Chapter I: Overview

• The History of Valindris
• Valindri Calender
• Holidays
• The Gods & Religion
• Organizations & Factions

Chapter II: Character Options

Chapter III: Naval Rules

• Traversing the Seas
• Ship Upgrades
• Ship Weapons
• Nautical Travel
• Naval Combat
• Crews and Morale

Pelor, god of the sun and healing

Alignment: Neutral Good Domains: Light, Life

Chapter II
Character Options

Path of the Reaver Features

Seaborne

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you become very familiar with the open water and life at sea. You gain a climb and swim speed equal to half of your movement speed. At 10th level, this increases to become equal to your movement speed.

Into the Fray

Beginning at 3rd level, you become more
comfortable in battle when outnumbered. While you
are raging, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls for each enemy creature after the first within 5 feet of you.

For example: If there are 4 enemy creatures within 5 feet of you, you gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls.

Furious Charge

Starting at 6th level, you have mastered the charge to battle and know how to lead others behind you. When you roll initiative, you can forgo the advantage granted by the Feral Instinct feature in order to mark a creature for first blood.

Attacks against a marked creature in the first round of combat deal additional damage equal to half of your Rage Damage.

Frenzied Cleave

At 10th level, you become the master at striking down multiple foes at once. Once per turn while you are raging, you can cause an attack to hit all creatures within 5 feet of you.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of one). You regain all
expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Crazed Bloodlust

Beginning at 14th level, you have honed
your ability to strike down foes. When you
reduce a creature to 0 hit points with an
attack, you may immediately make one free attack against a different creature within your reach. This effect continues as long as you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with an attack.

The College of Journeys

The College of Journeys is for the bard that mastered their craft while sailing on a mighty pirate vessel, on the back of a caravan transporting rare materials to Markhanis, or even one who's spent their time wandering the isles of Valindris with trusted friends. These bards are always amazed by new sites, and eager to spin songs and tales of epic adventure and daring escapes.

Wondrous Tale

At 14th level, you are able to spin exciting tales of adventure. As a bonus action, you expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to begin recounting a the tale of some legendary adventure. When you do so, choose any creatures from among those who can hear you. These creatures each gain a pool of 3d8. These dice can be used as though they were given by your Bardic Inspiration feature, but can be used along with your Bardic Inspiration dice if a creature has both.

Maintaining this effect requires your concentration as if you were concentrating on a spell. If your concentration is broken, all creatures who gained a dice pool from this feature lose them.

A creature can only benefit from this effect once per day.

Lunar Domain Features

Lunar Domain Spells

You gain domain spells at the cleric levels listed in the Lunar Domain Spells table. See the Divine Domain class feature for how domain spells work.

Bonus Proficiency

When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency with martial weapons.

Eclipsing Strike

At 1st level, you have learned how to amplify your martial prowess with divine fury. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher using an action, you may make a melee weapon attack as a bonus action.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Chanel Divinity: Lunar Reflection

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to enhance your battle prowess.

As an action, you make a spectral duplicate of a weapon you are currently wielding. For the next minute, or until you end the effect with a bonus action, the spectral weapon hovers at your side. Once on your turn when you hit a creature with the weapon you chose to duplicate, it deals an additional die of radiant damage.

For example; if you choose a battle axe, your melee attack deals 1d8 (1d10 versatile) + Strength slashing damage. Your spectral weapon would then deal 1d8 (1d10 versatile) radiant damage.

Wax and Wane

At 6th level, you gain the ability to create moonlight and use it to better control the battlefield. As a bonus action, you create a mote of glowing moonlight that hovers above your head and moves with you for 1 minute. When you create this light, you choose Wax or Wane.

If you choose Wax, the mote emits bright light in a 30 foot radius. When you cast a spell that targets an ally standing within this light, they gain temporary hit points equal to 2 + the spell's level.

If you choose Wane, the mote emits dim light in a 30 foot radius. Enemies that are standing within this light move at half speed and suffer 1d6 radiant damage whenever they deal damage to an ally with an attack.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Divine Strike

At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes with the divine wrath of Selune. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d8 radiant damage to the target. When you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to 2d8.

Eclipsing Presence

Starting at 17th level, you have gained mastery over your lunar presence. When Wax and Wane is active, you can switch which effect is active using a bonus action. Additionally, your Wax and Wane effects gain the following benefits:

• When you activate Wax and Wane, allies within the light gain hit points equal to 5 + your cleric level if Wax is chosen.
• When you activate Wax and Wane, enemies within the light suffer 4d6 radiant damage if Wane is chosen.
• While Wax is active, allies within the light add 1d6 to any saving throws they make.
• While Wane is active, enemies within the light subtract 1d6 from any saving throws they make.

Additionally, while your Channel Divinity: Lunar Reflection is active, it deals additional radiant damage equal to 2 extra damage dice of the weapon selected.

