Table 4–48: Aquatic Creatures Albatross
Fish, large 4
Fish, medium 5
Fish, small 6
Great white shark 7
Sea anemone 13
Sea snake 14
Whale, great 19
Whale, small 20
Table 4–49: Aquatic Plants Alligator bonnet
1
Coral 2
Golden club 3
Gotu kola 4
Oyster plant 9
Palm grass 10
Papyrus 11
Pickerelweed 12
Soft rush 13
Swamp mallow 14
Sweet flag 15
Taro 16
Umbrella sedge 17
Water hyacinth 18
Water lettuce 19
Table 4–50 Undersea Communities Air-filled cavern
1
Coral maze 2
Deep abyss cliffside 3
Deep fissure 4
Gargantuan skeleton 5
Giant clam shells 6
Giant shipwreck 7
Giant snail shell 8
Hot water jets 9
Inside a fallen giant construct 10
Kelp bed 11
Magical domes 12
Nomadic camps with bone and leather tents 13
Permanent air bubbles 14
Ruins of an old civilization 15
Seaweed field 16
Ship graveyard 17
Spire shoots out air and hot water 18
Under-seabed caverns 19
Undersea volcano 20
Table 4–51: Undersea Mounts Aquatic centaur
1
Catfish, giant 2
Construct fish 3
Crab, giant 4
Eel, giant 5
Flounder, giant 6
Flying fish, giant 7
Killer whale 8
Lobster, giant 9
Octopus, giant 10
Pufferfish, giant 11
Ray 12
Sea snake, giant 13
Sea turtle, giant 14
Seahorse, giant 15
Shark 16
Squid, giant 17
Sturgeon 18
Undead fish 19
Whale 20
Table 4–52: Maritime Diversions Bad omen
1
Cabin boy is missing 2
Contraband is found 3
Crew member caught cheating 4
Crew member goes mad 5
Crew member jilted, seeks duel 6
Fire in the galley 7
Flag is missing 8
Foul weather 9
Mast has been sabotaged 10
Mutiny 11
Patrol demands fee for safe passage 12
Patrol frames crew for smuggling 13
Rum stores have been depleted 14
Sabotaged anchor 15
Someone has been murdered 16
Stores have been poisoned 17
Underwater bandits 18
Voyage chart has been stolen 19
Water has been poisoned 20
Table 4–53: Maritime Hazards Diseased fish
1 Fire 2
Food spoilage 3
Heavy winds 4
Monster attack 5
Mutiny 6
Omen of ill tidings 7
Pirates or enemy ship 8
Plague ship 9
Rats abandon ship 10
Rough seas 11
Rum gone 12
Saboteur 13
Sargasso 14
Small island 15
Spring a leak 16
Storm 17
Sudden rocks 18
Water spoilage 19
Whirlpool 20
Table 4–54: Visibility
¼ mile
10 feet 5
100 feet 6
1000 feet 7
15 feet 8
2 miles 9
25 feet 10
250 feet 11
3 miles 12
5 feet 13
50 feet 14
500 feet 15
75 feet 16
750 feet 17
Greater than 3 miles 18
Less than 5 feet 19
None 20
Table 4–55: Weather Brief sunshower 1
Clear and breezy 2
Clear and windy 3
Disturbing cloud formations 4
Electrical storm 5
Heavy clouds 6
Heavy clouds and windy 7
Heavy rain 8
Heavy rain and windy 9
Light clouds 10
Light clouds and windy 11
Light rain 12
Light rain and windy 13
Moderate clouds 14
Moderate clouds and windy 15
Moderate rain 16
Moderate rain and windy 17
Patchy fog 18
Torrential rain 19
Torrential rain and windy 20
Table 4–58: Sea Scene Descriptions
Brisk wind catches the water spray, drenching everything on deck 1
Calm sea accompanied by dolphins racing the bow 2
Calm seas reflecting the sun to a blinding glare 3
Choppy waters and the sunset burns a line of orange fire across it 4
Clear sky and steady wind; a sea turtle watches the ship pass 5
Dark gray skies and several large forms under the waves 6
Dark storm makes its way from the west 7
Heavy cloud cover above, but no rain 8
Light rain and great gusts of wind make the water choppy 9
Overcast day and off the port bow a pod of whales surfaces 10
Red sky by morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.
11
Sea is mostly calm and reflects the bright blue of the sky 12
Ship lists somewhat from a strong wind gust 13
Sky above is cloudy and brief rain showers are frequent 14
Sunshower and a large creature is swimming back and forth through a school of fish 15
Terrible thunder travels across the waves, but the sky is clear 16
Ship is sailing steady and a few hundred feet out on the starboard side birds dive for fish 17
The water is calm and shows many reflections of the clouds above.
