Corsair (Sea) class

Contents
Requirements None
Hit Dice 1d6
Maximum Level 14
Armor Leather, no shields
Weapons Any
Languages Alignment, Common

Corsairs are adventurers who live by their talents on the high seas, offering a range of specialized sailing and adventuring skills unavailable to other characters.

Boarding

  • Ignores the usual boarding penalty to attack rolls and Armor Class when boarding.

Corsair Skills

  • For most, roll 1d100, result under score is success.
  • Referee should roll in secret for move silently (MS).
Corsair Skills Chance of Success
Level CS MS SF TW
1 87 20 20 60
2 88 25 25 65
3 89 30 30 70
4 90 35 35 75
5 91 40 40 80
6 92 45 45 85
7 93 50 55 90
8 94 55 65 95
9 95 60 75 97
10 96 65 85 98
11 97 70 95 99
12 98 73 97 99
13 99 76 98 99
14 99 80 99 99
  • Climb sheer surfaces (CS): Roll for every 100’ climbed, failure means falling from the halfway point (and taking damage).
  • Move silently (MS): Sneak past enemies unnoticed.
  • Seafaring (SF): Keep footing during rough waters, survive on the open seas, and make repairs when vessel takes on damage.
  • Tightrope walking (TW): Walk along tightropes, narrow beams, and ledges at up to half normal movement rate.
    • Roll for every 60’ walked, failure means falling (and taking damage).
    • Windy conditions may reduce the chance of success by up to 20%.

Lore

From 3rd level, 2-in-6 chance of knowing lore pertaining to creatures, magic items, or heroes of sea-related folktale or legend.

  • May be used to identify the nature and powers of sea-related magic items.

Sneak Attack

When attacking an unaware opponent from behind, the attack gets +4 and it deals double damage.

Establish Crew

From 9th level, can establish a crew.

  • Attracts 2d6 sailors of 1st level who will serve with some reliability (more of which can be bought) and may be used to run one or more ships.

Advancement

Level Advancement
Level XP HD Atk
Mod		 Saving Throws
D[1] W[1:1] P[1:2] B[1:3] S[1:4]
1 0 1d6 0 13 14 13 16 15
2 1,200 2d6 0 13 14 13 16 15
3 2,400 3d6 0 13 14 13 16 15
4 4,800 4d6 0 13 14 13 16 15
5 9,600 5d6 +2 12 13 11 14 13
6 20,000 6d6 +2 12 13 11 14 13
7 40,000 7d6 +2 12 13 11 14 13
8 80,000 8d6 +2 12 13 11 14 13
9 160,000 9d6 +5 10 11 9 12 10
10 280,000 9d6+2 +5 10 11 9 12 10
11 400,000 9d6+4 +5 10 11 9 12 10
12 520,000 9d6+6 +5 10 11 9 12 10
13 640,000 9d6+8 +7 8 9 7 10 8
14 760,000 9d6+10 +7 8 9 7 10 8

  1. D: Death; W: Wielded; P: Paralyze; B: Blasts; S: Spells ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

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