Player Handout 4 - Ships in the Regatta

Each ship is a one-mast sloop requiring a captain and five additional crew members. Each mast holds a flag of Amthydor, a flag identifying the sponsor, and a flag with the number of the vessel. These ships were all built within the past several days specifically for racing in the regatta.

Each vessel is flat-bottomed, ten feet wide and twenty-five feet long. There’s a small area below the flat deck for storing personal items (read: PC equipment). PCs who work on the ship are expected to be unarmored, and not carry any weapons larger than small, personal ones (such as daggers).

There is an even number of male and female crew and captains. No one of great note is working on any of the sloops, although all are citizens of Amthydor (as evidenced by an identifying magical tattoo on their inner wrists, which all citizens of Amthydor possess; green for native citizens, red for naturalized citizens). At the advice of the temples, there’s no ship #13.

Provision Ship (fast): The Tasman Trader
A four-mast sloop flying the flag of House Seabury, this is a large vessel that more than makes up for its bulk with massive sails. It will be able to easily outpace the sloops in the regatta. It holds a great number of supplies for Fool’s Gold/Pyrite Island, as well as the Mistress of Ceremonies. It’s thirty feet wide and about two hundred feet long.

Provision Ship (slow): The Tenth Facet
This three-mast merchantman is a logistics ship for the Diamond Legion. It plans to follow the rest of the fleet, picking up any crews that experience mishaps in the water. It also holds a great number of supplies and passengers bound for Fool’s Gold/Pyrite Island. It’s fifty feet wide and about one hundred twenty feet long.