18
Tornado in the distance, moving away from the ship 19
Wind suddenly furls the sails and rocks can be spotted in the distance 20
Table 4–56: Wind Changing winds 1
Crosswinds 2
Dead calm 3
East 4
East-northeast 5
East-southeast 6
Multidirectional gale 7
North 8
Northeast 9
North-northeast 10
North-northwest 11
Northwest 12
South 13
Southeast 14
South-southeast 15
South-southwest 16
Southwest 17
West 18
West-northwest 19
West-southwest 20
Table 4–57: X Marks the Spot
10 feet below the sand at Deathknell Point 1
46 steps from the coast of Phorgh's End 2
At the mouth of Serpent River 3
Buried under a craggy rock shaped like a fist 4
Behind the pointed black stone boulder 5
Between the twin oaks of Barlgyr 6
Broken against the rocks of Ashur's Gap 7
Built into the walls of an orphanage 8
Carried and left at the mouth of a volcano 9
Crushed under a burned-down chimney 10
Dropped into an underground cave grotto 11
Erased from memory by a powerful spell 12
Hidden amid a bevy of garish replicas 13
Lost at the bottom of Grouger's Pond 14
Mixed into an iron smelting furnace 15
Planted under a thorny, poisonous garden 16
Sealed inside a waterproof casket 17
Sewn into the back of a tapestry 18
Traded for a hundred casks of rum and ale 19
Under the grave of King Ererd 20
Pirates
Table 4–59: Pirate Booty, Personal Items Badge
1
Coin 2
Drug dose 3
Lock of hair 8
Lockpick 9
Locket 10
Magic item 11
Map 12
Note 13
Poisoned needle 14
Ring 15
Seed(s) 16
Small flask alcohol 17
Un/holy symbol 18
Vial 19
Weapon 20
Table 4–60: Pirate Booty, Captain’s Quarters Case of fine wine
1
Coat of arms 2
Coffer 3
Desk 4
Exotic baskets 5
Flag/banner 6
Fresh fruit 7
Furs 8
Hanging lamp, oil 9
Magic item 10
Map case, ivory 11
Map-making kit 12
Maps 13
Mirror 14
Monocle with inlaid gem 15
Naval rival’s hat 16
Rum 17
Scroll 18
Shark mandible trophy 19
Table 4–61: Pirate Titles 1 Admiral
Black Dog 9
Dark Prince 20
Table 4–62: Pirate Titles 2 Dark
Devil’s Get 6
Table 4–63: Pirate Titles 3
Pirate King 15
Table 4–64: Pirate Titles 4 Reaper
Sea Hawk 11
Sea King 12
Sea Lion 13
Sea Prince 14
Sea Serpent 15
Sea Wolf 16
Table 4–65: Pirate Titles 5 Slayer
Terrible 6
Table 4–66: Pirate Captain Names Arramond Junra
1
Basil Essex 2
Benjamin Turkin 3
Bonny Pete 4
David Morgan 5
Glory Conndue 6
Henry Lucifer 7
Jack Ren 8
Jonas Fetter 9
Julia Swift 10
Lawrence Saltshadow 11
Marcus Rishtan 12
Monte Callisto 13
Murray Kruug 14
Peter Delander 15
Richard Pennant 16
Samuel Axelord 17
Thomas Dobson 18
Titus Blackwell 19
William Cromwell 20
Table 4–67: Pirate Crewman Names Brudo Kidd
1
Bryant Straw 2
Camded Scarr 3
Carlos the Knife 4
Davy Bitter 5
Frem Worthblood 6
Harley Napier 7
Hillary Dawkins 8
Jack Straw 9
John Fowlers 10
Lazy Eye Baird 11
Lookout Looh 12
Mary Dregg 13
Obitar Spice 14
Randal Cutty 15
Sam Dirk 16
Scurvy Gunther 17
Smitty 18
Tom Snagggletooth 19
Ugly John 20
Table 4–68: Pirate Captain Reputations 1 Casts spells
1
Commands an undead crew 2
Covered in tattoos 3
Criminal contacts in every port 4
Cursed 5
Death wish 6
Deadly rivalry with a country 7
Deadly rivalry with a famous captain 8
Deadly rivalry with another pirate 9
Despises nonhumans 10
Drinks heavily 11
Drinks the blood of victims 12
Eats raw meat 13
Extremely superstitious 14
Feigns distress to lure victims 15
Fiendish allies 16
Filed teeth into points 17
Fondness for feeding live prisoners to sharks 18
