Re: Pirates - Was: Places: Dragon Rock Map

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Wed 02 Mar, David Shepheard wrote:
> > From: "SUBSCRIBE REALMS-L tauster" <chefseehund@???.de>
> > Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] Places: Dragon Rock Map

If I recall the references properly, real world pirate ships
often had far more people on board than was required to crew the
ship, generally at least twice, maybe even three times or more.

If you used this in SJ, boarding actions would be their ideal
tactic, and they could just murder and recrew a couple of
merchant ships, before needing to return to port. Ignoring any
possible recruits from among the merchant crews.

If this is the case, then pirate ships might be far more likely
that most to have a way of renewing their air, because they are
so over-crewed. I quite liked the Horn of Fog, though having a
permanent magic item like that would mean rich pirates. Alchemy
which could renew air, might be far more likely. I'm assuming
food and water are compact enough that their not a major issue on
short pirate raids.

On that subject, where would I look for articles on all the
different ways that you might use to renew air? I would have
thought some new ideas would have come out over the years.

Arr, my hearties! [grin]

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