Re: Shipboard slang - Was: Mammoth -> Horseshoe Crab sailor slang/crew requirements

--- jamesriley <jamesriley@???.net> wrote:
> By the way, if you are desiging crew for a ship you
> might want to make sure 
> you have some very young "powder monkeys" as well as
> some very old 
> experienced spacehands (perhaps with an injury from
> long ago). A bit of 
> variety will stop your crew looking like a bunch of
> clones to your players. 
> Players may prefer to talk to the older newer crew
> members, and the variety 
> will justify you using certain crew members to pass
> on background 
> infomation* or ask questions to the players**.
> 
> 	I already do that with ships that the PCs will
> travel on, but I was
> just looking for the most effective cost efficient
> crew mix I could get for
> this class of ships that will be used mostly for
> economic "kingdom"
> building. The PCs are not likely to ever sail in
> one. If they do, I already
> have a set piece crew of personalities to flesh out
> the conversation. 

Use my ship for comparison if you are looking for a
fleshed out ship to compare your own ships. My ship is
fleshed out in crew, food provisions, uniform and
clothings, and equipment. The food provision was
calculated from the British sailing era sailor food
requirement. The uniform was mix and matched from
pirate movies and real sailing navy clothings. The
ship also carried long boats for short (very short)
trips. I hope it helped a little. 

http://www.geocities.com/asibal_2000/spelljammer/hammership.html

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