Naval Armory

Hybrid Naval System — Shipyard and Armory

This is the player-facing purchase menu for ships, weapons, ammunition, facilities, and upgrades. Prices are intended to work with the accompanying Economic Reference and Combat Reference.

Companion Documents

• Naval Economic Reference
• Naval Combat Reference

Table of Contents

• Reading a Ship Stat Block
• Ships for Purchase
• Small Craft
• Ship Weapons
• Ammunition
• Mundane Facilities and Equipment
• Combat Upgrades
• Crew and Training Upgrades
• Advanced and Magical Upgrades
• Example Armament Packages

Reading a Ship Stat Block

• Price: New, unarmed hull with standard rooms, propulsion, one month of provisions for Sailing Crew, one Medical store, and one Supply store.
• Sailing Crew: Minimum crew needed for full Orders and normal travel. Weapon crews are additional.
• Berths: Maximum creatures housed without consuming cargo space.
• CQ: Starting Crew Quality.
• Ship Charisma: Visible prestige, beauty, menace, and condition; used for fares, resale, and first impressions.
• Hull HP: Used for repair costs and long-term damage.
• Integrity: Short combat-effectiveness track. Reaching 0 means the ship is Defeated, not automatically sunk.
• Hull Segment: Repair liability represented by each point of lost Integrity.
• Damage Threshold: A battery whose Salvo is below this value cannot harm the Hull.
• Maneuverability / Handling: Used for Helm checks.
• Speed: Used only to compare ships during opposed maneuvers.
• Orders: Maximum crew-intensive ship actions each naval round.
• Weapon Mounts: Capacity points available for installed weapons.
• Ram Salvo: Salvo inflicted by a successful Ram before a naval ram upgrade.
• STR and CON: Ship ability scores used for resisting external force and making Flooding saves.

Ships for Purchase

Ship Charisma

Ship Charisma is separate from Crew Quality in this streamlined hybrid. It measures the vessel’s appearance, reputation, and accommodations.

Charisma	Typical Reaction
0–5	Disdain; the vessel appears neglected, unsafe, or infamous
6–10	Indifference; an ordinary working ship
11–15	Respect, friendliness, or fear
16+	Public attention, exceptional prestige, or immediate intimidation

Use Ship Charisma for passenger fares and resale adjustments in the Economic Reference.

Cutter

Runner — A light dispatch vessel, smuggler, scout, or coastal raider. It is easy to crew and difficult to catch, but cannot absorb sustained fire.

Price: 12,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 1 month in a major port
Dimensions: 45 ft. × 12 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 5 / 12
Crew Quality: 2
Ship Charisma: 8
Cargo: 30 tons
Travel Pace: 144 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
16	5	120	3	40 HP	16	14

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
A	+4	55 ft.	2	2	40

Sloop

Runner — A fast single-masted vessel suited to a small adventuring company, courier work, privateering, or light trade.

Price: 18,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 2 months in a major port
Dimensions: 65 ft. × 12 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 10 / 20
Crew Quality: 2
Ship Charisma: 8
Cargo: 60 tons
Travel Pace: 144 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
15	5	200	3	67 HP	18	17

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
B	+3	50 ft.	3	2	50

Brigantine

Hunter — A balanced two-masted hunter. It has enough endurance, cargo space, and weapon capacity to serve as the standard adventuring ship.

Price: 35,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 3 months in a major port; 4 months in a small port
Dimensions: 85 ft. × 15 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 20 / 40
Crew Quality: 4
Ship Charisma: 10
Cargo: 120 tons
Travel Pace: 144 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
15	5	300	4	75 HP	18	17

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
C	+2	45 ft.	3	4	70

War Galley

Hunter — An oared warship that ignores wind during combat. It has a large crew, short operational range, and is especially effective at forcing boarding actions.

Price: 65,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 4 months in a naval shipyard; 6 months in a large commercial shipyard
Dimensions: 90 ft. × 20 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 40 / 80
Crew Quality: 3
Ship Charisma: 8
Cargo: 80 tons
Travel Pace: 36 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
14	10	300	4	75 HP	20	18

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
C	+2	30 ft.	4	4	80

Corvette

Hunter — A purpose-built patrol and escort vessel. It has more weapon capacity than a brigantine without becoming a capital ship.

Price: 80,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 6 months in a naval or major commercial shipyard
Dimensions: 100 ft. × 20 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 25 / 60
Crew Quality: 3
Ship Charisma: 10
Cargo: 150 tons
Travel Pace: 120 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
14	10	350	4	88 HP	20	18

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
C	+2	45 ft.	4	6	90

Galleon

Hauler — A very large ocean-going cargo vessel. It is expensive, durable, and profitable, but slow to turn and difficult to conceal.

