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Islands
Because the world of one piece is made up of an innumerable quantity of small islands spread out between a few large islands, islands will be used for a large part of the land exploration portion of each campaign. Islands in the Four Blues and Grand Line may vary in size, climate, and culture, with the latter having much more variety and extremes between each.
Discovering new islands will provide player crews with information, quests, resources, and possible adventure and treasure. Island generation will be vital to keeping players occupied when docking and exploring between sea travel (See the "Ships and Sailing" section for more information on sea travel).
Island Generation
To easily create an island, the DM might decide to come up with an concept on their own or generate one randomly. In either case, using the tables and guide below will help aid in the process of generating islands for one's own campaign.
Measuring an Island
The size of an island might range from less than a square mile to thousands of square miles in size in the Four Blue Seas. When entering the Grand Line, Red Line aside, most islands are much smaller than the continent-sized islands found in the Four Blues. For comparison and scale, you might consider making the size of islands throughout most regions of the One Piece world similar in size or population to the variety of islands in the Bahamas or Caribbean on Earth.
Use the Island Size table below to determine what size the island might be.
Island Size
1d6 | Size | Area | Population |
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1 | Diminutive | < 1 Sq. Mile | 5d10 Citizens |
2 | Tiny | 1d4 Sq. Miles | 10d10 Citizens |
3 | Small | 5d10 Sq. Miles | 10d10 x 10 Citizens |
4 | Medium | 3d10 x 10 Sq. Miles | 5d10 x 100 Citizens |
5 | Large | 5d10 x 100 Sq. Miles | 10d10 x 1,000 Citizens |
6 | Colossal | > 10,000 Sq. Miles | > 1 million citizens |
Island Terrain and Climate
The terrain of an island determines the physical features and the climate it may have. On the Grand Line, the terrain type of each island is usually static and the season remains the same year-round. Larger islands may have several types of terrain or climate across, so roll multiple times if this is the case. Use the table below to determine terrain and climate.
Terrain Type
1d10 | Terrain | Climate |
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1 | Beach | Tropical |
2 | Forest | Moderate |
3 | Jungle | Tropical |
4 | Desert | Dry |
5 | Plains | Moderate |
6 | Hills | Moderate |
7 | Mountainous | Cold |
8 | Swamp | Humid |
9 | Volcanic | Hot |
10 | Tundra | Cold |
Island Seasons
The seasons of each island outside the grand line is dependent on its location and climate, but will usually rotate normally between Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. In the grand line, however, seasons may remain static or change rapidly at a highly unusual rate. For example, some islands may rotate between seasons every week.
To determine the current season on an island, you may roll a 1d4 (1 - Spring, 2 - Summer, 3 - Fall, 4 - Winter) and use the result. You might decide islands on the grand line have extreme climate changes as a result of each season as well. For example, a Jungle Island might be perpetually stuck in winter, making it a highly unusual Frost Jungle Island.
Society and Culture
The populations of each island may have a variety of different races, belief systems, ethnicities, culture, and alignments. Alongside these factors, the level of support an island has for pirates versus the navy or world government may also differ. To determine how to run each island's society and culture, use this section as a guide.
Races
Most islands throughout the world are inhabited and ruled by humans, with other races occasionally making up the small minority of an island's population. However, occasionally there can be rare and hidden islands inhabited by non-human races found in the grand line or other corners of the planet. Roll a 1d20 for each island, and on a roll of 1 the island is inhabited by one of the races on the table below.
*Human variants may be similar to humans, but have distinct characteristics that make them slightly different. For example, the Kuja Tribe, Torino Tribe, and Kumate Tribe are basically humans with very extreme differences in appearance and behavior.
Race Table
d10 | Race |
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1 | *Human Variant |
2 | Fish-Men |
3 | Merfolk |
4 | Sky Islanders |
5 | Minks |
6 | Yokai Tribesmen |
7 | Cyborgs |
8 | Dwarves |
9 | Giants |
10 | Mix of Races |
Cities and Settlements
Since the One Piece world is so divided and disconnected, the culture and apparent time era of each island may also vary greatly across regions. Unless an island is uninhabited, a city will usually have a number of settlements equal to each size the island is over "Small" (at least 1), but it is ultimately up to the DM.
Use the table below to determine the settlement's culture. You may use multiple different cultures or combine cultures together to create unique populations of people.
Culture Type
d12 | Culture |
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1 | Tribal |
2 | Western Medieval |
3 | Renaissance |
4 | Eastern Traditional |
5 | Middle Eastern |
6 | European |
7 | African |
8 | Modern Urban |
9 | Rural |
10 | Entertainment & Resorts |
11 | Militaristic |
12 | Futuristic |
Placement of Settlments
Islands with multiple human or nonhuman populations may have their cities and settlemnts located in different regions. The table below can be used to determine the type of a settlement and where it is placed.
Settlement Location Types
d6 | Settlement Type |
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1 | Coastal Harbor |
2 | Fortified Inland |
3 | Agricultural |
4 | High Altitude |
5 | Fortress or Military Base |
6 | Around River, Lake or Swamp/Marsh |
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Island Faction and Military
If an island's size is "small" or larger, it usually requires a military of some sort to defend against invaders. Some islands are defenseless, however, and rely on defending themselves against pirate and raiders. If an island is controlled by a certain faction (e.g. pirates or marines), it tends to have a certain alignment and level of support for that faction based on how the citizens are treated by said faction.
The alignment of an island's general populace is determined by what faction influences it. There are rare exceptions to this rule, however. Sometimes lawful pirates or evil marines may take control over an island, changing the island's alignment to whatever fits at the DM's discretion.
The level of support an island's population has for the ruling faction is randomly determined. If 60% or more of an island's population supports the faction controlling it, the population is considered to be in favor of their rule. If 40% of the population or less support the faction, the faction is generally disliked by the island. Any percentage in-between means the island feels generally indifferent or neutral toward the ruling faction.
Roll on the table below to determine what type of faction and military controls or protects an island.
Military Type
1d6 | Faction | Allignment | % Support |
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1 | None | - | - |
2 | Independent Military | Any | 10d10 |
3 | Marines | Lawful Good | 10d10 |
4 | Pirates | Any Chaotic | 10d10 |
5 | Revolutionaries | Neutral Good | 10d10 |
6 | World Government | Any Lawful | 10d10 |
Military Bases
If an island is controlled by a faction military, it will have at least one fortress near any settlements or cities on the island. Marines, World Government, and independent militaries will normally have a fortress or barracks, pirates will have a cove, and revolutionaries will operate in a hidden or secret base.
The number of units a faction has in its forces is determined by the population of the island. Roughly 10% of the island's total population will be members of its ruling faction. These faction members are able to fight and serve the faction its supporters at any given time.
In addition, the number and size of the faction's bases and ships can be determined by the overall number of faciton members on the island. For example, use crew size of a ship under the "Ships and Sailing" section to estimate how many ships and what size of ship would be needed to mobilize the faction members on an island.
Player Reputation & Intrigue
Sometimes players attempting to befriend an island's populace isn't so easy, especially if there are alignment differences between the players crew and an island. Additionally, if an island's faction members are directly opposed to the faction the players are a part of (e.g. marines hate pirates and vice versa), they may attempt to locate and capture the players. And if the player crew has a bad enough reputation on an island, they may launch an all-out witch hunt or assault onto the players after some time.
Reputation
As mentioned in chapter 4 of the Unofficial One Piece D&D Player's Guide under the "Inspiration Dice Alternative: Pirate Prestige" section, a crew will normally enter each island with a certain level of reputation.
The reputation score a crew starts at on an island that isn't in direct opposition to them is 5. This number increases by 1 for each famous and well-liked character on the crew (e.g. celebrity or world-class performer). If the island is ruled by a faction that directly opposes the players, their reputation score starts at 1. The only way to get crew reputation score up past 1 is by spending a week undetected by enemy faction members on the island, in which case crew reputation score increases to 2, or by swaying the minds of locals through the completion of quests done for them or by defending against invaders. See "Increasing Reputation" for more information on this.
Player Reputation
Island Size | Maximum Reputation |
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Diminutive to Small | 20 |
Medium | 30 |
Large | 50 |
Colossal | 100 |
Increasing Reputation
To further increase the crew's reputation on an island, the crew can use "Pirate Prestige" abilities and points to automatically increase their reputation if their current reputation score is above 1.
Another way to increase reputation is to complete quests for local or defend against invaders. For every quest completed by a player character, their crew's reputation score increases by 1d6. If a player crew successfully defends an island from pirates, marines, or enemy invaders, the crew's reputation score increases by 10.
Using Reputation
Reputation has many uses when the crew has a high reputation score on an island. If a crew's reputation is 1, they will be unable to use reputation points at all. If a crew's reputation score is higher than 10, they can spend 1 reputation point to ask for a small favor from locals or friendly faction members on the island. For larger favors, 5 or more points will need to be expended.
If a crew has a reputation score equal to more than half of the maximum of an island, players can stage citizen revolution against an enemy faction if the population isn't in favor of its ruling faction. In exchange, the population will demand protection against invaders from the player crew. If the revolution succeeds, the ruling faction is overthrown and the island will begin flying the player crew's flag.
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Example Island Map (Medium Island)
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Ships and Sailing
This section borrows heavily from the Wizards of the Coast UA "Of Ships and the Sea" document. Detailed here is all the information you might need to use for ship creation, ship stats, and mechanics on seafaring, travel, and ship combat. Prices of ships and additional details are given in Chapter 5 of the Unofficial One Piece D&D Player's Guide.
Ship Stat Blocks
A ship's stats provide information that can be used for combat and defensive or offensive capabilities. While unmanned or without a crew, a ship cannot take actions or use offensive abilities unless specific exceptions are made.
Basic Statistics
Size
Ships can range in size from Large to Gargantuan. A ship that is between 10 and 14 feet in length or width would be counted as large vessel, a ship that is between 15 and 19 feet in length or width would be counted as huge vessel, and a ship equal to or larger than 20 feet would be counted as a gargantuan vessel.
Space
A ship doesn't have a square space unless its stat block specifies otherwise. For example, a ship that is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide occupies a 20-by-10-foot space.
A ship can't move into a space that is too small to accomodate it. If it tries to do so, it crashes, as described later in the "Crashing" section.
Crew Maximum
A ship's stat block determines how many crew members it needs to run the ship efficiently. This assumes crew members are medium or smaller creatures. If a creature is large, it counts as four crew members. If a creature is huge, it counts as nine crew members. If a creature is gargantuan, it counts as 20 crew members or more (up to DM discretion).
Fuel engines are another way to automate your ship's functions without a need for a large crew. Fuel engines fill a certain number of crew slots based on its type (See "Ship Upgrades"), however they also require fuel to function (See "Fueling Your Ship").
Any additional crew members over the crew maximum are counted as passengers. If the ship holds more than the crew max and passenger limit, the ship becomes cramped and all movement on the ship is halved for the duration that it remains cramped. Creatures may also be pushed off the ship, suffocated, or trampled while the ship is cramped.
Capacity
Indicated by the ship's stat block, the capcity of a ship determines how much cargo and creature weight it can carry. Once over weight capacity, the ship will move at half speed, rolls made to maneuver the boat will be made at disadvantage, and it may possibly capsize.
Upgrade Slots
The number of upgrade slots that can be used on a ship is determined by its stat block. Upgrade components can be added when a ship has upgrade slots available (See "Ship Upgrades"). Additional upgrade slots can be added during the ship's initial construction.
Special Vehicles
Special vehicles are rare vehicles indicated by their type on their stat block. These vehicles are typically either exotic, extremely powerful, or limited in number, making them far more difficult to find. Special vehicles cannot be purchased from ordinary vendors, and are only available for sale in specific locations determined by the DM.
Blueprints
To build special vehicles or special components, blueprints will be required before attempting the building process. Blueprints might be found in certain locations or be available for high prices or in exchange for favors from specific NPCs, determined by the DM.
Ability Scores
A ship has six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) and corresponding modifiers.
A ship's strength represents its size and weight. Dexterity represents a ship's ease of handling. A ship's constitution covers it durability and the quality of its construction. Ships will typically have a score of 0 in Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma unless it becomes sentient over time as the crew bonds it with or lends it a devil fruit.
If a ship has a 0 in a score, it automatically fails any ability check or saving throw that uses that score.
Vulnerabilities, Resistances, and Immunities
A ship's vulnerabilities, resistances, and Immunities apply to all its components, unless otherwise noted in the stat block. Typically ships will be immune to poison and psychic damage. A sentient ship may be capable of taking psychic damage, however. Ships crafted from metal or stone are also normally immune to necrotic damage. They are also immune to the following conditions unless they are sentient (in which case, the DM chooses which immunities to apply): blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, and unconscious.
Sentience
A ship will become sentient if it consumes a zoan-type devil fruit, becomes influenced by the effects of a devil fruit that might grant it sentience, or develops a soul from the love of its crew.
A ship will slowly develop a soul as its crew bonds with it over several voyages between islands. At the end of each voyage, every member of the crew must roll a Charisma check (DC 10 for a Large or Huge ship, DC 15 for a Gargantuan ship, and DC 20 for a Battleship). If more than half of the crew succeeds on this check, then the entire check is considered a success. After 3 total successes, the ship begins to develop a soul (see below). The DM may choose to withhold what these rolls are being used for.
Alternatively, the ship may develop a soul or personality from eating a zoan-type devil fruit. By feeding a devil fruit to a ship, it will become sentient in the same way it would be listed above.