Circle of the Warden Features

Melora's Blessing

Starting at 2nd level, Melora blesses you with enhanced endurance. While you are not wearing armor, your Armor Class is equal to 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your
Wisdom modifier.

Additionally, your hit point maximum increases by 2 and increases by 1 whenever you gain a level in this class.

Aspect of the Wild

Beginning at 2nd level, you learn how to channel
your shapeshifting ability to enter a bestial form.
You may expend a use of your Wild Shape
feature to enter a Wild Aspect for 1 minute or until you
use Wild Shape again. While in this form, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain 2 temporary hit points for each level you
  have in this class.
• Your speed increases by 10 feet.
• You may make opportunity attacks against creatures
  within your reach that are standing up from prone.
• You gain the Melora's Fury ability.

Melora's Fury. When you hit a creature with a
melee weapon attack, you may expend a Druid spell
slot. The creature suffers an additional 1d6 fire or cold damage and must make a Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone. The damage of this increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 1st.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Nature's Flurry

Starting at 10th level, while your Wild Aspect is active and you move at least 20ft in a straight line toward a creature and take the Attack action against it, you may use your bonus action to make a Shove attack against it. You make this Shove attack at advantage.

Defender of the Wild

Starting at 14th level, when a hostile creature makes an attack against an allied creature that you can see within 30 feet of you, you may use your reaction to cast a spell at that creature. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and may only target that creature.

You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one). You regain all expended uses of this feature when you finish a short or long rest.

Siegemaster: A Martial Archetype

Markhanis is the capital of innovation and creativity. However, the Ash Walkers had a stroke of genius within the department of war. One night not long ago, a goblin engineer by the name of Darius Rezlo drew up blue prints for a new type of siege weapon. This wasn't just any siege weapon though. Darius had invented what is now called the Ballistola, a portable and highly modular siege cannon.

The Ash Walkers quickly outfitted soldiers with this new weapon to combat the incursion of fire giants in the Ashen Peaks. Over the next decade or so, the Ballistola slew many threats and saw the crumbling of giant fortifications surrounding that Eternal Furnace.

The Ballistola is now carried by Siegemasters. An elite and highly trained unit of Ash Walker. They are tasked with cutting down large threats in the peaks and have recently been sent under contract to help with larger than life problems across Valindris.

Ballistola Upgrade Options

If an upgrade has a prerequisite, you must meet it to learn the upgrade. You can learn the upgrade at the same time that you meet its prerequisite. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class. When you are able to install a new upgrade, you can also replace an upgrade you already have with a new one. Only one of each upgrade can be installed unless otherwise stated.

If an upgrade requires a creature to make a saving throw, your Siegemaster DC is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity (your choice) modifier.

Tenets of the Flame

The tenets of the Oath of the Flame are a strict code of conduct that ensure the paladin maintains a vigilant watch over barriers between the material and fire planes.
Douse the Flame. Do not let elemental fire burn wild in the material plane. Banish it back to the elemental plane of fire, or stomp it out with force.
Maintain Secrecy. The world at large needs not know of your deeds. Only seek the help of outsiders when circumstances are dire.
Courage Above All. The flame does not flicker with cowardace. Neither should you. Stand with courage, and fight with bravery.
Defend From Flame. Others see chaos and destruction in the flames. You see nothing that can harm you. Ensure others are protected from the flame, even at the cost of yourself.

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath of the Flame Spells table. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how oath spells work.

Channel Divinity

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.

Blazing Weapon. As an action, you imbue one weapon that you are holding with divine fire, using your Channel Divinity. For 1 minute, one attack per turn deals an additional 1d6 fire damage. The weapon also emits bright light in a 20 foot radius and dim light 20 feet beyond that.

Dousing Strike. You can use your Channel Divinity to strike hard against a creature native to the elemental plane of fire (elementals, fire giants, fire salamanders, hell hounds, among others). When you hit such a creature with an attack, you can use your reaction to give the creature vulnerability to the attack.

Aura of Cinders

Beginning at 7th level, you exude a swirling aura of cinders and ash. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have resistance to fire damage and enemy creatures that suffer an attack of opportunity within the aura suffer fire damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one).

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Consecrated Ground

Starting at 15th level, you can consecrate the ground under you causing it to harm your enemies and help your allies. As a bonus action, you cause your Aura of Cinders to consecrate the ground. This area moves with you and lasts for 1 minute.

Enemies who start their turn in the area suffer radiant or fire damage (your choice) equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one).

While this feature is active, your Lay on Hands heals for an additional amount of hit points equal to half your paladin level at no additional cost to your Lay on Hands pool of healing.

Once your use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

Flamekeeper's Vestige

At 20th level, you are able to call forth the blazing regalia of the Flamekeeper and wreath your body in divine fire. As an action, you wreath your body in flames for 1 minute and gain the following effects:

• You shed bright light in a 30 foot radius and dim light 30 feet beyond that.
• You gain immunity to fire damage.
• A creature that attacks you suffers fire or radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one).
• Your attacks gain advantage against creatures of the plane of fire.
• Your attacks deal an additional 10 fire or radiant damage.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Outlaw Features

Versatile Cutthroat

When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain a keen understanding of firearms. You gain proficiency with firearms and tinkerers tools. As long as you are wielding a pistol, you may ignore the loading property of that weapon. Additionally, you can attempt to unjam a firearm as a cunning action.

