The pirates of the Old World are numerous and successful. They ply their ‘trade’ all along the coasts of Brettonia, Estalia, Tilea and especially Araby with its hoards of riches, slaves, spices and treasure. The pirate is a free-spirited individual who lives outside the law. He is a thrill seeker and expert swordsman who, as such, frequently finds himself adventuring on land. The reasons for this can be numerous but it all boils down to the excessive greed every pirate possesses. To this end he frequently stoops to thievery and skulduggery, mingling with the worst crowd the Old World has to offer: from spies to crime lords, smugglers and slavers.
| Wounds | 1D6+8 (per BL table) |
| Movement | 4 |
| Weapon skill | 4 |
| Ballistic skill | 5+ |
| Strength | 3 |
| Toughness | 3 |
| Initiative | 4 |
| Attacks | 1* |
| Damage dice | 1 |
| Luck | 1 (per BL table) |
| Willpower | 3 |
| Skills | 0 |
| Escape pinning | 5+ (per BL table) |
| Enemy’s WS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| To hit foe | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Weapon(s)
2 swords
Equipment:
Skull Pendant
The Pirate always carries two swords. They cause (1D6+strength) damage.
He will always carry two swords. The Pirate may also carry any kind of pistol or handgun. If used, he must sheath one or both swords.
Stunning Blow
While he has two swords equipped,
if the Pirate rolls a natural 6 to hit in melee combat, he gets a follow-up
attack against the current target -- if that target has survived the first sword
strike. This follow-up attack represents the pirate striking a stunning blow
against the enemy and quickly striking with his second sword to finish it off.
This follow-up attack may cause a death-blow if it kills the target. The
deathblow resulting is treated as a normal deathblow attack. This may further
result in another Stunning Blow attack if a subsequent target is hit with a
natural 6, and so on. Stunning Blow may be used once for each melee opponent per
each normal attack.
To help clarify in understanding this rule, it is restated here in a little different way: the Pirate gets to attack again if his opponent is still standing after any normal melee attack that hits with a natural 6 to hit. This attack does result in a normal deathblow (continuing the original normal attack) if it slays the melee opponent. The last sentence in the paragraph above prevents a stunning blow from directly producing another stunning blow, though it may indirectly do so on a later target in the same attack through the death-blow allowance.
When used against monsters affected by his Skull Pendant, this skill is even more effective (see Skull Pendant below)
Thievery
Whenever the Pirate kills an enemy roll
a D6. On a roll of 5 or 6, the pirate is able to find even more gold and thus
receives (1D6x original gold value) gold.
Skull Pendant
The Pirate wears a special
talisman, which is a miniature skull of a certain creature. Roll a D6 to find
out which.
| 1 | Orc |
| 2 | Skaven |
| 3 | Goblins |
| 4 | Beastmen |
| 5 | Minotaur |
| 6 | Dark Elf |
Whenever the Pirate encounters this type of creature in the dungeon, the creature begins to tremble, recognizing it as one of its kindred. The creature is at -1 to hit for the duration of the combat. The Pirate also takes advantage of the fear which has struck into this creature. His special blow skill is heightened and can now be performed on a natural roll of 5 or 6 when rolling to hit.
Also, on a natural roll of 6 on the second roll, the creature is killed instantly!! There is no need to roll for damage as the Pirate used his follow-up move to cut the head off of his enemy!
Advanced Skull Pendant Rule
Each time the Pirate
advances to a new Title Level, roll one time on the Dungeon Level of the Monster
Tables that is equal to his previous Battle Level, re-rolling any for which he
already has a pendant. The result represents a new skull pendant added to the
Pirate’s collection. Now, whenever facing the Pirate, the new monster type now
suffers in like manner as described above.
Armour & Treasure
The Pirate may wear any
armour that an Elf can wear except those items of armour restricted only to
Elves (such as the Elvin Armour and Elf Shield). The Pirate can generally use
any treasure and equipment that an Elf can use except he doesn’t use bows nor
any Elf-only Treasure or equipment. The Pirate may also use any gun and any type
of crossbow whereas the Elf cannot.
Skills that can be acquired
Whenever in a settlement you can try to find a Pirates Den. It is a place that no one else would ever be caught in except for pirates and other unsavoury characters. It is here where pirates trade old stories of the sea and boast about all the ships they have pillaged. It is also here where a Pirate can discover new skills and techniques. This is where the Pirate can advance battle levels. When advancing levels, consult the battle level table to determine when you gain a skill.
