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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 7083996" data-attributes="member: 2518">That looks more like a carrack to me.Yet apart from spellcasters it does not look like the level of the PCs affects the combat ability much. It seems to me that the best thing to do for the PCs would always be to close and board as in that case they get to use their superior melee fighting ability which increases with level instead of relying on the static stats of a ship.Cannons didnt really damage the ship either. Sinking a wooden ship in combat is very hard. And speaking of fire, what are the effects of the ship being on fire? In your example the burning sails didnt seem to be much of a concern.And even with longbows the facing is important as you can shoot a lot more arrows from the side than from the bow/stern. Don't forget that volley fire was kinda hard with all the rigging in the way.And for some time people did use archers and cannons at the same time like with the famous Mary Rose.How is special crew handled like marines and sharpshooters in the rigging?Speaking of crew, how are supplies and undercrewed ships handled?Also, with the ability to target specific characters it seems to be incredibly easy to snipe individual characters.</blockquote>