Choose from six complete characters: five Era Cast members and a sixth, the gunner, outside the cast. All use Character Creation and Roles' seven steps and the standard 110 XP. Their starting date is October 1716, the map year.
Cast members carry Infamy earned through their histories; newly created characters start at 0. None begins with a penalty. Apply Prejudice to the scene rather than recording it on a sheet (Era Rules, Prejudice). Each character's Strength applies where his or her community is at home.
Using the Pregenerated Characters
- Pick one. Choose a complete sheet and begin play. Keep the character's name or supply another.
- Check the tie. Each sheet connects its character to one other pregenerated character and to the wider world. Replace ties that do not fit the table's cast.
- Build a new character for a different Origin or Role. Follow Character Creation and Roles; altering a pregen produces a new character.
Reading a Sheet
- Characteristics. Might, Agility, Intellect, Savvy, Willpower, Charisma.
- Pool. Use the lower of characteristic and skill rank for Mastery Dice, then their difference for Ability Dice. Sheets abbreviate this as 2M 1A: two Mastery Dice and one Ability Die . At skill rank 0, roll only Ability Dice, equal to the characteristic.
- Initiative. Use Savvy and Perception when On Watch, Willpower and Readiness when Surprised (Core Rules, Character Creation).
- Defense. All sheets have Melee and Ranged Defense 0. The listed kits grant neither Defense nor Resistance.
- XP. Sheets account for all 110 XP. Raising a characteristic to 3 costs 30; profession-skill ranks 1 and 2 cost 5 and 10 respectively. Tier 1 talents cost 5 and Tier 2 talents 10, with one Tier 1 talent free.
The Party at a Glance
| Character | Origin and Role | Standing | Best at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honora Kinsella | Irish, Quartermaster | Officer | Leading a Company; fighting with a falchion |
| Rodrigo Salazar | Spanish, Sailing Master | Officer | Sailing and the weather gauge |
| Cuffee | African-born, Surgeon | Officer | Medicine and Craft |
| Dinah Calloway | Mixed ancestry, Tavern Keeper and Broker | Master | Streetwise, Negotiation and the fence |
| Madeleine Lacoste | French, Merchant Captain or Supercargo | Master | Appraising, bargaining and the trade |
| Evan Powell | Welsh, Gunner | Officer | A battery's attack |
The Sheets
Honora "Nora" Kinsella, Irish pirate captain
Irish Origin, Quartermaster Role. Standing: Officer, 12 pieces of eight.
| Might | Agility | Intellect | Savvy | Willpower | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
- Wound Points 12; Strain Points 13; Resistance 1; Melee and Ranged Defense 0; Initiative: On Watch 1M 1A; Surprised 0M 3A.
- Skills: Leadership 2 (Charisma 3: 2M 1A); Melee 2 (Might 2: 2M 0A); Fortitude 1 (Might 2: 1M 1A); Intimidation 1 (Willpower 3: 1M 2A); Negotiation 1 (Charisma 3: 1M 2A); Perception 1 (Savvy 2: 1M 1A).
- Talents: Plain Speech (Tier 1, free); Voice of the Company (Tier 2); Cool Under Fire (Tier 2); Weather Eye (Tier 1); Keen Eye (Tier 1).
- Kit: Falchion (The Fantasy Armory); Sea Service Pistol (The Black Powder Armory); a ledger.
- Strength: With Irish crews, Catholic parishes and Jacobite exiles, once per session: Charm or Leadership, 1 Boon Die.
- Tongues: Irish, English. Infamy: 2.
- XP: characteristics 30, skills 50, talents 30: 110.
- Motive: Hold her Company together and make the Crown pay for her husband's death.
- Tie to a character: Cuffee treated three of her crew last winter; she owes Salazar's surgeon a share.
- Tie to the world: A Charles Town Jacobite agent needs passage for two exiles.
Rodrigo Salazar, Spanish pirate captain
Spanish Origin, Sailing Master Role. Standing: Officer, 12 pieces of eight.
| Might | Agility | Intellect | Savvy | Willpower | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
- Wound Points 11; Strain Points 12; Resistance 1; Melee and Ranged Defense 0; Initiative: On Watch 2M 1A; Surprised 0M 2A.