Forces captives to replace fallen crew 19
Former adventurer 20
Table 4–69: Pirate Captain Reputations 2 Hair is formed into spikes with wax
1
Has the gods’ favor 2
Has nonhumanoid blood 3
Hunts other pirates 4
Hunts sea serpents for sport 5
Immortal 6
Insane 7
Keeps mascot for good luck 8
Keeps small harem 9
Keeps sorcerer captive 10
Keeps wild beast chained in quarters 11
Kills all captives 12
Large appetite for debauchery 13
Magical link to ship 14
Never lost his ship 15
Never kills the innocent 16
Perverse interests 17
Pretends to be a priest 18
Rogue noble 19
Rumored to hold high rank in thieves’ guild 20
Table 4–70: Pirate Captain Reputations 3 Runs ship with military precision
1
Sacrifices captives to deity 2
Seeks a legendary treasure 3
Sells captive ships 4
Sells captives as slaves 5
Sews the flags of captive ships to sails 6
Sinks captive ships 7
Slowly tortures captives 8
String of heads hung around ship rails 9
Suffers lycanthropy 10
Supernatural heritage 11
Takes trophies of prisoners 12
Undead 13
Vendetta against a noble house 14
Vendetta against navy patrol ships 15
Very lucky 16
Very secretive 17
Wears hair in long braids 18
Wears next to no clothing 19
Wears the finest in clothes 20
Table 4–71: Pirate Slang
All hands ahoy: everyone on deck 1
Avast: look here 2
Black jack: leather tar-treated drinking cup 3
Black spot: mark someone with death 4
Cackle fruit: eggs 5
Dance the hemp jig: to hang by the neck 6
Duffle: a pirate’s worldly possessions 7
Dungbie: the buttocks 8
Freebooter: fellow pirate 9
Go on account: becoming a pirate 10
Holystone: deck-scrubbing tools 11
Hornswaggle: cheat someone out of coin 12
In davy’s grip: close to death 13
Landlubber: nonsailing folk 14
Monkey: small cannon or siege weapon 15
Picaroon: a real rascal 16
Powder monkey: gunner 17
Shiver me timbers: shock or disbelief 18
Swing the lead: check depth with weight/rope 19
Take a caulk: napping on deck 20
Table 4–80: Pirate Ship Names 1 Abyssal Tide
1
Abyssal Tool 2
Abyssal Wake 3
Banshee’s Heart 4
Black Hand 5
Black Heart 6
Black Serpent 7
Black Rook 8
Blade Sun 9
Briny Gallows 10
Ceaseless 11
Chimera 12
Choir Invisible 13
Coup de Grace 14
Crimson Veil 15
Crimson Wake 16
Crucifier 17
Dark Beast 18
Dark Fancy 19
Dark Lady 20
Table 4–81: Pirate Ship Names 2 Dark Siren
1
Dark Promise 2
Dark Witch 3
Death’s Glory 4
Death’s Hand 5
Death’s Ride 6
Demon’s Echo 7
Devil’s Deal 8
Devil’s Own 9
Executioner 10
False Hope 11
Fathom Serpent 12
Fell Swoop 13
First Horseman 14
Fourth Horseman 15
Fruitless Flight 16
Fury 17
Gallows 18
Garrote’s Eye 19
Ghost 20
Table 4–82: Pirate Ship Names 3 Gloaming Eye
1
Hell’s Heart 7
Horseman 8
Kraken 9
Last Breath 10
Midnight Hour 15
Moonshine 16
Mortal Coil 17
Murder 18
Night Stalker 19
Numbered Days 20
Table 4–83: Pirate Ship Names 4 Oblivion
1
Passing Bell 2
Perilous 3
Reaper 4
Reaver’s Bane 5
Red Pool 6
Red Wake 7
Revenge 8
Rife 9
Scythe 10
Sea Reaver 11
Sea Scythe 12
Sea Viper 13
Sea Witch 14
Second Horseman 15
Shark 16
Silver Swarm 17
Siren’s Storm 18
Soul Reaver 19
Soul Stealer 20
Table 4–84: Pirate Ship Names 5 Spectral
1
Spectre 2
Spite’s Bite 3
Stark Rage 4
Storm 5
Terrible Truth 6
Terror's Eye 7
Teeth of the Maelstrom 8
Third Horseman 9
Timely End 10
Torture 11
Unassailable Lady 12
Unsundry Sow 13
Unthinkable 14
Venerable Wyrm 15
Vixen’s Viper 16
Wailing Banshee 17
Widow Maker 18
Withered 19
Writhing Siren 20