Once the ship becomes sentient, it may begin speaking telepathically with its crew or others boarding it. However, because it is likely to be infantile at first, it won't be noticeably intelligent, aware, or charismatic. Its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores are all set to 8. While these scores are set to 8, the ship will only be able to form simple sentences and possesses a limited vocabulary based on what words it learns from its crew.
Starting from the point it becomes sentient, the ship will also be able to grow with its crew along the journey. Each time the crew levels up from here on out, so does the ship. While boarding the ship after the crew has leveled up at least once, the crew will be able to spend ability score points (2 per level up since the crew last boarded the ship) to increase the ship's Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma scores.
In addition, the ship can be given inspiration dice at the start of each voyage or whenever the DM decides. This inspiration dice may be used to allow for a re-roll on any ability check or saving throw made by the ship.
Sentient Skills
While the ship is sentient it can use a number of different skills on its own without needing to be operated or boarded by a crew:
Rescue Crew (Intelligence 12 or higher). A sentient ship that knows its crew is in danger will attempt to sail itself to go save them. Whether it succeeds in doing so depends on the skill checks made by the ship to do so (determined by the DM). This can only be done once per day.
Supernatural Awareness (Wisdom 12 or higher). A sentient ship is roughly aware of who enters and leaves the ship at all times. It can use this awareness to inform its crew if any creature might be sneaking around on the ship or of any potential sabotage. How precise this awareness is depends on the Wisdom score of the ship and any Wisdom checks made by the ship.
Inspiring Chant (Charisma 12 or higher). A sentient ship that has developed a deep bond with its crew is able to inspire and push them to their limits. If a crew member is within 30 feet of the ship, the ship may use an action on its own to help motivate and inspire them. The inspired crew member gains advantage on the next ability check they make. This can be used a number of times equal to the captain's proficiency modifier, and it regains all uses once the crew completes a long rest.
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Components
A ship is composed of different components:
Hull. A ship's hull is its basic frame, on which the other components are mounted.
Control. A control component is used to steer a ship.
Movement. A movement component is the element of the ship that enables it to move, such as a set of sails or oars.
Weapon. A ship capable of being used in combat has one or more weapon components, each of which is operated separately.
A ship's components might have special rules, as described in the stat block.
Armor Class
A component has an Armor Class. Its AC is meant to reflect its size, the materials used to construct it, and any defensive plating or armor used to augment its toughness.
Hit Points
A ship component is destroyed and becomes unusable when it drops to 0 hit points. A ship is wrecked if its hull is destroyed.
A ship component does not have Hit Dice.
Damage Threshold
If a ship component has a damage threshold, that threshold appears after its hit points. A component has immunity to all damage unless it takes an amount of damage equal to or greater than its damage threshold, in which case it takes damage as normal. Any damage that fails to meet or exceed the damage threshold is considered superficial and doesn't reduce the component's hit points.
Building a Ship
If a crew desires, they may choose to build a ship or vehicle of their own with the help of a shipwright or shipbuilder. In any case, a shipwright that is proficient in managing or building vehicles will be able to spend a number of days building and assembling their dream ship.
The cost of building a ship will be equal to 80% of the listed cost of the desired ship type, since the price of labor is taken off the total and only the materials, parts, and special tools need to be purchased. If the ship is listed as a "special vehicle", a shipwright cannot build it until they have acquired the blueprints or any special materials required to do so. Additionally, building a special vehicle requires paying 100% of the listed cost instead.
The process of building a ship can be long, strenuous, and risky. Many mishaps may happen, and whole parts can break or might even require replacements. However, the upside of building a ship is that if it is properly crafted by a superior shipwright, it will look and function even greater than an average ship of its type.
Building process
Once all the required parts and materials are gathered in one place, a proficient shipwright or shipbuilder will be able to begin the ship building process:
The time it takes to build the ship is determined by the Constitution score of the type of desired vehicle on its stat block. If the constitution score is 11 or less, it will take 1 day to build. If the constitution score is 12 or 13, it will take 1 week to build. If the constitution score is 14 to 17, it will take a month and an additional month for each point over 14 to build. If the Constitution score is 18 or higher, it will take a year plus an additional year for each point over 18 to build. This time is halved for each additional proficient shipwright or shipbuilder that helps work on the vehicle until completion.
The construction period is considered downtime, but most of this downtime must be spent working on the ship each day. During this time, a number of skill checks must be made by the head shipwright to determine how successful the construction process is. The number of successful checks that need to be made is equal to 1 + its Constitution modifier on its stat block. The DC of each check is equal to the Constitution score of the vehicle (Minimum of DC 10). Each additional shipwright or shipbuilder working on the ship adds a +1 bonus to these checks (maximum of +5). These checks cannot be changed or given advantage/disadvantage by short-term skills or other abilities unless they are specifically related to the process of the shipbuilding, as it involves many different actions being done over a long period of time.
If a successful check is made, one success is counted. A critical success counts as 2 successes. If the check succeeds by 5 or more, it is a major success and you may roll on the "Major Shipbuilding Success" table to decide what buffs are applied to a random ship component.
If the check fails, one failure is counted. A critical failure is counted as 2 failures. If the check fails by 5 or more, it is a major failure and you must roll on the "Major Shipbuilding Failure" table to determine what penalties are applied to a random ship component. Once a component accumulates 3 or more major failures, it falls to 0 hit points and needs to be repaired. If 3 total failed checks or more are counted, the ship needs to be rebuilt from scratch all over again, effectively doubling the building time.
Once a number of successes equal to the 1 + the ship's Constitution modifier are counted over the total course of the required building period, the ship is finished and ready for use (using the stat blocks below).
Major Shipbuilding Success Table
d4 | Success Type |
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1 | Hard Material: Component gains 1d4 bonus to its damage threshold |
2 | Dense Coating: Component gains a +1 bonus to AC (Max 20) |
3 | Well-Assembled: Component gains 1d12 maximum hit points. |
4 | Flawless Design: Any critical hit against the component becomes a normal hit. |
Major Shipbuilding Failure Table
d4 | Failure Type |
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1 | Brittle Material: If a component has a damage threshold, it is decreased by 1d4. |
2 | Cracked exterior: Component loses 1 AC (Min 10) |
3 | Poorly Assembled: Component loses 1d12 maximum hit points. |
4 | Exposed Weakpoint: Attacks made against the component have advantage. |
Sample Stat Blocks
Here are some example ship stat blocks of ships you can purchase or attain (availability and price list also included in Chapter 5 of the Unofficial One Piece D&D Player's Guide).
Waver
Medium special vehicle (5 ft. by 3 ft.)
- Cost ฿5,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 0
- Crew Maximum 1 crew, 1 passenger
- Cargo Capacity 0.2 tons
- Travel Pace 25 miles per hour
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 11
Hit Points. 50
Control and Movement: Dial
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 25
Locomotion (water). large breath dial, speed 60 ft.
Move up to its speed, with one 90-degree turn. Without the breath dial, the waver's speed is 0.
The large breath dial on a waver holds a charge that allows for up to 50 miles of movement before it needs to be recharged. Recharging a dial can be done by allowing the waver or dial to rest for up to 8 hours without interruption. Additionally, this dial can be replaced by another large breath dial if it is lost or broken.
Actions
On its turn, the waver can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with any weapons it has.
Rowboat
Large vehicle (10 ft. by 5 ft.)
- Cost ฿500,000
- Upgrade Slots 1
- Crew Maximum 2 crew, 2 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 0.25 tons
- Travel Pace 3 miles per hour (24 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 11 (+0) 8 (-1) 11 (+0) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 11
Hit Points. 50
Control and Movement: Oars
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 25
Locomotion (water). oars, speed 15 ft.
Move up to its speed, with one 90-degree turn. Without the oars, the rowboat's speed is 0.
Actions
On its turn, the rowboat can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with any weapons it has.
Sloop
Gargantuan vehicle (60 ft. by 20 ft.)
- Cost ฿30,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 3
- Crew Maximum 3 crew, 4 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 0.5 tons
- Travel Pace 3 miles per hour (72 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 7 (-2) 13 (+1) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100 (damage threshold 10)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the sloop can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 25 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 35 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Sloops typically include a cannon only when they are equipped for combat.
Actions
On its turn, the sloop can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can't use its cannon.
Caravel
Gargantuan vehicle (70 ft. by 20 ft.)
- Cost ฿50,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 5
- Crew Maximum 8 crew, 10 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 10 tons
- Travel Pace 4 miles per hour (96 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 7 (-2) 15 (+2) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 150 (damage threshold 10)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the caravel can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 35 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 50 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the caravel can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Submarine
Gargantuan special vehicle (80 ft. by 20 ft.)
- Cost ฿600,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 6
- Crew Maximum 20 crew, 10 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 1 ton
- Travel Pace 5 miles per hour (120 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic, necrotic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 300 (damage threshold 15)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, including the ability to ascend or descend into deep waters, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the submarine can't turn.
Additionally, the submarine detects all objects and creatures within 300 ft using sonar detection and can relay the information to a screen in the helm, as if using blindsight. If the helm is destroyed, the submarine can no longer detect anything using sonar.
Movement: Propellers (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100; -10 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion and Diving (water). two propellers, speed 45 ft.
Weapon: Cannon (4)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the submarine can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Cog
Gargantuan vehicle (70 ft. by 20 ft.)
- Cost ฿100,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 6
- Crew Maximum 20 crew, 20 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 50 tons
- Travel Pace 4 miles per hour (96 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 20 (+5) 7 (-2) 16 (+3) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 250 (damage threshold 15)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the cog can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 35 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 50 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the cog can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Brig
Gargantuan vehicle (80 ft. by 20 ft.)
- Cost ฿150,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 7
- Crew Maximum 50 crew, 30 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 100 tons
- Travel Pace 5 miles per hour (120 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 20 (+5) 7 (-2) 17 (+3) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 300 (damage threshold 15)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the brig can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 45 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 60 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Weapon: Carronade
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 30
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the brig can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Carrack
Gargantuan vehicle (130 ft. by 20 ft.)
- Cost ฿300,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 8
- Crew Maximum 100 crew, 40 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 150 tons
- Travel Pace 3 miles per hour (72 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 22 (+6) 4 (-3) 18 (+4) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 400 (damage threshold 20)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the carrack can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 20 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 25 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 35 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Weapon: Large Cannon (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100
Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 200/800 ft. (can't hit targets within 60 ft. of it), one target. Hit: 16 (5d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the carrack can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Galleon
Gargantuan vehicle (150 ft. by 30 ft.)
- Cost ฿500,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 10
- Crew Maximum 200 crew, 150 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 500 tons
- Travel Pace 4 miles per hour (96 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 26 (+8) 7 (-2) 20 (+5) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 600 (damage threshold 20)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the galleon can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 20 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 35 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 50 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon (6)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Weapon: Large Cannon (2)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100
Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 200/800 ft. (can't hit targets within 60 ft. of it), one target. Hit: 16 (5d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the galleon can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Man-O-War
Gargantuan special vehicle (200 ft. by 30 ft.)
- Cost ฿1,000,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 11
- Crew Maximum 400 crew, 300 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 1,000 tons
- Travel Pace 3 miles per hour (72 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 28 (+9) 4 (-3) 20 (+5) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 1000 (damage threshold 20)
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the man-o-war can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 20 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 25 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 35 ft. while sailing with the wind
Weapon: Cannon (10)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Weapon: Large Cannon (4)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100
Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 200/800 ft. (can't hit targets within 60 ft. of it), one target. Hit: 16 (5d10) bludgeoning damage
Ram
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100 (threshold 10)
The vehicle has advantage on all saving throws and checks relating to crashing when it crashes into a creature or object. Any damage it suffers from the crash is instead applied to the ram. These benefits do not apply if another vehicle crashes into the vehicle.
Actions
On its turn, the man-o-war can move using its ccontrol and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Battleship
Gargantuan special vehicle (300 ft. by 50 ft.)
- Cost ฿3,000,000,000
- Upgrade Slots 12
- Crew Maximum 1000 crew, 500 passengers
- Cargo Capacity 10,000 tons
- Travel Pace 4 miles per hour (96 miles per day)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 28 (+9) 4 (-3) 20 (+5) 0 0 0
- Damage Immunities poison, psychic
- Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious
Hull
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 1000 (damage threshold 20)
Seastone Bottom
Incorporates seastone onto the bottom of the ship. This allows the ship to pass by underwater sea beasts, sea kings, and other sea creatures undetected, making it possible to cross over the calm belt.
Huge Fuel Engine
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 100
Counts as 50 crew members and gives power to movement components that require an engine. Requires fuel (See the "Fueling Your Ship" section).
Control: Helm
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the battleship can't turn.
Movement: Sails
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 20 damage taken
Locomotion (water). sails, speed 25 ft.; 15 ft. while sailing into the wind; 35 ft. while sailing with the wind
Movement: Paddle-Wheel
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -10 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion (water). paddle-wheel, speed 35 ft. when powered by at least one huge engine.
Weapon: Large Cannon (14)
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100
Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 200/800 ft. (can't hit targets within 60 ft. of it), one target. Hit: 16 (5d10) bludgeoning damage
Actions
On its turn, the battleship can move using its control and one movement component, and attack with its weapons. If it has half its crew or fewer, it moves at half speed and can only use half its weapons (rounded down).
Ship Upgrades
In addition to being able to build a ship, skilled shipwrights may be able to add additional components or weapons to their ship. Upgrade components may vary in price, especially if they are rare. However, sample prices are provided for each upgrade component. Additionally, a crew will need to pay a shipbuilder to upgrade their ship with a new component unless they have access to a shipwright on their crew. A shipwright will be proficient in any checks required to upgrade the ship with a new component.