- Skills: Operate 2 (Agility 3: 2M 1A); Perception 2 (Savvy 3: 2M 1A); Leadership 1 (Charisma 2: 1M 1A); Lore 1 (Intellect 2: 1M 1A); Ranged 1 (Agility 3: 1M 2A); Science 1 (Intellect 2: 1M 1A); Survival 1 (Savvy 3: 1M 2A).
- Talents: Weather Eye (Tier 1, free); Reading the Wind (Tier 2); Dead Reckoning (Tier 1); Short Shrift (Tier 2).
- Kit: Sea Service Pistol (The Black Powder Armory); Dagger (The Fantasy Armory); a telescope and a compass.
- Strength: With Spanish officials, coast guards and Catholic ports, once per session: Lore or Perception, 1 Boon Die.
- Tongues: Spanish, English. Infamy: 3.
- XP: characteristics 30, skills 55, talents 25: 110.
- Motive: Honour his word, pay the crew and evade both London's and Havana's authority.
- Tie to a character: Calloway supplies beach gossip in exchange for his rum and discretion.
- Tie to the world: Former coast-guard shipmate Matías Ledesma now commands a guardacosta.
Cuffee, African-born surgeon and healer
African-born Origin, Surgeon Role. Standing: Officer, 12 pieces of eight.
| Might | Agility | Intellect | Savvy | Willpower | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
- Wound Points 11; Strain Points 12; Resistance 1; Melee and Ranged Defense 0; Initiative: On Watch 0M 2A; Surprised 1M 1A.
- Skills: Craft 2 (Intellect 3: 2M 1A); Medicine 2 (Intellect 3: 2M 1A); Fortitude 1 (Might 1: 1M 0A); Lore 1 (Intellect 3: 1M 2A); Negotiation 1 (Charisma 3: 1M 2A); Operate 1 (Agility 2: 1M 1A); Readiness 1 (Willpower 2: 1M 1A); Science 1 (Intellect 3: 1M 2A); Survival 1 (Savvy 2: 1M 1A).
- Talents: Ship's Doctor (Tier 1, free); Cool Under Fire (Tier 2); Keen Eye (Tier 1).
- Kit: Knife (The Fantasy Armory); Poppy Tincture, Emetic and Theriac (The Apothecary); a surgeon's chest.
- Strength: With free Black seamen, Maroons and mixed Companies, once per session: Negotiation or Survival, 1 Boon Die.
- Tongues: Akan, English. Infamy: 1.
- XP: characteristics 30, skills 65, talents 15: 110.
- Motive: Tend the sick, retain his vote and share, and never be owned again.
- Tie to a character: Salazar, the captain who voted to give him a share.
- Tie to the world: A Jamaican hill town of Maroons owes him a debt and supplies herbs for sale.
Dinah Calloway, Nassau tavern keeper, sex worker and broker
Mixed ancestry Origin, Tavern Keeper and Broker Role. Standing: Master, 45 pieces of eight, with a creation Debt of 45 to a named backer.
| Might | Agility | Intellect | Savvy | Willpower | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
- Wound Points 11; Strain Points 12; Resistance 1; Melee and Ranged Defense 0; Initiative: On Watch 1M 2A; Surprised 0M 2A.
- Skills: Negotiation 2 (Charisma 3: 2M 1A); Streetwise 2 (Savvy 3: 2M 1A); Charm 1 (Charisma 3: 1M 2A); Craft 1 (Intellect 2: 1M 1A); Deception 1 (Charisma 3: 1M 2A); Intimidation 1 (Willpower 2: 1M 1A); Perception 1 (Savvy 3: 1M 2A).
- Talents: Safe Harbour (Tier 1, free); Fence's Eye (Tier 1); Convincing (Tier 2); Plain Speech (Tier 1); Helpful (Tier 1).
- Kit: Knife (The Fantasy Armory); Belt Pistol and Blunderbuss (The Black Powder Armory); a stock of rum and a tally board.
- Strength: With port towns and mixed Companies, once per session: Negotiation or Streetwise, 1 Boon Die.
- Safe Harbour: Nassau. Debt: 45 to a Port Royal creditor, Josiah Marsh.