Roll the Bones

Starting at 3rd level, you may call upon the Pirate Queen to grant you a temporary boon. You have a pool of d6s that you can spend to bargain for luck or power. The number of dice in the pool equals your rogue level.

As a bonus action, you can spend a number of dice up to half of your rogue level and roll them on the Roll the Bones table below. The effects you gain from the table remain active for a number of turns equal to the number of dice rolled or until you expend dice to roll on the table again.

You regain all expended dice when you complete a long rest.

Between the Eyes

At 9th level, you have learned how to focus your aim in order to cause extreme disruption in your foes.

When you deal sneak attack damage with an attack from a pistol, the creature hit must make a Constitution saving throw (Saving throw DC is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier). On a failure, the creature is stunned until the end of your next turn. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before using it again.

Loaded Dice

Additionally at 9th level, you are able to bend luck in your favor. When you Roll the Bones, you may reroll up to 2 dice. You may use this feature a number of time equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). When you complete a long rest, you regain any expended uses.

Hit and Run

Starting at 13th level, your movement speed is increased by 15 feet after hitting a creature with an attack with a pistol.

Adrenaline Rush

Beginning at 17th level, you have learned how to heighten all of your senses and quicken your reflexes, allowing you to move like a blur and strike like lightning. On your turn, you may enter an Adrenaline Rush for 1 minute or until to you end it using a bonus action. While under the effects of Adrenaline Rush, you gain the following benefits:

• Your Armor Class increases by 2.
• You gain one additional action on your turn. This action can be used to make one attack, dash, disengage, hide, or use an item.
• When you Roll the Bones, you roll one additional d6 and you may reroll one of the die.
• Your Sneak Attack damage increases by 3d6.

When you take damage while under the effects of Adrenaline Rush, you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw to maintain the effect. The DC is equal to 10 or half of the damage taken, whichever is higher. If you fail this saving throw, Adrenaline Rush ends and you have disadvantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws you make until the end of your next turn. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Seeker's Soul: A Sorcerous Origin

Many sorcerers gain their arcane nature from some powerful being in their lineage, or the blessing of their soul by some divine power. Your soul however, has been touched by some great wandering spirit. A being of the old world, before the floods and chaos.

Along with the magic you have been granted, there is also a great curiosity for relics and ruins of the past. An almost incurable wanderlust and a need to seek out that which has been hidden by time.

Pact of the Depths Features

Expanded Spell List

The Pact of the Depths lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you

Gift of the Depths

At 1st level, your patron bestows upon you the strength of the depths. You gain a swim speed of 30 feet. Additionally, you do not suffer disadvantage on rolls from being submerged in water and you ignore difficult terrain that is caused by water.

Doom

Starting at 1st level, you can call upon your patron to bestow a powerful curse. When you hit a creature with an attack, you can curse them with Doom as a bonus action. The creature makes a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature is cursed for 3 rounds. At the end of that creatures turn, it takes 1d6 necrotic damage and repeats its saving throw to try and end Doom. If the curse continues, it does an additional 1d6 necrotic damage each round it is active. A creature who succeeds on their saving throw is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

You may only have 1 curse active at a time.

Tidal Shift

Beginning at 6th level, your understanding of the tides allows you to summon water to shield you and batter foes. Whenever a creature hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to grant yourself resistance to the damage it deals. The creature then takes bludgeoning damage equal to the damage you take from the attack.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Grasp of the Deep

At 10th level, you can call forth watery tendrils to wade down your enemies. As an action, you summon forth watery tendrils from beneath up to 3 creatures you can see within 30 feet. The creatures must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC or become restrained. A creature restrained by these tendrils can break free using an action on their turn to make a Strength (athletics) or Dexterity (acrobatics) check (their choice) against your spell save DC.

A creature who is restrained by these tendrils suffers 2d6 bludgeoning damage at the start of their turn. They also gain resistance to fire damage if they didn't already have it, but also gain vulnerability to cold damage if they aren't resistant or immune to it.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

The Terror Below

Starting at 14th level, you have learned how to manifest the horrors of the deep wherever you are. Once per turn when you hit a creature with an attack, you can expend a Warlock spell slot to open the depths up beneath them. A terrible beast from the depths lunges out of the water at the creature, dealing 6d10 bludgeoning damage as the rift closes.

School of Elementalism Features

Arcane Binding

Starting when you choose this Arcane Tradition at 2nd level, you bind your arcane nature to one of the elemental planes. Choose Air, Earth, Fire, or Water. Your essence is now bound to that elemental plane, which grants you certain benefits detailed in this section. The gold and time you must spend to copy a spell that is native to your elemental plane into your spellbook is halved. The spells native to each plane are detailed at the end of this section.

