Vanished Lands
Interceptor
Cutter for Gene D.'s D&D5e "Vanished Lands: Storm Riders" fantasy campaign
Category:
transport/conveyance
Description:
Vessel: Interceptor
- Class: large cutter (light freighter)
- Scale/size: huge; 90 ft. long, 20 ft. wide/beam, 10 ft. draft
- Flag/nationality: pirate ship/none yet
- Condition: fixer-upper
- Reputation: minor smuggler as the Ruby Squall, Storm Rider
- Speed/propulsion: 20 ft./rd., 6 knots; one 50 ft. mast, 1 square-rigged sail plus 2 headsails (gray, +2 spare sets)
- Maneuverabilty: 3 (+ navigator/helmsman’s Int/skill bonus)
- Range: 120 miles (4 days)
- Armor Class: 12
- Hull Points: 20 (Hit Points/10)
- Saves: 0 (+ magical protections)
- Weaponry: 2 ballistae (3d8, range 120 ft., 500 g.p.@, 100 g.p. for ammo), 1 light catapult (1,000 g.p., with 20 firebombs and regular ammunition for another 1,100 g.p.)
- Crew/passengers (min/max): 15/25 (2 s.p./person/week paid by the “Storm Riders”)
- Cargo capacity: 6 tons
- Base cost: 9,000 g.p.
- Systems/customization: boarding planks, dinghy, spyglass; one Wind Fan, scroll of Nautomancy (see D20 Seafarer’s Handbook )
Bio:
- Crew roster: See the “Storm Riders” (Party 41) in Gene D.’s “Vanished Lands” nautical fantasy campaign, using Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition, as of early spring 2016:
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“Capt. Kaelen Northsea” [Bruce K.]-male Half-Elf Ranger, commander of the Interceptor
- Akenus “the Sly:” male Nezumi sailor (rat-kin Rogue); from the Laughing Squid
- Erin O’Shea: young female Saganim (proto-Celtic) human; cabin girl
- Magnar Eikkisson: male Skaevingol human pirate (Viking-style Ranger)
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“Sebastian Leafsworn” [Rich C.G.]-male Sylvan Elf Monk, first officer and quartermaster
- Alborn Gruschlag: male Skaevingol raider (Sailor)
- Cynric Ecfrith: male Saganim pirate (Fighter)
- Tsai Xiaopeng: male Tsucharim human sailor (Mongol-style Fighter)
- Rashida bet Talawat: female Suthern human fisherwoman and cook (proto-Arabic Commoner/sailor), fled bad marriage
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“Kamar Alazar” [Beruk A.]-male Suthern human Bard; morale officer and purser
- Mikal: female Skaevingol raider (proto-Scandinavian Rogue), friend of Kamar
- Lorcan Grevain: male Saganim pirate (Bard)
- Timon Melancton: male Atlantean human pirate (Minoan/Theran Greek Fighter), from the Serpent’s Wrath
- Ulstane Teague: male Saganim smuggler (Rogue)
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“Nuriel Earendil” [Brian W.]-male Grey Elf Cleric of Corellan Larethian; chaplain and medic
- Adiba Amunet: female Zarendo human shaman (East African Cleric) of Nlanfula, lady of rivers, from the open port of Laguro on Bokor Island
- Funamori Haruko: female Dimernesti/Sea Spirit Folk (eastern Sea Elf) Druid, tribe attacked by Ghost Fleet; from the Laughing Squid
- Vijay Lakshman: male Vanara roustabout (monkey-kin Sorcerer), from the Serpent’s Wrath
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“Barret” [Drew S.]-male Minotaur Fighter; marine and navigator
- Adelhart Tarantius: male Hifalendorin human pirate (proto-Western European Fighter)
- Tsula: female Skaevingol raider (Fighter), friend of Kaelen
- Nils: male Skaevingol raider (Fighter), from the Bronze Storm
- Yureg Irontooth: male Wolfen pirate (Barbarian), from the Blood Star
- Zhan Yuejiu: male Shengtese human pirate (East Asian Fighter)
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Previous crew:
- Capt. Ephanos: male Atlantean (Minoan/Theran Greek) human, commander of the cutter Ruby Squall, surrendered to Eldamir
- Iphicles “the Cruel:” male Atlantean human, navigator of the Ruby Squall, covertly poisoned by Kaelen after he learned that he had abused slave Erin O’Shea
- Dusan Rujkovic: male Bugbear (Goblinoid/Dubwana) cook on the Ruby Squall, defeated by Barret and placed on the Tarvulis
- crew of the Ruby Squall: mostly Saganim (proto-Anglo-Saxon) and Skaevingol (proto-Scandinavian) human pirates; surrendered to the Tarvulis without serious casualties and divided between two ships for transport to shore
- Erin O’Shea: female Saganim human, adolescent former slave on the Ruby Squall; freed by Kamar and Kaelen
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Associates and backups not aboard:
- “Ludovico ‘Ludo’ Rosso” [Beruk A.]-male Hifalendorin human ex-gladiator (proto-Western European Monk; see Bruce K.’s Pathfinder: Eberron/Reign of Winter); LNg
- “Cassy Keelnipper” [Sara F.]-female Otter-kin Rogue, street urchin, and sailor; NGl, Lvl. 2
- “Drogan” [Bruce K.]-male Half-Orc Barbarian, with a great sword, from the Blood Star; CNg
- “Eldamir Tempestborn” [Rich C.G.]-male Atlantean human soldier (Theran/Minoan Barbarian), tattooed berserker of the Order of the Kingfisher, specialist in the net and trident; CGn, Lvl. 5
- “Vasco” [Drew S.]-male clockwork butler (Warforged Warlock), former member of the Zephyr’s crew, displaced in time and space; LN, Lvl. 1
- “Puliarus Aearion” [Charles S.]-male Half-Elf sage (Thalassaquendi storm Sorcerer), seeking to befriend all; CNg, Lvl. 3
- “Antoun Miner” [Charles S.]-male Hill Dwarf Druid, healer curious about the sea; TN, Lvl. 1
- Dwight van Steinberg: male Woldan Halfling explorer (Stout Rogue), from the Perdition
- “Asish Chen Ti” [guest Byron V.O.]-male Tsucharim (Mongol-style) human Ranger 5/Ninja 1, former slave of Gokuri and onetime member of the “Uncommon Companions” (2012, 2+ yrs. ago in “game time”); NGl; traveled with the “Storm Riders” from Kildart to the Gargoyle Headlands
Sources:
- AD&D2 Of Ships and the Sea, Al Qadim: Corsairs of the Great Sea
- D&D3.0 Kingdoms of Kalamar: Salt and Sea Dogs — Pirates of Tellene
- D&D3.5 Stormwrack
- D&D5e Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, Monster Manual, and Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
- D20 Broadsides: Naval Adventures
- D20 Classic Play Book of the Sea
- D20 Conan: Pirate Isles
- D20 Corsair
- D20 Freeport: City of Adventure supplement series
- D20 Legends & Lairs: Seafarer’s Handbook
- D20 Penumbra: Maiden Voyage
- D20 Skull & Bones: Swashbuckling Horror in the Golden Age of Piracy
- D20 7th Sea: Swashbuckling Adventures Campaign Setting
- FATE 3e Legends of Anglerre, Companion
- Game Mastery Map Pack — Boats & Ships
- GURPS Swashbucklers
- Palladium Fantasy: Adventures on the High Seas
- Pathfinder: Admiral of the High Seas
- Pathfinder: Map Pack — Boarding Action
- Pathfinder: Razor Coast — Fire as She Goes and series (from Drew S.)