The Siege of Calais

The HMS Mary Rose and her Crew must fight French and Mercenary forces committing piracy on English supply ships in the Strait of Dover.

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The vessel makes this run for a month at a time before putting in to port. That's an extended Survival test requiring 10 successes, repeated three times.

For every 5 days that passes of sailing, which means twice per extended survival test, the Watch make a Perception test. Success means they spot an enemy ship.

Every Enemy Ship begins engagement at Extreme Range. The Chase happens, the The Battle.

The Chase: Each ship has a relative speed rating, in knots. The HMS Mary Rose's is 3. Others have more or less, mostly more. The chase is handled as per normal chase rules.

The battle begins at Extreme (personal) Range. Ranged weapons and cannons can dish out a lot of damage. Combat is handled Down & Dirty. One roll per ship, winner takes all, difference in successes is the number of officers and percentage of crew killed or injured on the losing side.

Resolution: After Combat, each ship makes a general Stamina + Training roll, successes reduce casualties from the success difference. A single Success over the required number means that no one was injured, it was purely the Ship that took damage. Ship damage is calculated based on successes + the damage rating of the guns - durability for each side, and the number is applied to the ship's Hull. Sank ships are worth nothing. Damaged ships are worth their value minus 1, heavily damaged ships = value - 2. That amount is paid to each character as Equipment (Cash) at equal rating.

Plot type

Adventure

Parent Plot

Strið

Related Characters

• Emma of Iceland

Related Organizations

• Royal Navy

Related Locations

• English Channel
• Strait of Dover