To gain a skill, roll a D6 on the following table:
| 1 | Parry When a monster hits you in melee combat, roll a D6. On a 1-4, the damage is normal. On a 5 or 6, you turn aside the blow and take no damage. If the Pirate gains both the Parry skill and the Block and Slice skill, see the full description under Block and Slice. |
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| 2 | Block and Slice In combat, there’s always a chance that you can counterattack. This skill is just like the Parry skill, except when you score a 5 or 6 on the Parry roll, you immediately make an attack. Roll to hit as normal. On a natural 6, your blow causes twice the normal damage (roll damage dice and multiply by 2 before adding strength). If the Pirate gains both the Parry skill and the Block and Slice skill, he may only block or Parry once per incoming attack, but the Parry/Block roll is more often successful. Thus the two skills working together are successful on a 4, 5, or 6 (4+). |
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| 3 | Sea Shanty As the battle rages on, your warrior begins to sing a vulgar song about the sea and of all the wenches he’s been with. At any time at the beginning of a round of combat, you may begin to sing this song. The Sea Shanty distracts foes and strengthens the pirate, giving him a +1 on his ‘to hit’ rolls. A Sea Shanty may be so used a number of times per adventure based upon the Pirate’s experience: Pirate = 2; Corsair = 4; Pirate Lord = 6. |
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| 4 | Leg Sweep To use this special technique the pirate suddenly ducks down and swings his leg around, tripping his opponent. When locked in melee combat, you may decide to use this skill once per turn instead of any one normal attack. To do this you roll a D6. On a roll of 5 or 6, you sweep the enemy’s feet and he falls to the dungeon floor. The monster is now prone until the next monsters phase. This skill cannot be used against LARGE MONSTERS. Monsters may dodge a Leg Sweep if they have the Dodge ability. While prone, there’s no need in melee combat for any warrior to roll to hit on the monster, although the pirate may do so to see if he achieves a Stunning Blow, but a natural roll of 1 in such a case will not count as a miss. Other warriors with certain special skills or weapons may need to roll to hit as well (such as the Trollslayer Skill and the Warhammer weapon) |
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| 5 |
Intimidate
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| 6 | Piercing strike Instead of making a normal attack the pirate tries to stab between an opponents armour or in an otherwise deadly region (like a throat, under the armpit, etc…) he needs to roll a natural 5 or 6 to hit. If successful he can choose to ignore armour or toughness. |
The Pirates Den also has a Smugglers Cove where the pirate can do some shopping.
Only the Pirate can visit the Smugglers Cove.
Only one of each item of equipment is available per visit and only if a successful stock roll is made.
| Equipment | Costs | Stock |
| Pirate Boots | 100 | 8 |
| Letter of Marque | 100 | 7 |
| Treasure Map | 150 | 9 |
| Grappling Hook | 120 | 9 |
| Pick Lock Tools | 200 | 6 |
| Impressive Hat | 120 | 6 |
| Bottle of Rum | 100 | 3 |
| Parrot | 75 | 6 |
| 1d6 Sea Rations | 75 each | 8 |
| Pirate Hook | 50 | 5 |
| Compass | 250 | 8 |
| Black Spot | 200 | 9 |
Pirate Boots
These boots are extremely
comfortable and come in many colours. While wearing them the pirate gains +1 to
all his escape from pinning rolls.
Letter of Marque
A Letter of Marque is an
official warrant from a government authorizing the designated agent to search,
seize, or destroy specified assets or personnel belonging to a foreign party and
has usually been used to authorize private parties to raid and capture merchant
shipping of an enemy nation. As such it can be used in court to prove one's
innocence. The Pirate can save his own life with it when he is caught, set for
trial and about to be hanged. In this case (once used to
prevent his hanging), the letter is no longer valid.
Treasure Map
A map marked with a red “X”, it can
be used in the Pirate’s next adventure, discard it and roll a D6. On a result of
1-2: the map is a fake, you’ve been had! 3-4: During any
single event, the pirate may roll an extra event and gain an extra
treasure card for himself, and outside of the normal turn
consideration for treasures. 5-6: Roll an (extra) event at any time
– even when no event is currently in play – and
gain an additional 2 treasure cards for himself, and
outside of the normal turn consideration for treasures.
Grappling Hook
Works like a rope but
is only discarded after 3 rolls of 1 or 2.
Pick Lock Tools
Lock tools allow the user to open
any lock as long as it is not magical or the rules for the lock specifically
state otherwise.
To see if your Warrior can open a lock, roll 1D6.
On a score of 4, 5 or 6 the lock opens.
On a score of 2 or 3 the lock refuses to
open at the moment, though your Warrior may try again next turn.
On a score of
1, the lock tools are snapped off in the lock and are now useless.
Impressive Hat
This elaborately
decorated hat will impress any onlookers. While
wearing it, your Pirate will get a discount of 10%
at any shop except the Smugglers Cove. For each week of travel, roll a d6, on
the score of 1 your hat has seen its last glory days and will not impress
anymore.