Once you are bound to a plane, you can spend 10 minutes conducting an arcane ritual. This ritual reveals to you the distance and direction of the closest breach or portal to your chosen elemental plane within 5 miles.

Primal Speaker

Beginning at 2nd level, you learn to speak, read, and write Primordial. Knowing this language allows you to understand and be understood by those who speak its dialects: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and Terran.

Additionally, when interacting with creatures native to the elemental plane your powers are bound to, you can add your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one) to Charisma based rolls.

Echo of the Elements

At 6th level, the elements echo your displays of power. When you cast a spell from your elemental plane using a Wizard spell slot of 1st level or higher, one of the following happens depending on your chosen elemental plane.

You can use this ability a number of time equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Cloudburst. If you deal lightning or thunder damage, the air around you electrifies. Lightning lashes out at creatures of your choosing within 10 feet of you. These creatures must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d8 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Fury of the Earth. When you deal damage with an earthen spell, 2 earthen bolts follow the spell. You can strike up to 2 creatures that were dealt damage by your spell. Each bolt deals 1d10 bludgeoning damage. These bolts can strike the same or different creatures that were dealt damage by your spell.

Ignite. When you deal fire damage, one enemy continues to burn. At the beginning of that creatures turn, they take 1d10 fire damage and must make a Dexterity saving throw to try and put out the flame. This effect continues until the creature succeeds a saving throw, or fails two.

Frost Nova. One creature you deal cold damage to radiates frozen energy. Creatures within 10 feet of the target (including the target) take 2d6 cold damage and must make a Constitution saving throw or become frozen (restrained) until the end of their next turn.

Primordial Call

Starting at 10th level, the elements grant you a boon to aid in your journey. You gain one of the following benefits depending on your chosen elemental plane.

Air. When you are forced to make a Dexterity saving throw, you can expend one Wizard spell slot to add 1d6 to the saving throw. For every spell slot level above 1st, you add one additional d6. You can choose to do this after making the roll on the d20 but before knowing if you succeed or fail.

Earth. Your gain a +2 bonus to your Armor Class as long as you are not wearing armor. You also gain resistance to poison damage.

Fire. You gain resistance to fire and cold damage.

Water. You gain a swim speed of 30 feet. If you already have a swim speed, it is increased by 10 feet. You can also now breath air or water and don't suffer disadvantage on rolls from being submerged in water.

Ascendance

At 14th level, you have learned how to fuse your being with the primordial energy of your chosen elemental plane. As an action, you enter an elemental form for 1 minute or until you end this effect as a bonus action. While in this state, you gain the following effects.

Air.

• As an action, you can summon an Air Elemental. You can communicate with this elemental telepathically and it obeys your wishes. It lasts until Ascendance ends or it is reduced to 0 hit points, where it returns to its home plane.
• You gain resistance to lightning and thunder damage.
• Ranged attacks have disadvantage against you.
• You gain a fly speed of 30 feet.

Cantrips (0 Level)

• Gust
• Shocking Grasp
• Thunderclap

1st Level

• Absorb Elements
• Chromatic Orb
• Expeditious Retreat
• Feather Fall
• Fog Cloud
• Thunderwave
• Witch Bolt

2nd Level

• Dragon's Breath
• Dust Devil
• Gust of Wind
• Invisibility
• Levitate
• Misty Step
• Skywrite
• Warding Wind

3rd Level

• Fly
• Gaseous Form
• Haste
• Lightning Bolt
• Protection from Energy
• Thunder Step

4th Level

• Conjure Minor Elementals
• Elemental Bane
• Greater Invisibility
• Storm Sphere

5th Level

• Conjure Elemental
• Control Winds
• Far Step
• Steel Wind Strike

6th Level

• Chain Lightning
• Investiture of Wind
• Scatter

7th Level

• Prismatic Spray
• Reverse Gravity
• Whirlwind

8th Level

• Control Weather

9th Level

• Prismatic Wall

Cantrips (0 Level)

• Acid Splash
• Mending
• Mold Earth

1st Level

• Absorb Elements
• Chromatic Orb
• Earth Tremor
• False Life
• Shield
• Snare

2nd Level

• Dragon's Breath
• Dust Devil
• Earthbind
• Enlarge/Reduce
• Maximillian's Earthen Grasp
• Melf's Acid Arrow
• Shatter

3rd Level

• Erupting Earth
• Melf's Minute Meteors
• Protection from Energy
• Wall of Sand

4th Level

• Conjure Minor Elementals
• Elemental Bane
• Hallucinatory Terrain
• Stone Shape
• Stoneskin
• Vitriolic Sphere

5th Level

• Cloudkill
• Conjure Elemental
• Passwall
• Transmute Rock
• Wall of Stone

6th Level

• Create Homunculus
• Flesh to Stone
• Investiture of Stone
• Move Earth
• Tenser's Transformation

