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Danseker's
Shillings
Among the many European sailors who turned renegade and
joined the corsairs of the Barbary Coast, few were more famous than
Simon Danseker. He was a Dutchman, and eventually came to inherit the
title of “Diablo Ra'is,” or “Devil Captain.” Even so,
Danseker was never so reviled as some of the other renegades, due to
the fact that he was merciful. His encounter with the ship Charity
is a good example of this.
It happened one day that he encountered a ship which
had already been raided by corsairs; the few crew members aboard it
had been spared and were making their way back to England, their
cargo and personal valuables already taken. Learning of this,
Danseker gave each of these survivors four shillings each with which
to purchase the necessary supplies, and then sent them on their way.
In this way he earned a reputation for mercy, like a seagoing Robin
Hood.
In game terms, Danseker's shillings bring good luck to
those who live lives of adventure. When invoked, they provide a +2
luck bonus to one check, up to three times per day.
The Jacob
Cutlasses
The story of the ship Jacob is one of tremendous derring-do.
It was an English vessel out of Bristol captured by Mediterranean
corsairs; a handful of its crew members were left aboard to sail it
after the attacking vessel. Even though they were outnumbered, the
four men—John Cooke, William Long, David Tuckey and William
Jones—hatched a plan to retake their vessel. During rough weather
they ere released from their chains, at which point they began
eliminating their captors one at a time. Once the ruse was exposed,
one of the sailors rushed below decks and snatched up a pair of
cutlasses, then fought off the remaining corsairs. From there the
Englishmen managed to reach a Spanish port, where they sold their
form captors into slavery.
In game terms, these two cutlasses function as +1 weapons; the bonus
increases to +3 when the wielder is outnumbered by the enemy.
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