Building a component from scratch requires paying its component cost in tools and materials. Special components and their materials aren't normally available for purchase from common shops or shipyards. Building individual special components requires special knowledge or blueprints of the component and rare materials.
Upgrading a ship requires the ship to have empty upgrade slots available. If the ship stat block does not list it has any upgrade slots available, it will not be possible to add new components to it unless the upgrade component states otherwise. Alternatively, a currently existing component on a ship can be replaced with an upgrade component. A currently existing component frees 1 upgrade slot when removed or can be replaced by an identical component. The hull can not be replaced on a ship if it has already been assembled, but can be added during the construction process by adding the upgrade cost to the total ship construction cost.
Installing Upgrades
If a ship is taken to a shipyard, a shipbuilder will always succeed on upgrading the ship. If the ship is being upgraded by a shipwright in the crew, they will be able to undergo the upgrading process to add a new component.
The upgrading process requires a set amount of downtime for the shipwright to work on the ship and install the upgrade components. The time it takes to upgrade the ship with the component is determined by the component type and how successful the shipwright is in installing the part. When a check is made to install a part, the roll must succeed on the DC listed by the component. The type of check is determined by the skill needed to add to the component (a cannon might require a strength check to carry and place, sails may require a dexterity check to properly align, etc.) and a shipwright will always add their proficiency bonus to these rolls.
If a successful check is made, the upgrade component is added to the ship with no issues. If the check succeeds by 5 or more, or is a critical success, you may roll on the "Major Shipbuilding Success" table to decide what buffs are applied to the component. You cannot have more than 3 major successes on a component.
If the check fails, the upgrade component is not added to the ship. Instead, the time spent adding the component is wasted and another check must be made. If the check fails by 5 or more, or is a critical fail, you must roll on the "Major Shipbuilding Failure" table to determine what penalties are applied to the component. If the component receives 3 major failure penalties, the component drops to 0 hit points and needs to be repaired.
For each additional shipwright working on the ship there is a +1 bonus made to any checks to install an upgrade component, up to a maximum of +5.
Medium components. A medium component takes 1 hour for each check to install, and requires one successful DC check for each upgrade slot.
Large components. A large component takes 8 hours for each check to install, and requires one successful DC check for each upgrade slot.
Huge components. A huge component takes 1 day for each check to install, and requires one successful DC checks for each upgrade slot.
Gargantuan components. A gargantuan component takes 1 day for each check to install, and requires two successful DC checks for each upgrade slot.
*Special components take double the time to install.
Movement Components
Dial Upgrade
Component Type. Special Medium
Upgrade DC. 12 (requires dial proficiency)
Component Cost. ฿5,000,000 + 5% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 25
Locomotion (water). large breath dial or jet dial, adds speed to one movement component; speed +60 ft. if attached to a medium vehicle; +30 ft. if attached to a large vehicle; +15 ft. if attached to a huge vehicle; and +10 ft. if attached to a gargantuan vehicle; stacking with each additional dial attached (maximum bonus +60 ft.) Adds 1 mph bonus to travel pace for every +10 ft bonus.
A dial will run for up to 2 hours before it needs to be recharged for 8 hours.
Oars Upgrade
Component Type. Large
Upgrade DC. 10
Component Cost. ฿100,000 + 5% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 25 damage taken.
Locomotion (water). oars, speed based on ship type.
Sails Upgrade
Component Type. Huge
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿1,000,000 + 10% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 20 damage taken.
Locomotion (water). sails, speed based on ship type.
Paddle-Wheel Upgrade
Requirement: At least one huge engine installed on the ship and a control component
Component Type. Special Huge
Upgrade DC. 17
Component Cost. ฿10,000,000 + 20% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 100; -10 ft. speed per 25 damage taken.
Locomotion (water). paddle-wheel, 35 ft. while the helm is intact. (4 mph)
Propeller Upgrade
Requirement: At least one huge engine installed on the ship and a control component
Component Type. Special Huge
Upgrade DC. 17
Component Cost. ฿20,000,000 + 20% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 25 damage taken
Locomotion (water). propeller, speed 45 ft. while the helm is intact. (5 mph)
Rocket Booster Upgrade
Requirement: At least one huge engine installed on the ship and a control component
Component Type. Special Huge
Upgrade DC. 20
Component Cost. ฿100,000,000 + 50% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100; -1 mile flight speed per 20 damage taken.
The rocket booster allows for a vehicle to fly for up to 5 miles in any direction it chooses. The ship will fly this way for up to 10 seconds. Afterwards, the ship will land and the rocket booster will need to spend 24 hours recharging before it can be used this way again. There is a 25% chance the ship will crash during its landing (see the "Crashing" section).
Flight Core Upgrade
Requirement: At least one huge engine installed on the ship and a control component
Component Type. Special Gargantuan
Upgrade DC. 20
Component Cost. ฿500,000,000 + 100% of ship cost.
Upgrade slots required. 3
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100; -5 ft. speed per 20 damage taken
Locomotion (air). Flight, speed 35 ft. if the core is destroyed, the vehicle falls and crashes. (4 mph)
Standard Fuel Engine Upgrade
Component Type. Advanced Medium
Upgrade DC. 12
Component Cost. ฿4,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 25
Counts as 4 crew members and gives power to movement components that require an engine. Requires fuel (See the "Fueling Your Ship" section).
Large Fuel Engine Upgrade
Component Type. Advanced Large
Upgrade DC. 17
Component Cost. ฿10,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 50
Counts as 10 crew members and gives power to movement components that require an engine. Requires fuel (See the "Fueling Your Ship" section).
Huge Fuel Engine Upgrade
Component Type. Advanced Huge
Upgrade DC. 20
Component Cost. ฿50,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 16
Hit Points. 100
Counts as 50 crew members and gives power to movement components that require an engine. Requires fuel (See the "Fueling Your Ship" section).
Wing Attachment Upgrade
Component Type. Huge
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿500,000 + 10% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 50
A falling vehicle’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round, and any crash that would occur as a result of falling is avoided. Additionally, a ship can glide If the wings are destroyed while the vehicle is midair, it immediately falls and crashes.
Control Components
Helm Upgrade
Component Type. Large
Upgrade DC. 10
Component Cost. 5% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 12
Hit Points. 50
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the helm is destroyed, the vehicle can't turn.
Control Room Upgrade
Component Type. Special Huge
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿5,000,000 + 10% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100
Controls movement components, with one 90-degree turn. If the control room is destroyed, the vehicle can't turn. Component has full cover from attacks coming from outside the vehicle, but not inside.
Hull Components
Steel Plating Upgrade
Note: Can be added after initial construction of the ship.
Component Type. Size is determined by vehicle size
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿50,000,000 + 30% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 2
Incorporates Steel plating around the hull of the ship, further strengthening its resistance. The hull's damage threshold is increased by 5, it is now immune to necrotic damage, and its armor class increases to 18. However, the vehicle now moves at half its current speed.
Element Resistant Wax Upgrade
Note: Can be added after initial construction of the ship.
Component Type. Special (Size is determined by vehicle size)
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿5,000,000 + 30% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 1
Applies a special wax coating around the vehicle. This wax grants the hull resistance to any one chosen damage type until the coating is removed. Only one type of coating can be actively applied to a vehicle at a time.
Adam Wood Upgrade
Component Type. Special (Size is determined by vehicle size)
Upgrade DC. 17
Component Cost. ฿100,000,000 + 50% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 1
Incorporates Adam Wood into the hull of the ship, further strengthening its durability. The hull's damage threshold is increased by 5 and the vehicle receives a +2 bonus to armor class on all its components.
Seastone Bottom Upgrade
Component Type. Special (Size is determined by vehicle size)
Upgrade DC. 20
Component Cost. ฿300,000,000 + 50% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 1
Incorporates seastone onto the bottom of the ship. This allows the ship to pass by underwater sea beasts, sea kings, and other sea creatures undetected, making it possible to cross over the calm belt.
Docking Upgrade
Requirement: Vehicle must be gargantuan
Component Type. Gargantuan
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿10,000,000 + 30% of ship cost
Upgrade slots required. 2
Part of the hull. Allows for up to 7 Huge or smaller vehicles to be stored or docked within the vehicle. One vehicle can be released from docking per turn.
Weapon Components
Carronade Upgrade
Component Type. Medium
Upgrade DC. 10
Component Cost. ฿10,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 30
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: (2d10) bludgeoning damage
Cannon Upgrade
Component Type. Medium
Upgrade DC. 10
Component Cost. ฿20,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: (3d10) bludgeoning damage
Large Cannon Upgrade
Component Type. Medium
Upgrade DC. 12
Component Cost. ฿80,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 100
Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 200/800 ft., one target. Hit: (5d10) bludgeoning damage
Harpoon Cannon Upgrade
Component Type. Medium
Upgrade DC. 10
Component Cost. ฿25,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 15
Hit Points. 50
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 120/400 ft., one target. Hit: (3d6) piercing damage and grapples the target with thick rope and harpoon (escape DC 15). The thick rope has AC 10, 15 hit points, vulnerability to fire, and immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage.
Ram Upgrade
Component Type. Large
Upgrade DC. 15
Component Cost. ฿50,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 1
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100 (threshold 10)
The vehicle has advantage on all saving throws and checks relating to crashing when it crashes into a creature or object. Any damage it suffers from the crash is instead applied to the ram. These benefits do not apply if another vehicle crashes into the vehicle.
Flamethrower Upgrade
Requirement: At least one huge engine installed on the ship and a control component
Component Type. Special Huge
Upgrade DC. 20
Component Cost. ฿300,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100
Flamethrower. The flamethrower sprays a 30-foot cone of fire. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or take 45 (10d8) fire damage. A flammable object hit by this weapon ignites if it isn’t being worn or carried. Afterwards, the flamethrower will need to spend 24 hours recharging before it can be used this way again.
Beam Cannon Upgrade
Requirement: At least one huge engine installed on the ship and a control component
Component Type. Special Huge
Upgrade DC. 20
Component Cost. ฿500,000,000
Upgrade slots required. 2
Armor Class. 18
Hit Points. 100
Force Beam. The beam cannon fires a ray of energy in a 90-foot line that is 5 ft. wide. Each creature in the line must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or take 45 (10d8) force damage. If this damage reduces the creature to 0 Hit Points, its body becomes a pile of fine gray dust. If the line hits a Medium or smaller nonmagical object or Creation of magical force, it is disintegrated without a saving throw. If the target is a Huge or larger object or Creation of magical force, this beam disintegrates a 5-foot cube of it. Afterwards, the beam cannon will need to spend 24 hours recharging before it can be used this way again.
Acquiring a Ship
Most parties will not be able to afford a ship early on, especially at lower levels. Even at later levels, decent ships still might be far out of their price range. Some options for providing easy access to a ship for players outside of giving them tons of money to spend include:
- Saving an island of shipbuilders from a pirate invasion, earning them a free ship or supplies and workers to build one.
- Receiving a ship as a gift from a wealthy contact or quest giver.
- Stealing a ship from a powerful group of pirates.
- Discovering a lost ship graveyard filled with enough salvageable parts and weaponry to build a new ship.
- Finding a legendary artifact in a dungeon that can be traded for a decent ship.
Furthermore, a crew might seek out a signature ship for them to use over the course of the entire adventure. The creation, purchase, or discovery of their ship should be a special moment and major milestone for the crew. Giving them tools to customize, upgrade, and spend time together on their new ship will help forge a deep bond with it over time, making their journey with together all the more engaging.
Crew
A ship requires a competent team of crew members to keep it operational when traveling or even harboring. As detailed in the "Crew Roles" in section 4 of the Unofficial One Piece D&D Player's Guide, ship crews may require a diverse mix roles on board a ship to safely adventure into dangerous waters. Disease, malnutrition, poor direction, injury, infection, and ship damage or degradation are all potential threats to any crew attempting to sail into open waters. And on the Grand Line, these risks are even further amplified. Characters that take on special roles required to deal with these threats are referred to as "Officers". Additional NPC crew members and lackeys may be added to the ship later on, called "Hirelings".
Officers
Here are example officer roles to determine which player will fill which role on a ship:
Captain. The captain is in charge of issuing orders and raising morale. The captain should be one of the strongest members of their crew and simultaneously most charismatic or strategic, with the best captains normally having a high Charisma or Intelligence score.
First Mate. Similar to the captain, the first mate should be the second most powerful and charismatic individual in a crew. The first mate will also cover any weaknesses their captain may have. If the captain is killed or retired, the first mate will be first in line to take over or inherit the crew. The first mate may also have a more dedicated role on the crew, such as being a doctor or chef on the side.
Navigator. The navigator provides direction and knowledge of maps and weather to the crew. A talented navigator will often have a high Wisdom score, proficiency in Nature or Survival, and proficiency with navigator's tools.
Doctor. The ship's doctor tends to injuries, monitors illness, and provides basic medical and scientific expertise. A skilled doctor should have a high Wisdom score and proficiency in Medicine to perform medical procedures or be capable of using healing abilities.
Chef. The chef is responsible for nourishing and preparing meals for the crew. Food and drink is the lifeblood of every crew, and the importance of quality and taste in each meal should never be underestimated, as it provides a great deal strength and motivation to every other member of the crew. The best chefs will have proficiency with cook's utensils and brewer's supplies.
Other Roles. The primary roles listed above cover roles often considered absolutely necessary to keep a ship and crew up and running. However, other important roles may include a shipwright to physically maintain the ship and repair damage, a musician to uplift a crew's spirits, a skilled lookout for spotting danger from far away, a helmsman to properly maneuver a ship and read the waters, and a record keeper to log the adventure and provide insight into new discoveries and the history of locations or treasure.