- Tongues: English, Spanish. Infamy: 0.
- XP: characteristics 30, skills 55, talents 25: 110.
- Motive: Keep tavern and upstairs rooms trading, debts recorded and news moving; remain useful to every side.
- Tie to a character: Salazar, whose regular table she reserves.
- Tie to the world: Her reports supply Sir Edmund Haldane's dispatches; a Port Royal creditor holds her debt.
Madeleine Lacoste, Bordeaux wine merchant
French Origin, Merchant Captain or Supercargo Role. Standing: Master, 45 pieces of eight, with a creation Debt of 45 to a named backer.
| Might | Agility | Intellect | Savvy | Willpower | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
- Wound Points 11; Strain Points 12; Resistance 1; Melee and Ranged Defense 0; Initiative: On Watch 0M 2A; Surprised 0M 2A.
- Skills: Craft 2 (Intellect 3: 2M 1A); Negotiation 2 (Charisma 3: 2M 1A); Charm 1 (Charisma 3: 1M 2A); Leadership 1 (Charisma 3: 1M 2A); Lore 1 (Intellect 3: 1M 2A); Operate 1 (Agility 2: 1M 1A); Streetwise 1 (Savvy 2: 1M 1A).
- Talents: Honest Weight (Tier 1, free); Safe Harbour (Tier 1); Plain Speech (Tier 1); Convincing (Tier 2); Helpful (Tier 1).
- Kit: Belt Pistol (The Black Powder Armory); Dagger (The Fantasy Armory); scales and an account book.
- Strength: With French merchants, buccaneers and Catholic ports, once per session: Negotiation or Streetwise, 1 Boon Die.
- Safe Harbour: Charles Town. Debt: 45 to her Bordeaux house, Maison Lacoste, which carries her late husband's name.
- Tongues: French, English. Infamy: 0.
- XP: characteristics 30, skills 55, talents 25: 110.
- Motive: Open a rum trade to sustain the Bordeaux house that wine and brandy no longer support.
- Tie to a character: Calloway provides her best rum supply and her least trustworthy dealings.
- Tie to the world: A factor at Charles Town offers payment in wine and brandy.
Evan Powell, Welsh gunner
Welsh Origin, Gunner Role. Standing: Officer, 12 pieces of eight.
| Might | Agility | Intellect | Savvy | Willpower | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
- Wound Points 13; Strain Points 12; Resistance 2; Melee and Ranged Defense 0; Initiative: On Watch 1M 1A; Surprised 1M 1A.
- Skills: Craft 2 (Intellect 2: 2M 0A); Operate 2 (Agility 3: 2M 1A); Fortitude 1 (Might 3: 1M 2A); Leadership 1 (Charisma 1: 1M 0A); Perception 1 (Savvy 2: 1M 1A); Readiness 1 (Willpower 2: 1M 1A); Science 1 (Intellect 2: 1M 1A).
- Talents: Quick Hand (Tier 1, free); Master Gunner (Tier 2); Cool Under Fire (Tier 2); Keen Eye (Tier 1).
- Kit: Sea Service Pistol (The Black Powder Armory); Hatchet (The Fantasy Armory); a linstock and a powder horn.
- Strength: With Welsh sailors, privateers and Welsh-speaking parishes, once per session: Charm or Operate, 1 Boon Die.
- Tongues: Welsh, English. Infamy: 0.
- XP: characteristics 30, skills 55, talents 25: 110.
- Motive: Aim his guns accurately and collect his full share.
- Tie to a character: Kinsella brought him off a naval vessel whose pay was short.
- Tie to the world: His savings remain with a shipmate's widow at Port Royal.
Ties Among the Characters
A share owed links Kinsella to Cuffee. Salazar exchanges discretion for Calloway's news; she supplies Lacoste with rum in return for wine. Powell owes his place to Kinsella taking him off a naval gun deck. With all six, the Company elects Kinsella captain, employs Salazar as Sailing Master, Cuffee as surgeon and Powell as gunner, and keeps Calloway and Lacoste ashore. The Starter Adventure instead gives Salazar command of Gaviota, with Kinsella's brigantine as consort.