D&D 5E Good Ship to Ship Combat Rules for 5e?

[BookTenTiger]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a 5e ruleset for sailing and ship to ship combat? My group is brainstorming a pirate themed campaign and it would be nice to not have to reinvent the wheel on the mechanics of maintaining a ship and ship to ship combat.

 

[R_J_K75]

Theres alot of them out from various previous editions by TSR/WotC and also 3PP, 2E AD&D Of Ships and Sea, 3E Salt & Sea Dog by Kenzer, and if I remember 5E Ghosts of Saltmarsh even has some rules too. Up until the party is boarded I dont think the rule system really matters, just pick one, few tweaks or hand waving and you should be good to go.

 

[Ristamar]

This is a fairly popular piece of homebrew for naval combat:

D&D 5E – Nautical Adventures [re-post]

Rules for conducting a seafaring campaign in D&D. Including rules for Ship-to-Ship Combat. This is a re-post. I first posted this in 2015. It has been by far my most downloaded file. My records…

olddungeonmaster.com

 

[Swarmkeeper]

This one (Captains and Cannons) is pretty good, too:

Dungeon Masters Guild

www.dmsguild.com

 

[BookTenTiger]

This is a fairly popular piece of homebrew for naval combat:

D&D 5E – Nautical Adventures [re-post]

Rules for conducting a seafaring campaign in D&D. Including rules for Ship-to-Ship Combat. This is a re-post. I first posted this in 2015. It has been by far my most downloaded file. My records…

olddungeonmaster.com

Oh wow, that looks fantastic!

 

[ninjayeti]

I can recommend Brac's Guide to Piracy - it has naval combat rules and is an all-around great resource if you are planning on a pirate-themed campaign.

 

[tetrasodium]

I'm not sure if there are good ones for 5e, but I'd look to steal from starfinder or maybe mindjammer depending on the style you want.