Hirelings
On ships that require smaller crew sizes, 4-5 player characters with different roles should be sufficient early on. On larger ships, however, crew size may need to be increased and additional officer positions may need to be taken to meet the needs of the increased population on board. Large crews may want to designate officer positions for managing each section of the crew.
When the size of a crew's ship increases, most captains will need to hire additional crew members to keep the ship running. To find more people to fill these spots, hirelings are used. Hirelings can be found in places where seafaring communities are more common, typically in large port cities.
For every 10 hirelings on board a ship, there should be at least one officer managing them to maintain order. This officer can take on a leader position in the chain of command under the captain and first mate, reporting to them at the end of each day. If there aren't enough player characters to fill the number of officer positions required, the captain may enlist a specialist to take on the role of an officer on the crew. Additional crew roles can be filled by hired officers or they can be ordered to assist other officers with their job (A chef that needs help in the kitchen may make one officer their assistant chef).
The downside to recruiting hirelings is that they can be expensive to maintain in higher quantities and aren't usually as loyal as most player characters will be. The average weekly wage for a single hireling crew member is ฿15,000 (฿60,000 each month) and the average weekly wage for a hireling officer or specialist is ฿150,000 (฿600,000 each month). In addition, hirelings need to be fed, sheltered, and treated well. You can use "Recruit" stats under "Monster and NPC Statblock Templates" for an underling, and higher-level stats of choice for an officer or specialist.
Mutiny
If hirelings are underpaid, neglected, or underfed, they will grow to resent the captain and crew over time. Each instance of neglect has an additive 10% chance of leading to a mutiny among hirelings who feel neglected. This chance is reduced when they are given reparation or compensation. When a mutiny occurs, if less than half of the crew partakes in the mutiny, the neglected crew members will simply attempt to commit acts of theft, violence, and subterfuge to sabotage the crew and damage the trust toward the captain without detection, until they manage to escape or resign. If more than half of the crew partakes in the mutiny, a full-scale assassination plot or battle will take place until crew demands are met or the captain is overthrown.
Bonds
Alternatively, if a hireling is treated well and bonds with the crew over time, they might eventually graduate to becoming a permanent member of the crew. After some time has passed, these NPC crew members may start to work as apprentices under player characters, learn new skills, or even receive increases to stats. Higher level NPCs and skilled mercenaries may also end up in the crew over time, creating bonds with the crew. See the optional loyalty rule from chapter 4 of the Official D&D Dungeon Master's Guide for more information on determining the bond and loyalty between NPC crew members and player characters.
Fleet
Once a crew advances into the later stages of the campaign, one ship may not be enough to deal with the impossibly vast number of enemy ships and fleets that are after their heads. Thus, a larger fleet will need to be established.
The primary vessel that the crew and captain travel in should be designated as the flagship, which commands all other ships and vessels within the fleet. Additional ships are controlled by Fleet Commanders, which can be NPC or player characters, and a number of officers and crew members working beneath them on the ship. The captain of the entire crew will be called the head commander of the fleet.
Counting and crunching the total amount of pay for every crew member, officer, and commander as well as total expenses may grow to become tiresome after a while. If this is the case, it might be wise to consider ships other than the flagship to be proficient enough at making money on their own so that expenses aside from major repairs, stolen treasure, etc. can be ignored. Additionally, allied captains may decide to join the fleet under an alliance. In this case, they will rarely require salary pay.
Communication between each ship and commander is vital to keeping a fleet healthy. Luckily, Den Den Mushi phones provide easy communication between ships, also allowing for coordinated attacks against enemy ships or fleets. Similar to mutiny rules listed above, fleet commanders that grow resentful toward the head commander may turn against the fleet and leave or attack the fleet. If this occurs, ship battles within the fleet may occur between player characters, fleet comamnder allies, and the now enemy commanders. Defeating a fleet commander that betrays the fleet has a 50% chance of winning back the ship and crew under the commander. Otherwise, defeating the remainder of the traitor crew will be required to regain access to the ship again.
Fleet Orders
Fleet commanders may go off on their own separate journeys, bringing back loot or experiencing tragedy along the way. The head commander can decide if ships in the fleet stick with the flagship or go off on their own under the command of the fleet commander controlling the ship. Communication can be maintained with the flagship and head commander to control what happens with the other sections of the fleet. When a ship in the fleet goes off on its own, roll for it under the "Traveling Events" table to see what happens each time the ship travels to a new area or island. If the ship faces a dangerous encounter, there is a 25% chance that something bad will occur. Roll on the "Ship Tragedy" table to determine what happens if this occurs. Otherwise, the fleet commander and crew win or escape (determined by DM). If the encounter isn't random or minor, the DM may decide what happens or let the players take control over the NPCs for the duration of the encounter.
Ship Tragedy Table
d20 | Tragedy |
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1-5 | Minor Damage: The ship withstands insignificant scratches and dents which can easily be patched over the remaining duration of the trip. |
6-7 | Major Damage: The ship withstands serious damage and the hit points of its hull are reduced by 50% of its maximum |
8-9 | Broken Parts: A random component other than the hull of the ship is completely destroyed during the encounter. |
10-11 | Plague: The crew becomes diseased during the encounter. 1d100 percent of the crew dies. |
12-13 | Deadly Poison: The crew is poisoned during the encounter. Half of the crew dies. |
14-15 | Captured: The ship and crew are captured by enemies during the encounter. |
16-17 | Launched: The ship and crew are suddenly sprung onto a nearby sky island and become stranded. |
18-19 | Mysterious Disappearance: The ship and crew drop all communication during the encounter and the entire crew vanishes for unknown reasons. However, the ship can still be recovered. |
20 | Complete Annihilation: The ship is completely destroyed and sinks to the bottom of the ocean along with the crew. |
Sailing
Here are travel rules you can use at your table for travel at sea. This builds on the travel rules in the Official D&D Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide.
Travel Pace
A traveling party will travel aboard a ship at a pace given by the ship's speed stat on its stat block. A ship cannot go faster than the listed speed, but it can go slower if it chooses. Certain environmental effects or buffs may increase or decrease a ship's pace.
If a ship's mode of movement takes damage, it will be slowed for every decreased of 10 in speed, reducing its pace by 1 mile per hour and 24 miles per day.
Fueling Your Ship
If a ship has a fuel engine installed on it, the ship will require fuel each day to keep the engine running. Each engine on a ship will require its respective type of fuel to function, and can hold up to a maximum of a day's worth of fuel in its fuel tank. Additional fuel barrels will need to be stored on the ship. If the engine goes a full day without a full barrel of fuel, it will shut off and cease to function as an engine until it is filled with a barrel of its fuel type.
Fuel Barrel Cost
Barrel (Based on Engine Type) | Weight Per Barrel | Price Per Barrel |
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Standard | 30 lbs. | ฿8,000 |
Large | 100 lbs. | ฿20,000 |
Huge | 300 lbs. | ฿400,000 |
Activity While Traveling
A crew can participate in a number of activities while actively sailing. For more information on "Activity While Traveling" refer to chapter 8 of the Official D&D Player's Handbook.
Additionally, you may refer to the section titled "Crew Roles" in chapter 4 of the Unofficial One Piece D&D Player's Guide for more information on what each character may do during travel depending on their crew role.
The party's pace has no effect on the activities they can engage in while traveling by ship. Here are some other example activities a crew can partake in while traveling:
Fishing
A character decides to fish for the day using a fishing net, fishing lines, harpoons, etc., making a Wisdom (Survival) check to see what they bring in. The DC depends on the difficulty of the sea being fished in (DC 10 for Easy; DC 15 for Medium, DC 20 for Hard). If the check succeeds, the character may roll on the table below.
d10 | Catch Result |
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1 | Sea Monster: The character reels in a Sea Beast, which proceeds to attack. There's a 10% chance the character reels in a Sea King instead. |
2-3 | Trash: The character reels in a bunch of worthless junk. |
4 | Weapon or Armor: The character reels in a random mundane weapon or piece of armor. |
5 | Treasure Chest: The character reels in a chest that has 1d100 x ฿10,000 worth of treasure and gold inside. There's a 20% chance the chest has a treasure map and eternal pose inside. |
6 | Small Fish: Character reels in a fish equal to 1 day worth of food. The fish has a 10% chance of being poisonous. |
7-9 | Large Fish: Character reels in a fish equal to 1d4 + their Wisdom modifier days worth of food. |
10 | Legendary Fish: Character reels in a fish equal to 10 days worth of food. |
Banquet
The crew unanimously decides to have a large banquet or party. To have a successful banquet, the ones organizing the party must spend at least ฿20,000 in food and drink for each crew member. This will reduce the chances of mutiny occurring down to 0%.
Lookout Duty
A character can spend the day analyzing the ship and the surrounding sea. The character rolls a Wisdom (Perception) check to determine if they find anything unusual or detect anything dangerous coming (See "Random Events").
Ship Repair
A character who is a shipwright or is proficient with carpenter's tools can roll a strength check (with carpenter's tools proficiency if they have it) to attempt to patch any damage on the ship for the day. On a 15 or higher, one component of choice recovers 1d6 + the character's Strength modifier in hit points. If the component was at 0 hit points and isn't the hull, the component becomes functional again.
Making a Map
A character who is a navigator or is proficient with navigator's tools can spend the day making a detailed map of the area they've explored. If the crew returns to the area that has been drawn on the map again, they cannot become lost in it while sailing.
Helping the Kitchen
A character who is a chef or proficient with a chef's utensils can spend the day helping flavor and divide food in the kitchen to ensure nothing goes to waste. By doing so, the character increases the number of provisions available on the ship by 1d4.
Tending to Wounds
A character who is a doctor or is proficient with the Medicine skill can spend the day treating any injuries. One creature you treat for at least a minute recovers hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier.
Traveling Events
Each day, there is a chance something new will happen while sailing. Some days, nothing will happen. Other days, the crew will find themselves faced with tornadoes, whirlpools, sea monsters, or other horrible hazards. Or something fun and adventurous might pop out in front of them. In any case, a pirate crew will quickly learn to be prepared for anything that comes their way, especially on the grand line.
100 Possible Example Events
To determine if anything happens during a day at sea, at the start of each day, roll a 1d20. On a roll of 16 or higher, a random event occurs and is determined by rolling on the table below. While on the grand line, a random event occurs on a 11 or higher. On a 20, two random events occur instead (perhaps simultaneously).
