Corsair: The Definitive D20 Guide to Ships
Adamant Entertainment
by Gareth-Michael Skarka

As a Game Master that enjoys placing the party on a ship, and then sinking said ship, I must say it is a wonderful addition to my seafaring arsenal. This is a clear and concise guide to realistic ships, complete with stats for everything from rowboats to Schooners to galleons. There are 20 different vessels described in all. You will also find complete, easy to follow rules for naval combat and the day to day sailing of the vessels, including what is involved in repairing a ship.

One of the cool things about this supplement was the "Legendary" template that can be added to a ship, making it more powerful. Make your vessel truly bard-worthy by adding this template to enhance the ship's stats. Or create the ultimate adversary by placing your evil NPCs on a ship with the "Cursed" template. There are also rules for advancing levels for the ship, and unique feats just for vessels.

The book is really designed for low-magic, no-magic settings, but it does offer a handful of spells designed for fantasy worlds. The spells are balanced and useful, but seem to have been more of an afterthought for the book. In a book exclusively about the ships themselves, I don't think the spells really needed to be added.

There are also some really nice floor plans of different levels of a brigadine vessel and a blank ship record sheet and a blank crew roster to help GMs keep track of all the info during a game.

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Pages: 67
Softcover ISBN:N/A
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