7th Level

• Prismatic Spray

8th Level

• Mighty Fortress

9th Level

• Prismatic Wall

Cantrips (0 Level)

• Create Bonfire
• Control Flames
• Fire Bolt

1st Level

• Absorb Elements
• Burning Hands
• Chromatic Orb

2nd Level

• Agnazzar's Scorcher
• Continual Flame
• Dragon's Breath
• Flaming Sphere
• Pyrotechnics
• Scorching Ray

3rd Level

• Fireball
• Flame Arrows
• Melf's Minute Meteors
• Protection from Energy

4th Level

• Conjure Minor Elementals
• Elemental Bane
• Fire Shield
• Wall of Fire

5th Level

• Conjure Elemental
• Dawn
• Immolation
• Wall of Light

6th Level

• Investiture of Flame
• Sunbeam

7th Level

• Delayed Blast Fireball
• Prismatic Spray

8th Level

• Incendiary Cloud
• Sunburst

9th Level

• Prismatic Wall

Cantrips (0 Level)

• Chill Touch
• Frostbite
• Ray of Frost
• Shape Water

1st Level

• Absorb Elements
• Chromatic Orb
• Ice Knife

2nd Level

• Darkness
• Dragon's Breath
• Hold Person
• Snilloc's Snowball Swarm

3rd Level

• Protection from Energy
• Sleet Storm
• Slow
• Tidal Wave
• Wall of Water
• Water Breathing

4th Level

• Conjure Minor Elementals
• Control Water
• Elemental Bane
• Ice Storm
• Watery Sphere

5th Level

• Cone of Cold
• Conjure Elemental
• Hold Monster

6th Level

• Investiture of Ice
• Otiluke's Freezing Sphere
• Wall of Ice

7th Level

• Prismatic Spray
• Whirlwind

8th Level

• Control Weather

9th Level

• Prismatic Wall

The Races of Valindris

The world of Valindris is inhabited by most of the races you'll find in the Forgotten Realms with a few exceptions and a few additions. Here are a list of the races of the world along with a few notes about some of them.

Traits

As a Gorgon, you have the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2. Additionally, your Dexterity or Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age. Gorgon reach adulthood around 20 and can live up to 200 years. They show no signs of visible age past their late 50s.

Alignment. Gorgon typically lean towards lawful alignments. Most are neutral, though evil Gorgon are not uncommon.

Size. Gorgon are roughly the same size as humans. You are medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You gain Darkvision out to a range of 60 feet.

Arcane Ancestry. You know the prestidigitation cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the disguise self spell once per day. Once you reach 5th level, you can also cast the hold person spell once per day. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and one extra language of your choice.

Firearm Properties

Some properties are followed by a number. This number signifies an element of that property, outlined below.

Reload. The weapon can be fired a number of times equal to its Reload score before you must spend 1 attack or 1 action to reload. You must have one free hand to reload a firearm.

Misfire. Whenever you make an attack with this firearm, and the dice roll is equal to or lower than the misfire score, the weapon misfires. The attack misses, and the weapon cannot be used again until you spend an action to try and repair it.

To repair your firearm, you must make a successful Repair (Dexterity) check (DC equal to 8 + misfire score). You may add your proficiency to this check if you are proficient with Tinker's tools.

Scatter. An attack is made against each creature within a 15 foot cone. If an affected creature is adjacent to you, they suffer double damage on a hit. Creatures beyond 15 feet from you but within 30 feet must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your firearm attack bonus) or suffer half of the damage.

Explosive. Upon a hit, everything within 5 feet of the target must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your firearm attack bonus) or suffer the attacks damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Mounted. A mounted weapon must be firmly mounted to fire. These are usually heavy and unwieldy weapons that would wreak havoc on the surrounding area if not mounted.

Slow. Reloading these weapons requires 3 actions. They can be taken by 1 person over 3 turns, or by 3 people on 1 turn.

Battle Knowledge

You've learned how to use your wits to time your moves while predicting opponents strikes, making their attacks miss more often. You gain the following benefits:

• Your Intelligence score increases by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You use your Intelligence instead of your Dexterity when determining your AC and initiative.

Cleave

Prerequisite: 13 Dexterity or 13 Strength or higher
You have learned that a Mighty sweep of your blade should not always be wasted on one opponent.

• On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can chose another target within reach. Instead of rolling extra dice for the attack’s damage against the first target, you may roll that damage against the second target. Then add any relevant modifiers as normal to both the first and second strike.
• Once on your turn, when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with a melee weapon attack, you can continue your strike. You may immediately make an attack roll against another creature within reach using the same weapon.

Combat Quickness

You're quick. None can match your speed or your combat prowess. You truly understand what it is to be "fast."

• Your base movement speed increases by 10 feet.
• You gain an additional reaction each round.
• You can use the Dash or Disengage actions as a Bonus Action
• When you are the target of an opportunity attack, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacker.