While outside the grand line, roll a 1d20 on the table below. While traveling in the grand line, roll a 1d100 on the table below. Events involving disaster or bad weather may utilize later sections (See "Weather" and "Disasters"),
d20 or d100 | Event |
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1 | Battle. A sea beast attacks the ship. |
2 | A lone bounty hunter begins stalking the ship from miles away. |
3 | A school of bright fish swarm the ship. Roll for fishing check at advantage. |
4 | Random wanted posters are blown onto the ship. |
5 | A merchant ship passes by, offering the characters funny-looking food. |
6 | A tiny island with a single palm tree on it can be seen. |
7 | Phosphorescent algae floats in the water, becoming visible at night. |
8 | A talking dolphin emerges and attempts to annoy the crew. |
9 | An unmanned rowboat full of random trinkets bumps into the ship. |
10 | Survivors from a boating accident are stranded on a small island ahead. |
11 | Battle. A Marine ship barrels toward the players ship. |
12 | A message in a bottle floats past the ship (spot DC 15). |
13 | Battle. A group of fish-men pirates begin circling the ship. |
14 | An island of floating trash and waste is seen floating ahead. |
15 | Large sea lilies can be seen sprouting over the surface of the water. |
16 | A hollow floating tree trunk carries green lobsters inside. |
17 | Battle. A pirate ship attacks with its cannons from afar. |
18 | Barrels full of cheap booze can be seen floating. |
19 | Large seahorses with saddles appear, wanting players to ride them. |
20 | A storm suddenly appears (See "Weather") and blows fish onto the ship. |
21 | The ship drifts into the calm belt and must escape from sea kings. |
22 | A colossal blowfish trampolines the ship into the sky (See "Crashing"). |
23 | Battle. A group of bounty hunters attack the ship. |
24 | Layers of seaweed encompass the surrounding ocean surface for the day. |
25 | A lone researcher on a small boat asks for directions. |
26 | A floating village full of friendly citizens can be seen ahead. |
27 | Colossal jellyfish begin to cling to the sides of the ship until pulled off. |
28 | A navy ship with broken steering is stuck doing circles in the distance. |
29 | Battle. A group of tribal warriors riding plesiosaurs attack the ship. |
30 | A giant venus fly trap drifts ahead lifelessly, carrying a pop green. |
31 | Flaming waterspouts that deal fire damage emerge (See "Weather"). |
32 | A fake poneglyph sits sunken in shallow water (Spot DC 14). |
33 | Glaciers form and then melt quickly around the boat (See "Crashing"). |
34 | Multi-colored sea turtles spit sparkling water at the crew. |
35 | A large ship carrying a map to a nearby sky island falls from the sky. |
36 | Life rings carrying skeletons drift by. |
37 | A pirate Warlord flies overhead, only attacking if provoked. |
38 | Battle. A kraken and colossal whale begin fighting near the ship. |
39 | An insane samurai rides a giant eagle overhead. |
40 | Battle. Two pirate ships attempt to sandwich and board the players ship. |
41 | Giant manta rays fly out of the sea and carry the ship at double pace for the day (See "Travel Pace") |
42 | A purple palm tree sticks out of shallow water. There is a 50% chance it holds a devil fruit. |
43 | Battle. Coral reef golems board the ship and attack. |
44 | The sea begins to boil, badly burning anyone who enters the water. |
45 | A submarine carrying illegal weapons travels beneath the ship (spot DC 15). |
46 | A knockup stream shoots the players ship onto a nearby sky island. |
47 | A vacationing marine admiral sits in a shallow sandbar, with a 50% chance of attempting to spot the players ship. |
48 | Battle. Giant flying scorpions attempt to capture players. |
49 | A killer whale carrying a meito in its mouth defends players from a sea king. |
50 | A marine battleship is seen miles away, bombing an island. |
d20 or d100 | Event |
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51 | A floating magnetic island pulls the ship up to it. |
52 | Impossibly thick fog surrounds the players ship. Roll for an additional event. |
53 | Battle. Ships with poisoned arrows attack the players ship. |
54 | Flying starfish hover over the ship and give directions. |
55 | A marine prison boat is destroyed by an escaping giant prisoner. |
56 | The ocean turns blood red and various bones float to the surface. |
57 | A legendary creature can be seen far away, but disappears when approached. |
58 | Muscular crab men offer to repair any damage on the players ship. |
59 | Battle. A ship from a Yonko's crew attempts to raid and steal player treasure. |
60 | An escaping refugee with devil fruit powers is seen drowning nearby. |
61 | A huge rift opens in the sea temporarily, threatening to swallow nearby ships. |
62 | A colossal goldfish consumes a small nearby island. |
63 | Fallen sky islanders ride around in wavers filled with dials. |
64 | Swarms of sea termites attack the boat, forming holes in the hull. |
65 | Eastern-style umbrellas mysteriously fall from the sky onto the boat. |
66 | A flying elephant and other zoo animals offer to take players on a journey. |
67 | A volcano instantly rises out of the sea, erupting within minutes. |
68 | A corporeal rainbow ahead forms a bridge to a cloud holding a pot of gold. |
69 | Battle. A dragon turtle gives chase to players from far behind. |
70 | Creepy dolls sit atop empty floating coffins that drift past. |
71 | Sea bumble bees bring pollen from nearby to their underwater hives. |
72 | An acidic hailstorm which deals acid damage pelts the players and their ship (See "Weather"). |
73 | The sea freezes over for the day, decreasing travel pace to 0. |
74 | Battle. Giant crocodiles with top hats attempt to dine on players. |
75 | Large mushrooms stick out of the water, providing platforms to bounce on. |
76 | Merfolk request assistance fending off an undersea tyrant, granting waterbreathing to players temporarily. |
77 | Large bubbles rise out of nearby water, emitting verbs when popped. |
78 | A small island made of icecream appears, but is actually the lure of a giant anglerfish. |
79 | Battle. Dozens of crawling claws rain onto the ship and attack. |
80 | A vicious thunderstorm rampages for a full day, requiring three navigation checks to clear (See "Weather"). |
81 | Traveling priests bless players, preventing any bad weather from occurring around them for 1d4 days. |
82 | Fish-men running a seafood stall offer extremely overpriced food to humans. |
83 | Battle. An admiral and marine fleet give chase to players and attempt to surround them. |
84 | A kind aquamarine dragon has lost its eggs to poachers, and requests help from the players. |
85 | Light rain showers the players ship (See "Weather"), but fully heals all creatures and undestroyed structures it touches. |
86 | Battle. Giant vultures drop cannonballs onto the players ship. |
87 | A gas weapon explodes near the ship, spreading a deadly disease to players. |
88 | A solar eclipse occurs, blinding players who look directly into it for 1d4 days. |
89 | The players ship enters a field that has zero gravity, but doesn't affect travel pace. |
90 | Battle. A yonko fleet attempts to surround players, demanding a large toll be paid. |
91 | A powerful EMP hits the ship, disabling all electronics, compasses, and log poses for 1d4 days. |
92 | A rainbow-colored barrel full of fake devil fruits is delivered to the players by rainbow penguins. There is a 10% chance one of the devil fruits is actually real. |
93 | Titanic shadows can be seen from the sky, looking over the players ship. |
94 | Visible schools of fish underwater form a map to a hidden island nearby. |
95 | The ship crashes into a real poneglyph in shallow water (See "Crashing"). |
96 | Floating fortresses demand that players allow their goods to be inspected or face imprisonment. |
97 | Friendly sirens encourage players, raising morale and giving inspiration. |
98 | Battle. A nearby elbaf battleship threatens to attack all evil crews and ships on sight. |
99 | A mist rises out of the sea for a minute, causing players to hallucinate. |
100 | Battle. A number of sea kings chase the players ship. |
Additional Events
Alongside random event examples given here, you may add or replace any number of events with your own ideas. Planned events can also occur before, after or during a random event to make travel more unpredictable. Keeping players on their toes with what to expect will make the adventure far more interesting, and may surprise even the DM.
Getting lost
When sailing into uncharted seas, there is a high chance that unprepared crews will get lost, especially on the grand line. Outside the grand line, having a skilled navigator who is proficient with navigator's tools and possesses a compass will allow a ship to automatically succeed at traveling between islands, even in uncharted waters. Without all of these things, one player must attempt navigate the ship to the next island and roll a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check at the start of each day to determine if the crew remains on course to the next island without getting lost. If the check fails, the the crew becomes lost for the day and travel pace becomes 0 for that day.
On the grand line, travel rules work differently. It is virtually impossible to sail on the grand line without a log pose of some kind, and losing a log pose during travel can often mean certain death. Normal compasses will not function on the grand line, and do not provide any form of bonus to travel. A skilled navigator who is proficient with navigator's tools and possesses a functioning log pose will automatically succeed at staying on track during each day of travel. If a log pose is lost or broken during travel, all sense of direction is lost and the navigator must roll a DC 20 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check at the start of each day to remain on track. If the check fails, the ship heads in a random direction other than the target location at their travel pace.
Every time players get lost, roll on the possible events table to determine what happens while they're lost.
Weather
Weather is one of the biggest threats to each crew traveling into the grand line. Even outside the grand line, weather can still range from bothersome to lethal. Weather hazards may include thunderstorms, cyclones, blizzards, waterspouts, and more.
Generating Weather
Each day, there is a chance that the crew will experience various weather conditions throughout the day. Once per day, roll a number of d20s to determine what type of weather the crew experiences, with a weather event occurring on a roll of 15 or higher. While outside the grand line, roll once each day. While in "Paradise", roll three times each day, and four times if in the "New World". If it is determined one or more weather event will occur, roll on the "Standard Weather Event" table or "Grand Line Weather Event" table to determine the type of each event.
Depending on how the DM decides to run each weather event throughout the day, these weather events can happen right before or after each other, at the same time, or during an encounter.
Detecting Weather
A navigator or captain may be able to forecast what type of weather event the crew will face before it arrives to effectively plan around it. They may roll an Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check before the crew experiences the weather event. On a successful check, the crew becomes aware of the impending weather conditions and can reroute to avoid it. On a failed check, the weather event strikes the area unexpectedly. If a weather event has a duration of 4 hours or longer, it cannot be avoided but its duration is halved instead if the check succeeds.
Standard Weather Event Table
d100 | Weather Event Difficulty Category |
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1-50 | Easy Weather Event (Diffuclty DC 10) |
51-80 | Medium Weather Event (Diffuclty DC 10) |
81-99 | Hard Weather Event (Difficulty DC 12) |
100 | Extreme Weather Event (Difficulty DC 14) |
Grand Line Weather Event Table
d100 | Weather Event Difficulty Category |
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1-30 | Easy Weather Event (Diffuclty DC 10) |
31-50 | Medium Weather Event (Diffuclty DC 10) |
61-80 | Hard Weather Event (Difficulty DC 12) |
81-99 | Extreme Weather Event (Difficulty DC 14) |
100 | Hellish Weather Event (Difficulty DC 15) |
Weather Event Type
After rolling on a Weather Event table, the difficulty or category of weather is determined. Looking at the tables below, each category lists the types of individual weather events included in each category. The exact weather event can usually be determined by local climate or DM choice. If the players are on the grand line, the type of weather is determined randomly by rolling on the individual event tables to reflect the chaotic nature of the grand line.
Easy Weather Event
1d4 | Climate | Duration | Event |
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1 | Moderate | 2d12 hours | Light Rain or Fog |
2 | Windy | 2d12 hours | High Winds |
3 | Hot | 2d12 hours | Heat Wave |
4 | Cold | 2d12 hours | Freezing Cold |
Medium Weather Event
1d4 | Climate | Duration | Event |
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1 | Moderate | 1d12 hours | Heavy Rain |
2 | Windy | 1d12 hours | Fast Winds |
3 | Hot | 1d12 hours | Scorching Heat |
4 | Cold | 1d12 hours | Snowfall |
Hard Weather Event
1d4 | Climate | Duration | Event |
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1 | Hot or Moderate | 1d4 hours | Thunderstorm |
2 | Windy | 1d4 hours | Stormy Winds |
3 | Dry | 1d4 hours | Sandstorm |
4 | Cold | 1d4 hours | Blizzard |
Extreme Weather Event
1d4 | Climate | Duration | Event |
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1 | Hot or Moderate | 1d4 hours | Cyclone |
2 | Windy | 1 hour | Waterspout |
3 | Dry and hot | 1 hour | Scorching Sands |
4 | Cold | 1 hour | Hailstorm |
Hellish Weather Event
1d6 | Climate | Duration | Event |
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1 | Moderate | 1d4 hours | Chaos Cyclone |
2 | Windy | 1 hour | Waterspout Storm |
3 | Hot | 1 hour | Firestorm |
4 | Cold | 1 hour | Icewave |
5 | Any | 1 hour | Meteor Shower |
6 | Any | - | Tsunami |
Light Rain or Fog
Light rain or fog lowers visibility.
- Areas past 120 ft. of vision become lightly obscured.
- All fire damage is reduced by 1 point for the duration.
High Winds
Winds blow moderately in a random direction for the duration, a 1d4 to determine (1-North, 2-East, 3-South, 4-West).
- Speeds of flying creatures and ships with sails gain +5 movement speed while moving with the wind and -5 movement speed while moving against it.
Heat Wave
The temperature becomes noticeably high for the duration.
- A creature that isn't in shade or water takes 1 fire damage each hour.
- Any exposed water on the ship that is medium or smaller in size evaporates within an hour.
Freezing cold
The temperature becomes noticeably low for the duration.
- A creature that isn't kept warm takes 1 cold damage each hour.
- Any exposed water on the ship that is medium or smaller in size freezes within an hour.
Heavy Rain
Heavy rain lowers visibility significantly and makes movement on board difficult.
- Areas past 60 ft. of vision become heavily obscured.
- Creatures that move more than 10 ft on a turn must roll a Dexterity saving throw when traveling across wet surfaces or fall prone.
- All fire damage is reduced by 1d4 points for the duration.
Fast Winds
Winds blow moderately in a random direction for the duration, a 1d4 to determine (1-North, 2-East, 3-South, 4-West).
- Speeds of flying creatures and ships with sails gain +10 movement speed while moving with the wind and -10 movement speed while moving against it.
Scorching heat
The temperature becomes extremely high for the duration.
- A creature that isn't in shade or wearing protective clothing takes 1d4 fire damage each hour.
- Any exposed water on the ship that is Large or smaller in size evaporates within an hour.
Snowfall
The temperature becomes extremely low for the duration and snow begins to fall.
- A creature that isn't kept warm or touches snow with its bare skin takes 1d4 cold damage each hour.
- Any exposed water on the ship that is Large or smaller in size freezes within an hour.
Thunderstorm
Heavy rain lowers visibility significantly and makes movement on board difficult, also increasing risk of lightning strikes.
- Areas past 60 ft. of vision become heavily obscured and the sound of thunder overpowers any distant noises.
- Creatures that move more than 10 ft on a turn must roll a Dexterity saving throw when traveling across wet surfaces or fall prone.
- Roll a 1d20, on a 1 the highest creature not under full cover is struck by lightning and it must make a Constitution saving throw, at disadvantage if wearing metal. The target takes 8d6 lightning damage on a failed save, and half as much on a successful save.
Stormy Winds
Winds blow moderately in a random direction for the duration, a 1d4 to determine (1-North, 2-East, 3-South, 4-West). Wind direction changes every hour.
- Speeds of flying creatures and ships with sails gain +15 movement speed while moving with the wind and -15 movement speed while moving against it.
- All projectile attacks that travel beyond 30 feet have disadvantage.
- Any lit candles or flames are immediately blown out.
Sandstorm
Fast winds carry clouds of sand that pelt creatures caught within.
- Areas past 60 ft. of vision become heavily obscured and the sound of shifting sand and wind overpowers any distant noises.
- A creature that isn't behind total cover takes 2d4 piercing damage each hour.
Blizzard
Fast winds carry fast-moving snow that pelts creatures caught within.
- Areas past 60 ft. of vision become heavily obscured and the sound of snow and wind overpowers any distant noises.
- A creature that isn't behind total cover takes 2d4 cold damage each hour.
Cyclone
Cyclones are large weather systems of thunderstorms and rain, bringing extreme winds and rain.
- Areas past 30 ft. of vision become heavily obscured and the sound of wind is deafening.
- Creatures that aren't behind total cover each turn must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone and 10 feet in a random direction.
- Creatures cannot fly for the duration and are knocked prone if they try.
- All projectile attacks are made at disadvantage.
- Each hour a ship remains in the cyclone it must make a Strength saving throw or each of its sails take 3d10 bludgeoning damage.
- Any creature or object exposed to the cyclone takes half fire damage.
