestige Classes

: Prestige Classes ....................64

Harpooneer...........................................................64

Marine..................................................................66

Oceanic Sentinel..................................................68

Privateer...............................................................70

Surgeon................................................................72

Sea Captain..........................................................74

Sea Scout.............................................................76

Chapter

: Prestige Classes

Chapter

Chapter 2 : Ships

: Ships ..........................................15

Ship Characteristics..............................................15

Ship Classes.........................................................19

Ship Construction and Design...............................20

Chapter

: Ships

Chapter 9 : Spells and Rituals

: Spells and Rituals ................78

Spells...................................................................78

Rituals.................................................................87

Chapter

: Spells and Rituals

Chapter

Chapter 3 : The Voyage

: The Voyage ............................32

Outline the Voyage................................................32

Determine Weather..............................................32

Piloting (River or Coastline)...................................33

Navigation (Open Ocean)......................................33

Piloting (Open Ocean)...........................................34

Random Encounters.............................................34

Chapter

: The Voyage

Chapter 10 : Nautical Magic Items

: Nautical Magic Items .......93

Armor..................................................................93

Weapons...............................................................93

Rings....................................................................94

Rods....................................................................94

Staffs....................................................................94

Wondrous Items...................................................94

Cursed Items........................................................96

Minor Artifacts.....................................................96

Chapter

: Nautical Magic Items

Chapter

Chapter 4 : Naval Combat

: Naval Combat .........................35

Setup...................................................................35

Ship Initiative and Engagement............................35

Tactical Ship Movement

and Other Actions During Combat..............36

Attacking..............................................................39

Ships Taking Damage............................................41

Crew and PC Damage...........................................42

Armaments..........................................................42

Catapults.............................................................43

Ballista................................................................43

Cannon................................................................43

Drops...................................................................44

Allocating Damage................................................44

Towers and Arrows...............................................45

Rams...................................................................45

Fireshooters.........................................................46

Spells and Ship Damage.......................................46

Repairing Ships....................................................46

Chapter

: Naval Combat

Chapter

Chapter 11 : Sea Creatures

: Sea Creatures ......................98

Ichthymus........................................................98

Orctopus..........................................................99

Siren.................................................................100

Helicorpion........................................................101

Tiger Dwarf......................................................102

Jonah.............................................................103

Chapter

: Sea Creatures

Chapter 12 : Nautical Organizations

: Nautical Organizations ...104

Chapter

: Nautical Organizations

Chapter

Chapter 13 : Adventuring

: Adventuring .......................106

Sample Encounters.............................................106

The Adventure of Captain McCrenshaw................111

Famous Pirates....................................................114

The Ragged Corsair..............................................114

Big Mike Styles....................................................115

Sheila Grossman.................................................116

Famous Pirates Ships..........................................118

The Antilla Bussy................................................118

Vanessa Rose......................................................119

Bright Hope.........................................................120

A Complete Record: The Fortuna Urania..............121

Broadsides Ship Log of The Fortuna Urania.........122

Blank Ship Log

: Adventuring

Chapter

Chapter 5 : Underwater Adventuring

: Underwater Adventuring ...47

Aquatic Creatures.................................................47

Into the Water......................................................47

Depth and Temperature........................................48

Abilities and Actions Underwater..........................48

Items and Possessions..........................................49

Buoyancy and Holding your Breath.......................49

Elements and Gases Underwater..........................49

Taking Damage and Bleeding in the Water.............50

Underwater Vessels................................................50

Underwater Ships..................................................53

Underwater Combat...............................................53

: Underwater Adventuring

Blank Ship Log

Blank Ship Log .............................................123

Apendix ...

Apendix ... .......................................................124

Glossary of Nautical Terms.................................124

Index

Index ..................................................................126

OGL...................................................................127

Index

The world of d20 fantasy takes to the open sea!

Ship captains sail the oceans, discovering and

exploring new lands. Merchant vessels weave the

people of the known world together in an intricate

economic and social web. Naval vessels defend the

trade routes from pirates and privateers, and engage

enemy vessels in territorial battles. From time to time

nations wage full-scale naval war with vast armadas.

Explorers and treasure seekers venture into unknown

waters, or even under the waves, in search of fame

and fortune. Sleek vessels sail atop clouds as if they

were the surface of the water.