Dauntless

Prerequisites: Constitution 13 or higher
You aren't known for giving up. In fact, you never compromise, even in the face of your own defeat. You gain the following benefits:

• When you start your turn, if you have no more than half of your hit points left, you gain temporary hit points equal to 3 plus your Constitution modifier. You do not gain this benefit if you are unconscious or if you have not taken damage since your last turn.
• When you take damage that would reduce you to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to bolster your willpower. You gain temporary hit points equal to 1d10 plus your level, which take as much of the triggering damage as possible. You lose all temporary hit points gained this way at the start of your next turn. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

• You can give tactical advice to give your allies an edge in combat. When an creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die. The creature adds the the number you roll on your superiority die to their roll. You can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the superiority die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails.

Battle Awareness

While there are two or more hostile creatures within 5 feet of you, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC, and creatures within 5 feet of you can’t gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of having allies nearby.

Resistances

Ships are naturally resistant to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage that lacks the Siege property. They are also immune to poison and psychic damage.

Size (Length/Width)

This represents the ship's Length and Width in feet.

Crew

This is the number of required for a sufficient crew. A sufficient crew is needed to efficiently operate the vessel. For ships that use oars, the number of crewmen rarely exceeds this number. But for sailing ships, the number of crew aboard the ship may be much larger. Each crewman can only work 8 hours a day without risking exhaustion. So with only a sufficient crew the ship will have to beach or anchor for all but 8 hours a day (as rowed ships normally do). To travel 24 hours a day requires three shifts of 8 hours each, so you will need a fully crewed ship with 3 times this many crewmen to operate 24 hours a day.

For extended voyages, or dangerous ones, there is a real danger of losing crewman so most ships carry more crewmen than needed for a full crew. The maximum number of crew members a ship can support per shift, as well as the total number of crew members that can work on a vessel without getting in each other's way, is double the number for a sufficient crew.

The absolute minimum number of crewmen required to operate this vessel is half the sufficient crew number (rounded up). If a ship has less than this number of crew on board, it is effectively crippled.

Operating with less than a sufficient crew, but at least the minimum (hereafter called a skeleton crew) needed to run the ship presents several obstacles. First, ships manned by skeleton crews cannot attempt to increase their movement rate as can other ships with full crew complements. Second, ships with skeleton crews suffer a disadvantage on all combat actions.

If a ship’s crew ever falls below the minimum required, the ship's speed falls to 1 mph - the vessel mostly drifts with the wind and current. In combat, the ship automatically fails all maneuver checks. The ship cannot attempt to ram, board, or evade.

These numbers do not include officers or infantry.

Passengers

This indicates the total number of extra personnel (people not involved in actually operating the ship) a ship can carry. If a ship carries infantry, they occupy passenger space.

Cargo

This represents the total amount of carrying capacity for each ship. Ships usually possess some sort of cargo hold to protect their goods - though many vessels store cargo inside stern and fore castles, or simply lashed to their decks.

Mounts (Light/Heavy)

The number of weapons the ship can mount. The number before the slash is the number of light mounts, the number after the slash is the number of heavy mounts. A light mount is suitable for a swivel gun, light ballista, or light cannon. A heavy mount is suitable for a full sized cannon, mortar station, or heavy siege weapon.

Speed (MpH)

This is the vessel’s speed in miles per hour (mph). For combat, you can convert these speeds to feet per round by multiplying them by 10.

AC

The ship's Armor Class.

Damage Threshold (DT)

This represents the sturdiness and durability of the ship. When a ship with a DT rating is dealt damage by a source without Siege, it reduces that damage by an amount equal to it's DT rating.

Hit Points (HP)

The number of hit points for the ship’s hull, also called hull points. When a ship’s hull points reach 0 it is immobile and may sink.

Cost

The amount of gold it takes to construct a ship. This represents the cost of materials and labor in most cases.

Building Time

This is the total amount of time required to build a ship from start to finish, assuming that the necessary materials, labor, and facilities are available.

Additional Crew/Passenger Space

Cost: 20% of base ship cost.
This translates into more space for a ship’s sailors to sleep and eat. The ship may support 10% more passengers, but its cargo capacity is decreased by 10%.

Armor Plating

Cost: 30% of base ship cost.
By attaching metal plates to the ship, the hull’s hit points are increased by +15. This modification reduces a ship’s cargo capacity by 15%. The armor plating imposes a –1 penalty on all sailing checks, and slows the ship by 1 mph (to a minimum of 1 mph).

Swivel Gun

Crew: 1
These small cannons are mounted to swivel posts above deck. They are excellent at punching holes through small ships and cutting down personnel. They are slow to reload, but can be manned by 1 person easily.

Cannon

Crew: 3
A full sized cannon can wreak havoc on a ship, tearing through hulls and masts alike. They are typically mounted below deck on most ships that can accommodate them.

Mortar Station

Crew: 3
These hefty upward facing cannons are able to rain down destruction from afar. They require one person to serve as a range calculator that inputs target coordinates into dials that control the weapons tilt and facing.