Waterspout
A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water. It acts as a vortex of violent winds and water, picking up objects and throwing them.
- The waterspout appears in a random location 10d6 x 10 feet away from players. Every 10 minutes roll a 1d20, and on a 1 the waterspout disappears and a new one reappears 10d6 x 10 feet away from players.
- The waterspout has a 150-foot radius and reaches up to the clouds, having an initiative count of 20 and moving 60 feet in a random direction each turn. When it is more than 600 feet away from players, initiative ends.
- When creature or ship enters a waterspout on its turn or when a waterspout enters its space, it must make a Strength saving throw. A large or smaller object automatically fails. On a failed save, the target takes 8d6 bludgeoning damage plus 2d6 cold damage and becomes restrained within the waterspout and must repeat the save at the start of each turn. On a successful save, the target is no longer restrained and is launched 10d6 x 10 feet away from the waterspout in a random direction instead.
Scorching Sands
Razor sharp winds carry blazing sands, shredding and burning exposed creatures and weak materials.
- Areas past 30 ft. of vision become heavily obscured and the sound of shifting sand and wind overpowers any distant noises.
- A creature that isn't behind total cover at the end of each turn must make a Constitution saving throw or take 1d4 fire damage.
- Weaker material (Such as unfurled sails or hanging clothing) take 3d10 piercing damage for every hour it is exposed.
Hailstorm
Razor sharp winds carry sharp hail shards, shredding and freezing exposed creatures and weak materials.
- Areas past 30 ft. of vision become heavily obscured and the sound of ice pelting and wind overpowers any distant noises.
- A creature that isn't behind total cover at the end of each turn must make a Constitution saving throw or take 1d4 cold damage.
- Weaker material (Such as unfurled sails or hanging clothing) take 3d10 piercing damage for every hour it is exposed.
Chaos Cyclone
Chaos cyclones are brutal weather systems that blast the area with wind, rain, and constant lightning and thunder, using the same rules as both cyclones and thunderstorms except:
- Lightning strikes on a roll of 5 or lower from a d20 every hour instead.
- Characters knocked over are moved 15 feet instead.
Waterspout Storm
Waterspout storms are when several waterspouts form at once in a thunderstorm. These follow the same rules as waterspouts and thunderstorms except:
- 1d4 Waterspouts form instead of one.
- Waterspouts move at 90 feet per turn instead.
Firestorm
The sea and sky burn bright red, exposed water begins to boil, and flammable objects begin to ignite unexpectedly.
- A creature that isn't behind total cover at the end of each turn must make a Constitution saving throw or take 1d10 fire damage.
- Flammable objects catch fire and take 1d4 fire damage every 10 minutes unless they are doused in water or put out as an action.
Icewave
The sea and sky become dark as even the sun appears to dim, with a wave of subzero frigid air following after.
- A creature that isn't behind total cover at the end of each turn must make a Constitution saving throw or take 1d10 cold damage.
- All water is completely frozen, including 5 feet of the ocean's surface, for the duration. Creatures completely submerged in water are completely frozen, becoming petrified by ice.
Meteor Shower
Small meteors mysteriously rain from the sky, striking the ocean at random.
- The rough waves caused by constant meteor strikes force each standing creature to make a Dexterity saving throws, making it fall prone on a failed save.
- Every 10 minutes for the duration of the meteor shower, roll a 1d20. On a 1, the ship or a random creature is hit by a meteor. All creatures and objects within 5 feet of the strike zone must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature or object takes 2d6 fire damage from the blast on a failed save, half as much damage on a successful one.
Tsunami
A colossal wall of sea water forms in the distance, engulfing and destroying everything in its path.
- The tsunami creates a wall of water that is 300 feet long, 300 feet high, and 50 feet thick and forms 3d6 x 10 feet away from the ship or players, lasting for 10 minutes before collapsing.
- The wall moves 50 feet per turn toward players, initiative count 20.
- Any huge or smaller creature starting its turn inside the wall or whose space the wall enters when it moves must succeed on a Strength saving throw or take 5d10 bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone.
- Each 5-foot section of the wall can be attacked and has AC 5 and 15 hit points, creating a 5-foot opening connecting to the opposite side of the wall.
- Any ship attempting to move through the wall or pass through it must make a Strength check to do so, taking crash damage on a failure (See "Crashing") as the wall moves through it.
Disasters
Weather aside, a number of other natural disasters may occur. The chances of a disaster affecting the ship is far more dependent on the local environment and circumstances rather than randomness. For example, a ship full of diseased pirates may spread a plague to the crew after a long battle. Or a nearby volcano eruption may carry flaming debris to the ship and cause it to catch fire. Disasters also may occur as a result of a random event, long periods of bad weather, or too many failed crew rolls. However, the most common reason for a disaster is entering a danger zone on the grand line.
Danger Zones
The grand line holds many dangerous zones within its waters, which have a chance of bringing about ruin to any ship passing through. Zones of potential risk are usually marked on sea maps and can be avoided. Otherwise, an unaware crew must spend at least a day within a danger zone to understand the nature and risk of the region. While passing through a danger zone, the navigator or captain must roll an Intelligence check with navigator's tools (DC 15) at the end of each day to determine the range and size of the danger zone, so that the crew might follow a path around the region. On a successful check, the navigator or captain may mark the zone on their map, or as much as the DM determines they're aware of. On a failed check, the range and area of the zone cannot be determined, and may make the check again at the end of the next day.
If a crew is caught within the danger zone at the start of a day or enters a danger zone for the first time, the whole crew must each make skill checks or saving throws to determine how seriously the disaster affects them. The type of skill check or save and its DC is determined by each disaster type.
If half or more the crew succeed, the disaster is avoided altogether. If less than half succeed, the disaster strikes, bringing destruction to the ship and crew.
Fire: Dexterity Check DC 12
The hull or a random component on the ship catches fire as a result of nearby volcanic activity, ash, or extreme heat, immediately taking 3d10 fire damage. Have everyone roll initiative, including the ship. At the start of each of the ship's turn, it takes an additional 3d10 fire damage if the fire isn't put out.
For the crew to put out the fire, more than half of the crew must succeed on their Dexterity checks at the beginning of their turn to smother or drown the fire. Additionally the captain or helmsman can instead make a successful DC 15 Intellgience (water vehicles) check at the start of their turn instead to splash sea water onto the ship, giving advantage to the whole crew on their checks. Then, if the majority of the crew has succeeded by the beginning of the ship's turn, the fire is put out.
Explosion: Wisdom (Perception) Check DC 15
A spotter has advantage on this check. An explosion from beneath the ship fires flaming debris all over, originating either from a natural disaster or an explosive such as a naval mine. The hull of the ship takes 8d6 fire damage. Any creature not behind total cover must also roll a Dexterity saving throw (DC 15) or take 8d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Fog Maze: Wisdom or Intelligence Check DC 15
A crew becomes lost in a thick fog, with various maze-like obstacles and large rocks making it impossible to blindly follow a compass or log pose. The area becomes lightly obscured, and it is not possible to see past 60 feet in the fog with normal vision.
At the start of each day, the crew can attempt to figure out the maze together, rolling an additional group check. Each time the check fails, the travel pace becomes 0 for the day. If the check succeeds, travel pace is halved.
If the ship moves at full speed during an encounter, a successful perception (Wisdom) check, DC 15, must be made by the creature steering the ship or it will crash into a gargantuan wall (See "Crashing").
Plague: Wisdom or Intelligence Check DC 12
A crew is exposed to a diseased animal, a sick group of people, or some form of bioweapon, causing a plague to break out.
Each creature in the crew must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature becomes contagious and falls ill from the sickness after 1d4 days. A doctor can spot signs of the disease early by making a successful Wisdom (Medicine) check, DC 15, to order safety procedures and provide medication to give the entire crew advantage on this save. Once a creature falls ill, it will gain a level of exhaustion, and it regains only half the normal number of Hit Points from spending Hit Dice and no Hit Points from finishing a Long Rest.
At the end of each Long Rest, an infected creature must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the character gains one level of Exhaustion. On a successful save, the character’s Exhaustion level decreases by one level. If a successful saving throw reduces the infected creature’s level of Exhaustion below 1, the creature recovers from the disease. A doctor can treat a number of patients up to their Wisdom modifier each day, granting them advantage on their saving throw.
Optional. Different diseases may be more far more extreme or lethal in nature. This may raise the DC of the disease, make creatures develop symptoms sooner, or cause it to have additional symptoms.
Sudden Obstacle: Dexterity Check DC 12
A sudden obstacle above or below the water, such as a glacier, giant squid, or sharp rocks threatens the ship and cannot be avoided through steering alone. The captain or helmsman can instead make a DC 15 Intelligence (Water Vehicles) check to also give the crew advantage on their check. If the check fails, the ship crashes and the hull takes 10d10 bludgeoning damage.
Infestation: Wisdom or Intelligence Check DC 12
Pests such as insects or rats begin to contaminate food supplies. Once the infestation has begun, the chef can make a DC 15 Constitution (Brewer's Supplies) check to control the infestation. If the check succeeds, only half of the stored rations are lost. If the check fails, all the stored rations are lost aside from what characters keep on their person.
Crashing
If a ship collides the space of another creature or object, it might crash. A ship does not crash if the creature or object is at least two sizes smaller than it.
When a ship crashes, it must immediately make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes damage to the hull based on the size of the creature of object it crashed into, as shown on the Crash Damage table. It also stops moving if the object or creature is bigger than it or one size smaller. Otherwise the ship continues moving and the creature or object moves to the nearest unoccupied space that is not in the ship's path. At the DM's discretion, an object that is forced to move but is fixed in place is instead destroyed.
Crash Damage
Size | Bludgeoning Damage |
---|---|
Small | 1d6 |
Medium | 1d10 |
Large | 4d10 |
Huge | 8d10 |
Gargantuan | 16d10 |
A creature struck must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC equal to 10 + the ship's Strength modifier, taking damage based on the ship's size (as shown on the Crash Damage table) on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Docking a Ship
When docking a ship at an island, having a crew and lookout to maintain and guard it can ensure its safety while exploring new locations. Alternatively, leaving a ship guarded at a harbor will usually keep it safe from thieves or disasters, but may cost an additional fee.
Shipbuilding and Upgrades
A shipwright or local shipbuilders can spend time constructing or upgrading a boat at a dock or harbor, so long as local supplies are available. More information is provided earlier in the section under "Building a Ship" and "Ship Upgrades".
Repairs
While a ship is left at a dock or harbor, its damaged component or hull can easily be repaired by local shipwrights for a fee.
Alternatively, the crew's shipwright or any number of characters proficient with carpenter's tools can spend downtime repairing the ship. At the end of each day, each character actively repairing the ship's component regains 1d6 + the character's Strength modifier in hit points. If the chosen component was at 0 hit points and isn't the hull, the component becomes functional again.
Hiring
While docked, a captain may consider hiring additional crew members for future voyages or to aid in building and repair at the docks or harbor. Prices for hirelings are listed under "Hirelings" in a previous section. The price for hiring lackeys to aid in ship repair or building is ฿2,000 per day.
Ship Salvaging
When a players ship is destroyed or when a sunken ship is found, a crew may attempt to salvage any broken components to sell or reuse. A character with proficiency in carpenter's tools can attempt to salvage component other than a hull that has an undetermined amount of hit points. To do so, they must succeed on a DC 15 Strength check (Carpenter's Tools) to recover as much as they can from the component in the wreckage. On a successful check, the component has 1d10 hit points remaining. Otherwise, the component is broken.
Selling a component requires repairing or refurbishing it beforehand. Parts sold are only worth 25% of their base value to shipyards. If a component is damaged, an additional percentage is subtracted from its sell value for every hit point the component is missing.
Mapping
Keeping a DM map of the ocean and islands throughout the world, as well as various zones, key locations, and tracking where other crews are will help keep track of travel and properly measure distance between islands and locations.
Finding a Map
Completed maps may be found all throughout the adventure that detail specific sections of the world and sea. These maps can be handed out as quest rewards, treasure, or may be available for purchase in some locations. However, finding a detailed world map is practically impossible, as much of the grand line is unexplored and too dangerous for most mapmakers to draw. Other than maps of chunks of the sea and nearby islands, ordinary maps aren't easy to find, especially on the grand line. To figure out which way to venture, most pirates may attempt to create their own maps during their journey and piece together the surrounding regions as they travel.
Drawing a Map
A skilled captain or navigator may attempt to create a map during their journey. To do so, navigator's tools are required. A well-made map details each island, regions of the sea, continents, and danger zones in each area it maps. Players may draw a map themselves when given details of the world, or alternatively the DM may give handouts of each portion of the world map the players explore to help them understand where they are. An example of a DM map, which a player would attempt to replicate on their own with given details, is provided on the next page.
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Example World Map (Section of Grand Line)
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Monster and NPC Statblock Templates
How to Use
The following statblocks are examples of monsters and NPCs you could use in your own campaign. Feel free to modify these statblocks in order to balance them for your own players and world.
These creatures are based on creatures found in the One Piece world. It would be wise to pull statblocks and monsters from alternative official or unofficial D&D books for even more monsters and NPCs to use for your campaign.
Monsters
Sea Beast
Huge beast, unaligned
- Armor Class 13
- Hit Points 126 (11d12 + 55)
- Speed 0 ft., swim 50 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 23 (+6) 14 (+2) 21 (+5) 2 (−4) 10 (+0) 3 (−4)
- Skills Perception +3, Stealth +5
- Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13
- Languages —
- Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Siege Monster. The Sea Beast deals double damage to objects and structures.