Bottle of Rum
This bottle of rum contains enough
potent liquor for D6 swigs. Each swig adds +2 to the Warrior's damage or fear
(+1 for Terror) rolls for one turn. However, roll a
D6 for each swig taken, on a roll of a 1 the rum goes straight to the Warrior's
head and he passes out. Place
him prone for 2 turns. You can only take one swig per turn.
Parrot
The parrot sits on your Warrior's shoulder
and warns him when he is about to be ambushed. If your Warrior is attacked by
Ambush Monsters roll a D6. On a roll of a 6, the parrot warns him and the
Monsters lose their Ambush ability. When your Pirate becomes a Corsair, the
Parrot warns him on a roll of 5+
Sea Rations
Each sea ration restores 2 Wounds. At
the end of each adventure roll a D6 for each ration. On a roll of 1 they have
gone mouldy and must be discarded.
Pirate Hook
Your Warrior may attempt to hook a
Monster and swap places with it. Roll a D6 at the start of your turn and add
your Strength. On a result of 7 or more, you may swap your Warrior model with
that of an adjacent Monster. Your Warrior may move and fight normally from this
new position. The Pirate must sheathe one of his swords to do this.
The Pirate Hook does not work against LARGE MONSTERS.
Compass
This allows the party to navigate better
in the wilds. For any wilderness travel, you may reduce the journey time by D3
weeks.
Black Spot
The Black Spot is a small felt black
circle that targets you as an enemy of evil. It is both a blessing and a curse,
as it will lead you to treasure, but at great risk. During the next adventure,
Monsters will attack your Warrior in preference to the rest of the party. The
one on-one rule still applies, but you will always be attacked if possible and
“left over” Monsters will attack you first.
However, if you finish the dungeon you gain an extra D3 Treasure cards to keep
for yourself.
Whenever the Pirate rolls an “uneventful day” on the settlement events table, roll on the following table:
| 1 |
You run into a man who remembers you as the one who plundered and sunk his
ship. Extremely angry he calls for some of his friends. You can either run or
fight!! If you choose to fight, roll a D6 and look below:
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| 2 |
You visit the wenches, pay 100 gold and roll a d6:
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| 3 |
You are assaulted by pirate hunters! They have you cornered and you don’t
have a choice but to fight. Roll a d6 + your WS to determine the result:
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| 4 |
You spend the evening at a seedy bar drinking, feasting and singing. You meet
one of the following characters (roll a d6).
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| 5 |
You’ve decided to work on your pick-pocketing skills. It has been a very
eventful day. Roll a D6:
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| 6 | Your warrior finds a small stand where an ironsmith pounds out pieces of iron art. For a fee of 150 gold, he can make you a talisman. If you pay it, he can make you another skull pendant representing the skull of another creature. Roll again on the talisman table, re-rolling any duplicates. If the Pirate already has all six of the pendant types listed in the original table, then roll once on the Monster Table that is equal to his current Battle Level. |
The following settlement event is handled differently for a Pirate: (11) Thrown out – roll a d6: on a 1 or 2 the pirate is set for trial and hanged the next day, on 3+ handle the event normally.
Old Glory miniatures UK has some pirate figures, the Foundry has some great ones, Eureka miniatures (Australia) has an extensive line, including females, Westwind Productions has some fine ones and Reaper has a boxed set of pirates.
Try to get your GM to use the rules in White Dwarf number 196 & 197, they can be found on the web.
| Battle Level | Gold | Title |
WS |
BS |
STR |
MOVE |
Dam.Dice |
T |
W |
I |
A |
Luck |
WP |
Skills* |
Pin |
| 1 | 0 | Pirate Trainee |
4 |
5+ |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1D6+8 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5+ |
| 2 | 2,000 | Pirate |
5 |
5+ |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2D6+8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5+ |
| 3 | 4,000 | Pirate |
5 |
5+ |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3D6+8 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4+ |
| 4 | 8,000 | Pirate |
5 |
4+ |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3D6+8 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4+ |
| 5 | 12,000 | Corsair |
5 |
4+ |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4D6+8 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4+ |
| 6 | 18,000 | Corsair |
6 |
4+ |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4D6+8 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4+ |
| 7 | 24,000 | Corsair |
6 |
4+ |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
5D6+8 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3+ |
| 8 | 32,000 | Corsair |
6 |
3+ |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
5D6+8 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
3+ |
| 9 | 45,000 | Pirate Lord |
7 |
3+ |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
6D6+8 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3+ |
| 10 | 50,000 | Pirate Lord |
7 |
3+ |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
7D6+8 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5* |
3+ |