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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9582543" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417926/3rd-Era-PDF-MegaBundle?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Buccaneers of Freeport 3rd Era Web Enhancement</a>3.5Scevola Hest, Hestian Spectre Corsair 7/Sea Dog 8, Skilled Strategist, Lord and Master of the Black Contessa, Universally Dreaded Ghost: During the last years of the Golden Age of Piracy, the first mate of a pirate-hunting ship led a mutiny and turned corsair himself. So began the long and bloody career of Scevola Hest, who would become one of the most feared buccaneers ever to sail this world’s seas. One unlucky day a few years later, the Black Contessa took a ship with no treasure, only religious pilgrims. When the angry captain ordered the deaths of every man, woman, and child aboard, the congregation’s high priest told Hest that the gods would witness this deed and deny him the light of Heaven. The captain mocked his words, and continued plying the sea lanes until the pilgrims’ homeland sent an entire fleet to hunt down and sink the Contessa. This they did, though at great cost.However, this was not the final end of Scevola Hest. The Black Contessa appeared once again, a ghost ship crewed by the damned spirits of her crew, and all answering to its captain’s powerful will. Hestian Spectre: During the last years of the Golden Age of Piracy, the first mate of a pirate-hunting ship led a mutiny and turned corsair himself. So began the long and bloody career of Scevola Hest, who would become one of the most feared buccaneers ever to sail this world’s seas. One unlucky day a few years later, the Black Contessa took a ship with no treasure, only religious pilgrims. When the angry captain ordered the deaths of every man, woman, and child aboard, the congregation’s high priest told Hest that the gods would witness this deed and deny him the light of Heaven. The captain mocked his words, and continued plying the sea lanes until the pilgrims’ homeland sent an entire fleet to hunt down and sink the Contessa. This they did, though at great cost.However, this was not the final end of Scevola Hest. The Black Contessa appeared once again, a ghost ship crewed by the damned spirits of her crew, and all answering to its captain’s powerful will. Hest still preys on other ships, much as he did in life, but now that he and his crew are undead, these raids are motivated by sheer spite against the living rather than any desire for booty. Hest revels in the suffering of his victims, but he prefers to maximize the suffering he causes by choosing targets who will be missed: those with loved ones, or who hold key positions in temples or governments. Many of those so affected by his attacks, as well as fools hoping to make their own name by defeating the legendary captain, have attempted to rid the world of this abominable ship and crew. All have failed—and many have become trapped in the same curse, bound as unwilling minions of their intended quarry. “Hestian Spectre” is an acquired template that can be added to any living, intelligent creature slain by a Hestian spectre and whose body was on board the Black Contessa when it vanished in daylight. Any creature slain by a Hestian spectre, and whose body is present aboard the Black Contessa when it vanishes in daylight, rises again as a Hestian spectre when the ship next reappears. Andre D'Medicci, Hestian Spectre Aristocrat 8, Effective Second-in-Command, First Mate: ?Tamelia Brune, Hestian Spectre Corsair 6/Sea Dog 2: Tamelia Brune was well on her way to becoming an infamous pirate captain when her ambition blinded her common sense. She vowed to defeat the universally dreaded ghost of Scevola Hest, but instead found only death and servitude aboard the Black Contessa. Commodore Cossimo Ulisse, Hestian Spectre Aristocrat 6/Expert 3, Little More Than a Ghostly Shell of His Former Self: Ulisse commanded the fleet that finally sunk the Black Contessa. When the ghost ship returned, the Commodore gathered a new force, equipped with holy men and silver weapons, to attempt to destroy her again. He died in the attempt, as did all he led. Hest craved further revenge, so sent divers to recover Ulisse’s corpse and bring it aboard so that his archenemy would join the ranks of his crew the next night. Lieutenant Nicola Sansaverio, Hestian Spectre Aristocrat 3/Corsair 2: Sansaverio knew of Hest’s sedition, but failed to inform his captain before the mutiny occurred. Now he suffers eternal damnation along with the rest of Hest’s crew, and he is the only one aboard who believes he deserves it. Cuomo Darr, Hestian Spectre Warrior 2/Corsair 2: ?Hestian Spectre, Unwilling Minion: ?Undead, Undead Creature: ?Ghost: ?</blockquote>

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