Water Breathing. The Sea Beast can breathe only underwater.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: (3d10+6) piercing damage.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained, and the sea beast can’t constrict another target.
Sea King
Gargantuan monstrosity, unaligned
- Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
- Hit Points 170 (11d20 + 55)
- Speed 20 ft., swim 60 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 24 (+7) 15 (+2) 20 (+5) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 12 (+1)
- Saving Throws Str +12, Con +10
- Skills Perception +8, Stealth +7
- Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18
- Languages Telepathy 120 ft.
- Challenge 14 (11,500 XP)
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the Sea King fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The Sea Monster deals double damage to objects and structures.
Water Breathing. The Sea King can breathe only underwater.
Actions
Multiattack. The sea king makes one Bite attack and one Constrict or Tail attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: (2d12 + 7) piercing damage plus (1d12) cold damage.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: (4d10 + 7) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 20). Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained, and the sea king can’t constrict another target.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: (1d12 + 7) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 30 feet away from the sea king and knocked prone
Water Cannon (Recharge 5-6). The sea king exhales a 60-foot cone of cold water. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 49 (9d10) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Legendary Actions
The Sea King can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The Sea King regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
- Tail. The sea king makes one Tail attack.
- Bite (Costs 2 Actions). The sea king makes one Bite attack.
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Marines
Marine Soldier [Recruit]
Medium humanoid (any race), lawful good
- Armor Class 12 (thick shirt)
- Hit Points 11 (2d8+2)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 10 (+0)
- Skills Athletics +3, Perception +2
- Senses passive Perception 12
- Languages Common
- Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Marine Formation. The Marine Soldier receives a +2 bonus to AC if one or more of its allies are within 5 ft. of it and aren't incapacitated.
Actions
Cutlass. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6+1) slashing damage
Rifle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8+1) bludgeoning damage
Marine Soldier [Lieutenant]
Medium humanoid (any race), lawful good
- Armor Class 14 (light bulletproof shirt)
- Hit Points 32 (5d8+10)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 12 (+1)
- Skills Athletics +3, Intimidation +3, Perception +2
- Senses passive Perception 12
- Languages Common
- Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Marine Formation. The Marine Soldier receives a +2 bonus to AC if one or more of its allies are within 5 ft. of it and aren't incapacitated.
Shorter Loading. The Marine Soldier only needs to spend a bonus action to fully reload Bazookas or Machine Guns. They must still use the loading properties.
Actions
Multiattack. The Marine Soldier makes two melee attacks.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) piercing damage
Bazooka. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 60/300 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) fire damage and there is a 10% chance that the ammunition fired won't explode on contact. When this happens, the damage type is bludgeoning instead of fire.
Marine Elite [Captain]
Medium humanoid (any race), lawful good
- Armor Class 14 (light bulletproof shirt)
- Hit Points 65 (10d8+20)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1)
- Skills Acrobatics +4, Athletics +5, Intimidation +3, Perception +3, Survival +3
- Senses passive Perception 13
- Languages Common
- Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Marine Formation. The Marine Soldier receives a +2 bonus to AC if one or more of its allies are within 5 ft. of it and aren't incapacitated.
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the Marine Soldier hits with it (included in the attack).
Innate Spellcasting (Six Powers). The Marine Soldier’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • 3/day each: jump, misty step, blur
Actions
Multiattack. The Marine Soldier makes two melee attacks.
Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8+3) bludgeoning damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) bludgeoning damage
Marine Elite [Vice Admiral]
Medium humanoid (any race), lawful good
- Armor Class 17 (+1 bulletproof suit)
- Hit Points 143 (22d8+44)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 20 (+5) 15 (+2) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 14 (+2) 18 (+4)
- Skills Acrobatics +6, Athletics +9, Intimidation +8, Perception +6, Survival +5
- Senses passive Perception 21
- Languages Common
- Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Armament Haki. The Marine Elite's attacks count as magical for the Purpose of overcoming Resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, such as resistances granted by Devil Fruits.
Observation Haki (2/Day). Whenever the Marine Elite makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, it can decide to roll an additional d20. It can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. The Marine Elite can change the outcome of a roll when an attack is made against it. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or the Marine Elite's. If more than one creature uses observation haki to influence the outcome of a roll, any disadvantage or advantage from observation haki applied to the roll will be canceled; no additional dice are rolled.
Fast Draw. The Marine Elite ignores the loading property when attacking with pistols.
Innate Spellcasting (Six Powers and Haki). The Marine Elite’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • 3/day each: jump, misty step, blur • 1/day each: arcane eye, stoneskin (self)
Actions
Multiattack. The Marine Elite makes five attacks with its Unarmed Strike or Pistol.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (1d10+5) bludgeoning damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) bludgeoning damage
Marine Elite [Admiral]
Large humanoid (any race), lawful good
- Armor Class 18 (Natural Armor)
- Hit Points 300 (240d10+168)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 26 (+8) 15 (+2) 24 (+7) 22 (+6) 18 (+4) 24 (+7)
- Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +13, Wis +10
- Skills Acrobatics +8, Athletics +14, Insight +10, Intimidation +13, Perception +10, Survival +10
- Damage Resistances cold
- Damage Immunities fire, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Condition Immunities poisoned
- Senses Truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 25
- Languages Common
- Challenge 21 (33,000 XP)
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the Marine Elite fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Armament Haki. The Marine Elite's attacks count as magical for the Purpose of overcoming Resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, such as resistances granted by Devil Fruits.
Observation Haki (3/Day). Whenever the Marine Elite makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, it can decide to roll an additional d20. It can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. The Marine Elite can change the outcome of a roll when an attack is made against it. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or the Marine Elite's. If more than one creature uses observation haki to influence the outcome of a roll, any disadvantage or advantage from observation haki applied to the roll will be canceled; no additional dice are rolled.
Conqueror's Haki (1/Day). As an action on its turn, each creature the Marine Elite's chooses within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw, or be frightened of it for 1 minute. If a target fails the save by 5 or more, it becomes paralyzed and prone while frightened this way. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Devil Fruit User. The Marine Elite has eaten the Magu Magu (magma) logia devil fruit, allowing them to transform into magma. It has the following weaknesses:
• A devil fruit user has a permanent swimming speed of 0. When more than half-submerged in a body of water or liquid, the devil fruit user becomes incapacitated and cannot move or attack until it exits the body of water.
• Devil fruit user cannot consume more than one Devil Fruit, or else they will immediately die. There may be unknown exceptions to this rule, however.
• If a devil fruit user ever comes into direct contact with sea stone, they must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution Save, or become incapacitated and can't move or attack until they are no longer touching the material. If they succeed on the initial save, they must also save at the beginning of each following turn so long as they are touching the seastone.
Logia Guard (3/Day). The Marine Elite may use a bonus action to enter its logia form for 1 minute, granting it a +5 bonus to AC, advantage on Dexterity checks and saving throws, a flying speed of 30 ft, and causes any creature that hits it with a melee attack or comes into physical contact for the first time to to take 1d6 fire damage while the ability is active. Additionally, any creature or object that starts its turn in physical contact with the Marine Elite while its Logia Guard is active takes 1d6 fire damage at the start of its turn
Infernal Plunge (Recharge 5-6). As a bonus action, the Marine Elite can morph into a puddle that seeps into rock or stone within 5 feet of it and reemerges within 100 feet from the same surface.
Logia Awakening (1/Week). If the Marine Elite spends more than 24 hours actively transforming up to a 10 square mile piece of land, it can permanently alter its appearance, environment, properties, and climate to match the magma element. For example, a 5 square mile island affected by an awakened magma logia fruit in this way would become volcanic and unbearably hot, with lava replacing its rivers and streams and volcanoes replacing its mountains. This ability makes all areas affected completely inhospitable for life that isn't resistant or immune to fire damage.
Fast Draw. The Marine Elite ignores the loading property when attacking with pistols.
Innate Spellcasting (Devil Fruit and Haki). The Marine Elite’s innate spellcasting ability is Constitution (spell save DC 21, +13 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • At Will: fire bolt, burning hands • 5/day each: aganazzar's scorcher, fireball • 3/day each: jump, misty step, blur, immolation, wall of fire • 1/day each: arcane eye, stoneskin (self), meteor swarm
Actions
Multiattack. The Marine Elite makes five attacks with its Hell Hound Strike or Pistol.
Hell Hound Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (1d10+8) bludgeoning damage plus 14 (4d6) fire damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) bludgeoning damage
Magma Production. As an action, the Marine Elite can create or destroy a body of liquid made up of magma. The marine can produce up to 150 gallons, or a 20-foot cube worth, of magma per round. It will destroy each 20-foot cube of flammable material it is in contact with per round. Additionally, any creature ending their turn in this magma will take 10d10 fire damage.
Marine Leader [Fleet Admiral]
Large humanoid (any race), lawful good
- Armor Class 20 (Natural Armor)
- Hit Points 313 (19d12+190)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 30 (+10) 22 (+6) 26 (+8) 25 (+7) 25 (+7) 30 (+10)
- Saving Throws Dex +13, Con +14, Wis +13, Cha +15
- Skills Acrobatics +13, Athletics +15, Insight +13, Persuasion +15, Perception +13, Survival +13
- Damage Resistances radiant; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
- Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
- Senses Truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 25
- Languages Common
- Challenge 23 (50,000 XP)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Marine Leader fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Armament Haki. The Marine Leader's attacks count as magical for the Purpose of overcoming Resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, such as resistances granted by Devil Fruits.
Observation Haki (3/Day). Whenever the Marine Leader makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, it can decide to roll an additional d20. It can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. The Marine Leader can change the outcome of a roll when an attack is made against it. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or the Marine Leader's. If more than one creature uses observation haki to influence the outcome of a roll, any disadvantage or advantage from observation haki applied to the roll will be canceled; no additional dice are rolled.
Conqueror's Haki (1/Day). As an action on its turn, each creature the Marine Leader chooses within 120 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw, or be frightened of it for 1 minute. If a target fails the save by 5 or more, it becomes paralyzed and prone while frightened this way. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Devil Fruit User. The Marine Leader has eaten the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu (Buddha) mythical zoan devil fruit, allowing it to transform into a giant Buddha. It has the following weaknesses:
• A devil fruit user has a permanent swimming speed of 0. When more than half-submerged in a body of water or liquid, the devil fruit user becomes incapacitated and cannot move or attack until it exits the body of water.
• Devil fruit user cannot consume more than one Devil Fruit, or else they will immediately die. There may be unknown exceptions to this rule, however.
• If a devil fruit user ever comes into direct contact with sea stone, they must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution Save, or become incapacitated and can't move or attack until they are no longer touching the material. If they succeed on the initial save, they must also save at the beginning of each following turn so long as they are touching the seastone.
Zoan Form. The Marine Leader can use its action to Polymorph into a Celestial hybrid or into a Celestial equal or lower than its Challenge rating, or back into its true form, which is Humanoid. Its Statistics, other than its AC, are the same in each form. Any Equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
In its hybrid form, the Marine Leader will grow to become gargantuan sized and gain a +2 bonus to AC.
Innate Spellcasting (Devil Fruit and Haki). The Marine Leader’s innate spellcasting ability is Constitution (spell save DC 23, +15 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • At Will: guiding bolt, greater restoration • 3/day each: jump, misty step, blur • 1/day each: arcane eye, stoneskin (self), earthquake (Hybrid or Zoan Form Only), sunburst (Hybrid or Zoan Form Only), dispel good and evil
Actions
Multiattack. The Marine Leader makes two attacks with its Palm Strike.
Palm Strike (Human or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (2d10+10) bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6) radiant damage. The target only takes the secondary damage if the Marine Leader is in its hybrid form.
Radiant Wave (Hybrid Form Only). Ranged Spell Attack: +15 to hit, reach 600 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (7d6) radiant damage
Legendary Actions
The Marine Leader can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The Marine Leader regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
- Attack. The Marine Leader makes one attack.
- Buddha's Blessing. The Marine Leader blesses all nonhostile creatures within 120 feet of it until the end of its next turn. Blessed creatures can’t be charmed or frightened, and they gain advantage on ability checks and saving throws until the end of the Marine Leader’s next turn.
- Great Shockwave (Costs 3 Actions, Hybrid or Zoan Form Only). The Marine Leader unleashes a powerful shock wave, affecting any nearby creatures. All other creatures within 60 feet of the Marine Leader must succeed on a DC 23 Strength saving throw or take 7 (2d6) thunder damage and be knocked prone.
Pirates
Pirate Lackey [Recruit]
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment
- Armor Class 12 (thick shirt)
- Hit Points 11 (2d8+2)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 11 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
- Skills Acrobatics +3, Perception +2
- Senses passive Perception 12
- Languages Common
- Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Pirate Raid. The Pirate Lackey has advantage on melee attack rolls and ability checks (Strength and Dexterity) if one or more of the Pirate's allies are within 5 ft. of the Pirate Lackey and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Actions
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6+1) slashing damage
Rifle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8+1) bludgeoning damage
Pirate Lackey [Buccaneer]
*Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment
- Armor Class 11 (thick shirt)
- Hit Points 32 (5d8+10)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
- Skills Athletics +4, Intimidation +2, Perception +2
- Senses passive Perception 12
- Languages Common
- Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Pirate Raid. The Pirate Lackey has advantage on melee attack rolls and ability checks (Strength and Dexterity) if one or more of the Pirate's allies are within 5 ft. of the Pirate Lackey and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Actions
Multiattack. The Pirate Lackey makes two melee attacks.
