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Pirate Ship Name
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Written By: Adrian Kennelly
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Introduction the order to the a decent name. For exam-
This generator can be used by the Gam- ple, Banshee’s Wail.
eMaster to create names for pirate ships.
The names generated by these tables are Another alternative is to roll twice on one
often intended to be intimidating and to of the tables, with Table 2 generally work-
strike fear into potential prey; perhaps ing better for this. This is more likely to
more so than was true with many real life generate results which need discarding but
pirate ships. They could also be used for there are variants that will work. For exam-
the names of warships belonging to a less ple, Demon Ripper works as a ship name
pleasant or more aggressive nation. but Killer Murderer not so much.
There is a strong European, indeed English, Ships may also be named in a way specif-
influence to the names, but this reflects ic to a campaign world. For example, the
the real world, for in the Golden Age of Pi- pirate Edward Teach - better known as
racy (and for a couple of centuries preced- Blackbeard - had as his flagship for some
ing it), many pirates were English or Brit- of the time he was operating the Queen
ish in origin, with many having served as Anne’s Revenge, which was either direct-
privateers or on navy ships during times of ly named after Queen Anne of Britain and
war - privateers being official pirates who Ireland, or indirectly after Queen Anne’s
prey on the enemy’s shipping; said ene- War, a war he fought in. In such cases, pair
my will still regard them as pirates - and a result from either table with an appropri-
turned to more indiscriminate piracy during ate name, such as a monarch, city or na-
more peaceful times. tion, from the campaign world.