>>5617352>>5617996>>5618619>>5618900>>5618912"I'm going to call you the Skezzy." you tell your ship, and to your amusement, the name appears emblazoned on its side.
"Skezzy?" Sam asks.
"Izzy plus Skenazy." you answer.
"A fine name." Captain Ren says. "Mine is the Cuchillo, and it's crew are a bloodthirsty sort!"
The Cuchilo cuts through the water towards the Skezzy.
"Fire!' you tell your ship, and the cannons cut loose, but the Cuchilo knives through the bombardment.
"You sure you want to get closer?" you ask Captain Ren. "I got an awful lot of cannons on my...what's this kind of ship called?"
"Yours is a galleass. Almost as strong as a galleon, almost as fast as a galley."
"What are those holes in the side of my ship for? More cannons?"
"Oars."
"Dude, you got a rowboat?" Sam asks.
"Hm. A galleass is no mere rowboat." Captain Ren says.
"Fire again!" you give the order as soon as your little men finish reloading the cannons. You mange to soak the Cuchilo in near-miss waterspouts, but it continues to move closer and closer to your ship.
"That's an agile boat!" you compliment.
"You best not be cheating!" Edith says.
"I swear on my honor I'm not. But a Bermuda sloop is a fast ship. It's a pirate's ship."
"It looks like you should watch where you're charging." you say. "Because if your sloop hits my galleass, it's going to be like a mosquito hitting a wall."
"Is that my strategy, though, Captain Skenazy?"
You think for a moment...and then you get it.
"All hands, deploy oars! Full speed ahead!"
"You're going to ram him?" Edith asks.
"I'd shoot him instead. Don't think you'll miss point-blank."
"And prepare to repel boarders after we hit!"
The Skezzy deploys her oars and goes full-speed ahead!
"Ah, you get it." there's a twinkle in Captain Ren's eye.
'What he get?" Edith asks. "What he get? I don't get it!"
"He got how pirates fight, Edith. Tell me, how do you think pirates fight?"
"Well uh, they blow up enemy ships. With their canons."
"No no no, that's how soldiers fight. Pirates want loot. Pirates want the ship their enemy has. You can sell the ship. the only problem is the men on board!"
The Skezzy nearly rams into the Cuchilo, nearly dashes it to timbers with its bulk, but it turns its sails and the wind carries it alongside the ship.
"Darn! Too close for guns now!" you say.
"Just as a pirate likes it! Deploy grapples!" Captain Ren shouts.
>Roll 1d20 to repel boarders! 