Cutlass. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) slashing damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 60/300 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6+1) bludgeoning damage
Pirate Elite [Captain]
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment
- Armor Class 17 (thick shirt)
- Hit Points 66 (12d8+12)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 12 (+1) 18 (+4) 14 (+1) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 15 (+2)
- Skills Acrobatics +8, Athletics +5, Intimidation +6, Perception +4, Survival +4
- Senses passive Perception 14
- Languages Common
- Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Pirate Raid. The Pirate Elite has advantage on melee attack rolls and ability checks (Strength and Dexterity) if one or more of the Pirate's allies are within 5 ft. of the Pirate Elite and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Lightfooted. The Pirate Elite can take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action on each of its turns.
Suave Defense. While the Pirate Elite is wearing light or no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Charisma modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The Pirate Elite makes three attacks: two with its saber and one with its pistol.
Saber. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8+4) slashing damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6+4) bludgeoning damage
Pirate Elite [Fleet Commander]
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment
- Armor Class 18 (steel wootz armor)
- Hit Points 117 (18d8+36)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 17 (+3) 16 (+3)
- Skills thletics +7, Intimidation +7, Perception +7, Survival +7
- Senses passive Perception 22
- Languages Common
- Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Armament Haki. The Pirate Elite's attacks count as magical for the Purpose of overcoming Resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, such as resistances granted by Devil Fruits.
Observation Haki (2/Day). Whenever the Pirate Elite makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, it can decide to roll an additional d20. It can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. The Pirate Elite can change the outcome of a roll when an attack is made against it. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or the Pirate Elite's. If more than one creature uses observation haki to influence the outcome of a roll, any disadvantage or advantage from observation haki applied to the roll will be canceled; no additional dice are rolled.
Fast Draw. The Pirate Elite ignores the loading property when attacking with pistols.
Innate Spellcasting (Devil Fruit and Haki). The Pirate Elite's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • At will: • 3/day each: jump, misty step, blur • 1/day each: arcane eye, stoneskin (self)
Actions
Multiattack. The Pirate Elite makes two attacks with its Maul.
Maul. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6+3) bludgeoning damage
Pirate Elite [Warlord]
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment
- Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
- Hit Points 144 (17d8+68)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 18 (+4) 18 (+4) 17 (+3) 15 (+2) 18 (+4)
- Saving Throws Dex +9, Wis +7, Cha +9
- Skills Athletics +9, Intimidation +9, Perception +7, Survival +7
- Damage Resistances necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Senses passive Perception 22
- Languages Common
- Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the Pirate Elite fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Armament Haki. The Pirate Elite's attacks count as magical for the Purpose of overcoming Resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, such as resistances granted by Devil Fruits.
Observation Haki (3/Day). Whenever the Pirate Elite makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, it can decide to roll an additional d20. It can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. The Pirate Elite can change the outcome of a roll when an attack is made against it. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or the Pirate Elite's. If more than one creature uses observation haki to influence the outcome of a roll, any disadvantage or advantage from observation haki applied to the roll will be canceled; no additional dice are rolled.
Conqueror's Haki (1/Day). As an action on its turn, each creature the Pirate Elite's chooses within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw, or be frightened of it for 1 minute. If a target fails the save by 5 or more, it becomes paralyzed and prone while frightened this way. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Devil Fruit User. The Pirate Elite has eaten the Batto Batto no mi, Model: Vampire mythical zoan devil fruit, allowing it to transform into a vampire. It has the following weaknesses:
• A devil fruit user has a permanent swimming speed of 0. When more than half-submerged in a body of water or liquid, the devil fruit user becomes incapacitated and cannot move or attack until it exits the body of water.
• Devil fruit user cannot consume more than one Devil Fruit, or else they will immediately die. There may be unknown exceptions to this rule, however.
• If a devil fruit user ever comes into direct contact with sea stone, they must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution Save, or become incapacitated and can't move or attack until they are no longer touching the material. If they succeed on the initial save, they must also save at the beginning of each following turn so long as they are touching the seastone.
• Additionally, the Batto Batto no mi, Model: vampire leaves its user vulnerable to the same weaknesses that a vampire has, such as sunlight, entering homes without permission, and a wooden stake to the heart.
Zoan Form. The Pirate Elite can use its action to transform into a vampire hybrid or into a bat equal or lower than its Challenge rating, or back into its true form, which is Humanoid. Its Statistics, other than its AC, are the same in each form. Any Equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
In its hybrid form, the Pirate Elite will gain a +2 bonus to AC.
Regeneration. The Pirate Elite regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point and isn't in sunlight or running water. If the Pirate Elite takes radiant damage or damage from holy water, this trait doesn't function at the start of the Pirate Elite's next turn.
Spider Climb. The Pirate Elite can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Innate Spellcasting (Devil fruit and Haki). The Pirate Elite's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • 3/day each: misty step, animate dead, bestow curse, blight • 1/day each: arcane eye, stoneskin (self), dominate person
Actions
Multiattack (Vampire Hybrid Form Only). The Pirate Elite makes two attacks, only one of which can be a bite attack.
Multiattack. The Pirate Elite makes two greatsword attacks, one of which can be replaced with a pistol attack.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6+4) slashing damage
Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6+4) bludgeoning damage
Unarmed Strike (Vampire Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8+4) bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, the Pirate Elite can grapple the target, escape DC 18
Bite (Vampire Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature that is grappled by the Pirate Elite, incapacitated, or restrained.. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken, and the Pirate Elite regains hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. A humanoid slain in this way and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the Pirate Elite's control
Legendary Actions
The Pirate Elite can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The Pirate Elite regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
- Move. The Pirate Elite moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
- Attack. The Pirate Elite makes one greatsword attack
- Bite (Costs 2 Actions, Vampire Hybrid Form Only). The Pirate Elite makes one bite attack.
Pirate Emperor [Yonko]
Huge humanoid (any race), chaotic evil
- Armor Class 20 (Natural Armor)
- Hit Points 406 (28d12+224)
- Speed 50 ft., climb 40 ft. (Hybrid Form Only), fly 80 ft. (Hybrid Form Only)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 30 (+10) 14 (+2) 26 (+8) 20 (+5) 18 (+4) 30 (+10)
- Saving Throws Dex +10, Con +16, Wis +12, Cha +15
- Skills Insight +11, Perception +19
- Damage Immunities fire
- Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
- Senses Truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 29
- Languages Common
- Challenge 26 (50,000 XP)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Pirate Emperor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Armament Haki. The Pirate Emperor's attacks count as magical for the Purpose of overcoming Resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage, such as resistances granted by Devil Fruits.
Observation Haki (3/Day). Whenever the Pirate Emperor makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, it can decide to roll an additional d20. It can choose which of the d20s is used for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. The Pirate Emperor can change the outcome of a roll when an attack is made against it. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or the Marine Leader's. If more than one creature uses observation haki to influence the outcome of a roll, any disadvantage or advantage from observation haki applied to the roll will be canceled; no additional dice are rolled.
Conqueror's Haki (1/Day). As an action on its turn, each creature the Pirate Emperor chooses within 120 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw, or be frightened of it for 1 minute. If a target fails the save by 5 or more, it becomes paralyzed and prone while frightened this way. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Devil Fruit User. The Pirate Emperor has eaten the Ryu Ryu no mi, Model: Fire Dragon mythical zoan devil fruit, allowing it to transform into a giant Red Dragon. It has the following weaknesses:
• A devil fruit user has a permanent swimming speed of 0. When more than half-submerged in a body of water or liquid, the devil fruit user becomes incapacitated and cannot move or attack until it exits the body of water.
• Devil fruit user cannot consume more than one Devil Fruit, or else they will immediately die. There may be unknown exceptions to this rule, however.
• If a devil fruit user ever comes into direct contact with sea stone, they must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution Save, or become incapacitated and can't move or attack until they are no longer touching the material. If they succeed on the initial save, they must also save at the beginning of each following turn so long as they are touching the seastone.
Zoan Form. The Pirate Emperor can use its action to transform into its Hybrid Form or Polymorph into any type of Red Dragon equal to or lower than its Challenge rating, or back into its true form, which is Humanoid. Its Statistics, other than its AC, are the same in each form. Any Equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
In its hybrid form, the Pirate Emperor will grow to become gargantuan sized and gain a +2 bonus to AC.
Innate Spellcasting (Devil Fruit and Haki). The Pirate Emperor’s innate spellcasting ability is Constitution (spell save DC 23, +15 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • At Will: dispel magic, major image • 3/day each: misty step, wall of fire (Hybrid or Zoan Form Only), fear • 1/day each: arcane eye, stoneskin (self), earthquake, firestorm (Hybrid or Zoan Form Only), dispel good and evil
Actions
Multiattack. The Pirate Emperor makes three attacks with its greatclub or the following three attacks if its in its hybrid form: one with its bite and two with its claws or greatclub.
Greatclub (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d8+10) bludgeoning damage
Bite (Hybrid Form Only). Melee Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (2d10+10) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) fire damage
Claw (Hybrid Form Only). Melee Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d6+10) slashing damage
Fire Breath (Hybrid Form Only, Recharge 5-6). The Pirate Emperor exhales fire in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 24 Dexterity saving throw, taking 91 (26d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Legendary Actions
The Pirate Emperor can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The Pirate Emperor regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
- Detect. The Pirate Emperor makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
- Attack. The Pirate Emperor makes one greatclub or tail attack.
- Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions, Hybrid or Zoan Form Only). The pirate emperor beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the pirate emperor must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 17 (2d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The pirate emperor can then fly up to half its flying speed.
Other Humanoids
Fish-Man Martial Artist
Medium humanoid (fish-man), any alignment
- Armor Class 16
- Hit Points 60 (11d8+11)
- Speed 40 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 11 (+0) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 11 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0)
- Skills Acrobatics +5, Insight +5, Stealth +5
- Damage Resistances cold
- Senses passive Perception 13
- Languages Common
- Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Unarmored Defense. While the fish-man is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The fish-man makes three unarmed strikes or three water missile attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8+3) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, the fish-man can choose one of the following additional effects:
• The target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or drop one item it is holding (fish-man’s choice).
• The target must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.
• The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the fish-man’s next turn
Water Missile. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4+3) cold damage
Fish-Man Martial Artist Master
Medium humanoid (fish-man), any alignment
- Armor Class 17
- Hit Points 84 (13d8+26)
- Speed 40 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 13 (+1) 18 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 17 (+4) 12 (+1)
- Saving Throws Str +4, Dex +7, Int +6, Wis +6
- Skills Acrobatics +6, Insight +6, Perception +6, Stealth +6
- Damage Resistances cold
- Senses passive Perception 16
- Languages Common
- Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Innate Spellcasting (Fish-Man Karate). The fish-man’s spellcasting ability is Wisdom, spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: • 3/day each: feather fall, jump, misty step, see invisibility • 1/day: cone of cold
Unarmored Defense. While the fish-man is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The fish-man makes three unarmed strikes or three water missile attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8+4) bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8) cold damage. If the target is a creature, the fish-man can choose one of the following additional effects:
• The target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or drop one item it is holding (fish-man’s choice).
• The target must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.
• The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the fish-man’s next turn
Water Missile. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4+4) cold damage
Mink
Medium humanoid (mink, shapechanger), neutral good
- Armor Class 11 (in mink form, or 12, natural armor, in sulong form)
- Hit Points 135 (18d8+54)
- Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. (40 ft., climb 40 ft. in sulong form)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 19 (+4) 13 (+1) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1)
- Skills Perception +7
- Damage Resistances lightning
- Senses passive Perception 17
- Languages Common
- Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Shapechanger. While exposed to a full moon, the mink can use its action to polymorph into a Large sulong mink form, or back into its true form, which is humanoid. Its statistics, other than its size and AC, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies or is no longer exposed to the full moon.
Keen Smell. The mink has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Actions
Multiattack. The mink makes two claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (2d10+4) piercing damage plus (1d8) lightning damage. The target takes takes an extra (2d10) piercing damage if the mink is in its sulong form.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (2d8+4) slashing damage plus (1d8) lightning damage. The target takes an extra (2d8) slashing damage if the mink is in its sulong form.
Samurai
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
- Armor Class 18 (karuta plate)
- Hit Points 112 (15d8+45)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 15 (+2) 18 (+4) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 15 (+2)
- Saving Throws Str +7, Dex +5, Con +6
- Skills Athletics +8, Intimidation +5
- Senses passive Perception 11
- Languages Common
- Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Brave. The samurai has advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Precise Strikes. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the samurai hits with it (included in the attack).
Actions
Multiattack. The samurai makes three melee attacks.
Katana (One-Handed). Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (2d8+4) slashing damage
Katana (Two-Handed). Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (2d10+4) slashing damage
Reactions
Parry. The samurai adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the samurai must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Elbaf warrior
Gargantuan giant, chaotic good
- Armor Class 17 (studded leather, shield)
- Hit Points 248 (16d20+80)
- Speed 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 28 (+9) 16 (+3) 20 (+5) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 14 (+2)
- Saving Throws Dex +7, Con +9, Wis +5, Cha +6
- Skills Athletics +14, Intimidation +7, Perception +5
- Senses passive Perception 15
- Languages Common
- Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
Actions
Multiattack. The elbaf warrior makes two melee attacks or two ranged attacks.
Spear (Melee; One-Handed). Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: (4d6+9) piercing damage
Spear (Melee; Two-Handed). Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: (4d8+9) piercing damage
Spear (Ranged). Ranged Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: (4d6+9) piercing damage
Shield Bash Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (4d4+9) bludgeoning damage. It must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone
Reactions
Parry. The elbaf warrior adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the elbaf warrior must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Credits
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