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From: A Corsair Galley


Your vessel is not defenceless.


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 110

  • 76 - very chancy (41%)
  • 94 - chancy (51%)
  • 112 - modest (61%)
  • 131 - very modest (71%)
  • 149 - low-risk (81%)
  • 167 - straightforward (91%)
  • 184 - straightforward (100%)

The difficulty is equal to your Zee Peril level. The above is the level for Shepherd's Wash.

Success

Across the bow

A fusillade from your ship hits them squarely, and the oar-driven pirate ship seems to stagger under the impact. You leave them in your wake as the corsair captain tries to get the rowers back on the same rhythm.


Failure

A frank exchange of views

[…] only seems to spur them on […] helmsman swings the ship around beside them, leading to a protracted protracted exchange of fire, insults, and improvised bombs. […] both ships have taken too much of a beating to do anything but limp anticlimactically away […]

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