These weapons cannot fire on targets within 200 feet.

Light Ballista

Crew: 1
A very common type of ballista, also called an arbalest or scorpion. It can be operated by a single person and is designed for dealing with personnel on other ships, making it less effective against enemy ships themselves.

Medium Ballista

Crew: 2
This larger ballista has a longer range and fires a much heavier bolt. This allows it to deal with enemy ships much easier.

Heavy Ballista

Crew: 3
These huge siege engines are commonly used as castle defenses as well as on large warships. Though a bit dated since the advent of black power and the cannon. Nonetheless, these still prove effective weapons against oncoming ships.

Flame Spewer

Crew: 4
This ghastly weapon was invented by a team of goblin engineers not too long ago. It resembles a normal cannon but with a large tank affixed to its backside and a large cocking lever on its right side. When fired, this weapon spews molten flame out of its barrel, igniting anything in its trajectory. It is a highly efficient weapon against both ships and personnel.

Mangonel

Crew: 3
Another fairly dated weapon. These catapults are generally affixed to the deck of a ship on a swivel base. One added benefit of this weapon though is that it is easily able to fire specialized ammunition without fear of the ammo getting broken inside of a cannon barrel.

Arcane Howler

Crew: 2
A recent invention from the arcane society within Markhanis. This cannon is slightly smaller then a full sized cannon and is usually made from an ornate marble looking material. It is able to discharge bolts of pure arcane energy. These bolts hit with tremendous impact and then manage to do even further damage to anything close to the impact site. And as long as one of the crew is proficient with Arcana, it is a fairly easy weapon to maintain.

Rate of Fire (RoF)

This refers to how often a weapon can fire. A weapon with a RoF of 1/3 can fire once every three rounds, or 1/3 rounds. The rounds between attacks are used to reload and aim the weapon.

Crews

The number of creatures that it takes to operate a weapon. If the weapon is being controlled by less then its normal crew, the number of rounds it takes to load and aim is doubled.

Alchemical Fire

Fired By: Cannon, Medium Ballista, Mangonel
A ceramic or metal container filled with Alchemical Fire.

When it hits its target, it deals 4d6 fire damage. Creatures within 5 feet of the target must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 fire damage on a failed save or half as much on a success. Objects hit by this, as well as creatures who fail their saving throw are ignited and continue to burn.

A burning object or creature takes 2d6 fire damage at the start of its turn. An action must be spent to douse the flames.

Blessed Canister

Fired By: Cannon, Medium or Heavy Ballista, Mangonel
A metal canister filled with holy energy. These canisters are blessed over a long ritual and are intended to combat large undead and fiendish threats. On a hit, the canister deals 4d8 radiant damage to the target. Creatures within 20 feet of the target must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw, taking the same damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Undead and Fiends have disadvantage on their saving throw to avoid this damage.

Chain Shot

Fired By: Cannon, Mangonel
Two small metal balls affixed to one another with an iron chain. Chain shot is highly effective at tearing through sails and rigging. On a hit, it deals 6d6 bludgeoning damage if fired from a cannon, or 4d6 bludgeoning damage if fired from a mangonel. These critically hit against a ships sails and rigging on a roll of 18-20.

Charged Bolt

Fired By: Light, Medium, or Heavy Ballista
These bolts are inscribed with evocation runes that allow it to store arcane lightning. These bolts deal lightning damage, and increase the normal damage of the weapon firing them by 1 die.

For example, a Medium Ballista firing this would deal 4d10 lightning damage instead of 3d10 piercing.

Once the bolt hits, lightning continues to arc in a 10 foot radius around the bolt. Creatures who start their turn in this area, or enter it for the first time on a turn must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Depth Charge

Fired By: Mangonel, Dropped
These metal containers are filled with a highly volatile mixture of explosive material. They are designed to be anchored down just below the waters surface and detonate whenever a ship passes through their space. The resulting blast deals 8d6 bludgeoning damage to the ship and any creatures within 20 feet of the blast.

Liquid Ice

Fired By: Cannon, Mangonel
A charged metal container filled with Alchemical Ice. When this hit, it deals 4d6 cold damage to the target. Ice begins to spread within a 20 foot radius of the impact. Creatures within this area must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Until the end of your next turn, the ground within 20 feet of the impact also becomes difficult terrain. Creatures must move across it at half speed. If they move faster, they must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone.

Captain/First Mate

One of the most important roles on a ship is its captain.
The captain directs the crew and makes sure their
ship is running in tip top shape. When the Captain or
First Mate of a ship acts, they can perform a number of different actions to help the crew and the ship.

Rally. As an action, you instill bravery in your crew, or perhaps scare them into acting. You make a Charisma (Persuasion) or (Intimidation) check. The DC for this check is naturally 15, but can gain modifiers based on the crew's morale (covered later in this section). If the check succeeds, the crew gain advantage on one role during this combat.