Broadsides presents a comprehensive naval

system, suitable for any d20 campaign, and is an

expansion of the core naval rules presented in Twin

Crowns: Age of Exploration Fantasy , also by Living

one location to another, hugging the coastline of known

territory at little risk, or they may travel across the

ocean, the journey becoming an adventure in and of

itself. Players may also decide to focus their

adventuring on the sea by signing onto a merchant

vessel or chartering one of their own. Perhaps the

heroes and patriots in the group may wish to become

privateers, or the more nefarious parties might even

decide to become pirates, seeking their fortune on the

Imagination, Inc. Within this book are rules for ship

construction, sea travel, naval combat and tactical

maneuvering, rules for underwater adventuring, and

a host of new nautical skills and occupations. Also

included are new spells, rituals, prestige classes,

magic items, monsters and feats specifically designed

to enhance any naval adventure. Ready-made sea-born

adventures and encounters are presented, both as a

convenient resource for GM’s and to demonstrate some

of the possibilities these new rules offer.

Fantasy campaigns can incorporate sea travel in

many ways. Players may simply buy passage from

open seas, hunting down lost treasures or hidden

islands, and keeping one step ahead of the authorities.

Broadsides is not a campaign setting, but a rules

supplement. The naval rules are intended to be usable

in a broad range of campaigns, from ancient and

technologically primitive civilizations, to medieval

monarchies, all the way to the age of exploration and

beyond. Ships from all eras are described, including

comprehensive rules for gunpowder and cannon. With

these rules GM’s can open up new avenues of

adventure for their players, or even base an entire

campaign on the open sea.

New Nautical Skills

Players who decide to make a career on the

seas may wish to take naval skills. There are

five new naval skills: Profession (navigator),

Profession (pilot), Profession (sailor), Profession

(artillerist) and Sea Legs. Sailors are skilled in

basic seamanship and the everyday tasks of

working on a ship. Navigators are skilled in

charting courses across the sea, using charts,

telescopes, and other instruments. Pilots are

skilled in steering and controlling a ship. All

three skills are professions, and so are class skills

for all standard classes except fighter and

barbarian, for which they are cross-class skills.

Sea Legs is the skill of maintaining balance while

standing on the pitching deck of a ship. Sea

legs is a class skill for bards, monks, paladins,

rangers and rogues, and cross-class for

barbarians, clerics, druids, fighters, sorcerers

and wizards.

New Nautical Skills

Profession: Artillerist

Profession: Artillerist (Int.; Trained only)

Use this skill to load, aim, and fire cannons.

Check: Aiming and firing a cannon requires

a skill check in Profession (artillerist). The skill

check, however, functions like an attack roll, with

the total adjustments equaling the attack bonus.

When an artillery crew fires a cannon, the

crewman with the highest total adjustments in

Profession (artillerist) makes a skill check against

the DC of the target. Immobile targets have a

DC of 5, adjusted for their size. A mobile creature

has a DC equal to its AC minus any physical

armor, but plus a bonus as if its size were two

categories smaller. Most cannons, however,

cannot be effectively targeted at mobile targets

(exception - light swivel-mounted cannon) due to the

difficulty of aiming and timing the cannon’s fire, unless

the target remains at the same targeting angle for at

least one full round (for example - is charging straight

at the cannon). For cannon fire at a ship, the DC is

given in detail in Chapter 4 - Naval Combat .

Check: You may use this skill to determine your

location (DC 15), and navigate out of eyesight of

coastline - across open waters (DC 20). Boats that

travel on rivers do not require navigation. Navigators

may attempt to determine their location at any time.

Each such attempt takes 10 minutes, and may be

done in one of two ways. When within sight of land,

either by naked eye or with a telescope, you may

determine your location if you are familiar with the

area or you have an accurate map. If you are on the

open seas, you may also determine your location using

a sextant and a map, which requires moderately clear

skies.

Profession: Pilot

(Int.; Trained only)

You use this skill to navigate a ship across open ocean.

This skill includes the knowledge required to navigate

a ship from one location to another out of sight of

land as well as knowledge of how to read navigational

charts, and how to use navigational devices such as

telescoped and sextants

Profession: Navigation

Profession: Pilot (Int.)

You use this skill to pilot any ship. Piloting the ship

usually means controlling the ship’s rudder by using

the captain’s wheel or determining which banks of

oars should row at which speed. On larger ships, the

pilot is the one that determines the actions of the ship,

shouting the orders to the proper crewmen to execute

the maneuvers correctly, while a pilot can also be alone

in a rowboat. The pilot is the person whose skill and

Profession: Pilot

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