Weak Spot. You try and find a weak point in the enemy's ship and call it out to your crew. As an action, you make a Wisdom (Perception) check against a natural DC 15 (modifiers may be applied). If you succeed, you can direct your crew to attack a weak point that you have spotted. This grants advantage on the next attack your ship makes, and increases the dice rolled for damage on a hit by 1/2. Once you use this action against a ship, you cannot use it again against the same ship.

Order Broadside. The Captain or First Mate orders a broadside. All of the weapons on one side of the ship fire at once using the Cannoneer's reactions. These attacks are made at advantage. This can only be performed if all the weapons along one side of the ship are loaded and ready to fire. This can only be used once per combat.

Pilot

The pilot steers the ship along its coarse. A pilot must be proficient with either Navigator's tools or Sea Vehicles. Pilots can use their actions to make sure the ship isn't left adrift or going off coarse.

Sailing checks are made using the pilots Dexterity or Wisdom and Proficiency bonus. The DC of sailing checks will be determined by the condition of the seas and weather, as well as the current situation the ship is in during combat.

Connoneer

Cannoneers operate the siege weapons aboard a ship. Cannoneers use their actions to fire, reload, and aim the weapons they are in part of the crew of. A siege weapon's attack bonus is +6 unless the cannoneer is proficient with firearms or siege weapons. If an NPC is crew is manning a weapon, the attack bonus is only +3.

Surgeons

Surgeons act as the medics aboard a ship. It is their job to make sure the crew and passengers are in good shape and able to perform their duties. Surgeons are often spellcasters with access to healing magic. They spend their actions healing the crew, making light repairs to the ship, and putting out fires and other hazards aboard the ship.

As an action, the surgeon can
restore one crew member to
good health with a DC 15
Wisdom (Medicine) check.
Healing magic can restore
more crew members to good
health.

Rowing

As mentioned earlier, rowing a ship with a multitude of oarlocks, such as a trireme, requires a great deal of skill and coordination from all involved - especially the oarsmaster. An Oarsmaster has to make checks to ensure the rowers under their command are performing up to task.

This check is rolled as a Charisma (Persuasion) or Charisma (Intimidation) check. The DC is 10 if the rowers are in good spirits, but the DC will increase as the rowers begin to tire or feel ill will towards the Oarsmaster or ship.

Sailing

Sailing vessels use the natural force generated by winds to move, so they are somewhat at the mercy of the prevailing wind. A strong wind can greatly speed a long journey, or make even the shortest jaunt a slow and dangerous affair, depending on the wind’s direction relative to the course desired.

Evasion and Pursuit

Some ships will choose to flee instead of entering within another ships combat range. If pursued, a chase ensues. A faster ship can almost always catch a slower ship, but slower ships can sometimes take advantage of favorable winds, currents, or coastal terrain to aid their escape.

If a chase happens, it continues until one side decides to stop, or the ships become close enough to engage in close range combat.

Ship to Ship Combat

During combat and pursuits, one square on the grid represents 30 feet. Once ships are within 100 feet of one another, grid spaces represent 10 feet. And finally, when ships are in close range to one other, normal 5 foot spaces are used.

Speed

A ship's speed in initiative equals 10 x its speed in mph. For example, a ship whose speed is 3 mph will have an initiative speed of 30 feet.

Acceleration

Ships cannot stop from full speed in one round. Nor can it pick up from a stop to full speed in a round. A ship can speed up or slow down by up to half its maximum speed in one round.

Facing

When using the grid in combat, the facing of a ship is important. This gives a clear indicator of where a ship is able to fire, and its effective range with certain weapons.

Wind

To reduce complexity, wind speed and direction will be ignored in combat outside of Pursuits. A ships movement modifier in combat is considered to be +1 mph in most cases.

Ship Conditions

Ships can take on different conditions depending on their HP, the conditions of their methods of movement, and conditions at sea.

Combat Maneuvers

During a combat, members of a ship's crew and the captains can perform any of the following actions if the ship they are on is capable of doing so.

Crew Loyalty Rating

The crew of a ship has a loyalty rating that ranges between 0 and 10. This rating applies a bonus or penalty to the DC of checks to rally or direct the crew.

The crew will gain 1 loyalty for each successful voyage, battle, storm, monster encounter, or any other situation that stresses the crew or puts them in danger. The crew will lose 1 loyalty whenever one of these things was unsuccessful.

Effects of Morale Checks

Any time you have to make a Charisma check to direct or boost the morale of the crew, it can have different results depending on their loyalty to you and the ship. If loyalty is high, the DC will be easier and if you succeed, the crew can grant you a bonus to a future roll involving their help or work.

If loyalty is low, the crew can work slow and make getting things done around the ship more difficult. This can apply a penalty to a roll that involves the crew or their work.

Mutiny!

Mutiny is rare outside of pirate ships. If a crew's loyalty is 0 for an extended period of time and it suffers more losses, they might try to overthrow the captain, or just simple leave the ship while anchored near a shore somewhere.