Price: 340,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 9 months in a capital shipyard; 12 months in another major port capable of the work
Dimensions: 160 ft. × 30 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 40 / 100
Crew Quality: 3
Ship Charisma: 10
Cargo: 500 tons
Travel Pace: 120 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
14	15	550	5	110 HP	24	20

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
D	+1	40 ft.	4	8	120

Ship of the Line

Behemoth — A capital warship comparable to a mobile fortress. It can support several batteries and a very large fighting complement.

Price: 750,000 gp unarmed
Construction: 18 months in a capital shipyard; 24 months in another major naval shipyard, normally with government approval
Dimensions: 190 ft. × 30 ft.
Sailing Crew / Berths: 60 / 250
Crew Quality: 4
Ship Charisma: 12
Cargo: 120 tons
Travel Pace: 96 miles per day

Hull AC	DT	Hull HP	Integrity	Hull Segment	STR	CON
13	20	750	6	125 HP	24	20

Maneuverability	Handling	Speed	Orders	Weapon Mounts	Ram Salvo
E	+0	35 ft.	5	12	150

Small Craft

Craft	Price	AC	HP	Crew / Capacity	Speed	Cargo	Weapon Capacity
Rowboat	50 gp	13	50	1 / 4	20 ft. by oar	500 lb.	None
Longboat	2,000 gp	15	150	1 / 8	20 ft. by oar	500 lb.	One Harpoon, Ballista, or Carronade

Small craft do not use Integrity. At 0 HP they are destroyed or rendered unseaworthy. A longboat weapon retains its normal crew requirement.

Ship Weapons

Identical weapons fired at the same target are grouped into one battery and use one attack roll. Multiply Salvo by the number of weapons in that battery.

Each weapon uses the listed number of Weapon Mount points.

Weapon	Cost	Mounts	Crew	HP	Damage	Salvo	Reload	Range	Properties
Harpoon	500 gp	1	2	50	2d10	11	0	Short	May fire a cabled harpoon; a hit grants +2 on the next Grapple maneuver against that target.
Ballista	500 gp	1	2	50	3d10	17	0	Short, Long	Simple, reliable, and inexpensive.
Mangonel	1,000 gp	2	3	100	5d10	28	1	Long	Cannot attack at Short range.
Trebuchet	2,000 gp	3	3	100	8d10	44	2	Long, Extreme	Cannot attack at Short range; uses special shot.
Carronade	500 gp	1	1	60	2d6 + gunner ability modifier	10	1	Short	Mobile; attacks against exposed crew do not suffer the usual called-shot disadvantage.
Light cannon	1,500 gp	1	2	120	4d10	22	1	Short, Long	Efficient; with twice the listed crew, Reload is reduced by 1.
Medium cannon	2,500 gp	2	2	120	8d10	44	2	Short, Long	The standard naval cannon.
Heavy cannon	3,500 gp	3	3	150	14d10	77	2	Short	A close-range hull breaker.
Culverin	4,000 gp	3	2	120	10d10	55	3	Long, Extreme	Artillery: −2 to the attack roll unless the battery received an Aim order this round.
Flamethrower	Not normally for sale	3	4	120	3d8 in a 25-foot cone	—	4	Short	Targets decks and creatures; a ship hit suffers a Fire critical instead of normal Integrity damage.

Weapon Installation

• A new weapon includes 10 ordinary shots.
• Installation normally takes 1 day per Mount point in a capable port.
• A battery requires its full listed crew for each installed weapon.
• Reload boxes are marked after the battery fires. One Reload order clears one box.
• An Efficient battery supplied with twice its minimum crew reduces Reload by 1, minimum 0.
• Damage dice are used against creatures, components, fortifications, and when the GM wants to roll. Salvo is used against ship Integrity.

Attack Modifiers

A player-operated battery normally uses:

d20 + gunner’s Dexterity or Intelligence modifier + proficiency bonus

Proficiency applies with firearms, appropriate siege weapons, or vehicles (water), as the GM finds appropriate.

An NPC-operated battery uses:

d20 + Crew Quality

Ammunition

Ordinary Ammunition

Ammunition	Price
10 bolts, harpoons, or stone shot	10 gp
10 standard cannon charges	10 gp
10 special trebuchet shots	20 gp

Special Cannon Ammunition

Special shot is consumed per physical cannon fired.

Shot	Price Each	Compatible Weapons	Effect
Chain shot	15 gp	Carronade, light, medium, heavy cannon	Targets Rigging without called-shot disadvantage. On a hit, inflicts Rigging Damaged. If the battery’s total Salvo is 50 or more, it also inflicts 1 Integrity under the normal heavy component-hit rule.
Grape shot	15 gp	Carronade, light, medium, heavy cannon	Cannot damage Hull Integrity. Against exposed crew, causes 1d4 − 1 crew casualties, minimum 0. In standard combat, 15-foot cone, Dexterity save DC 12, 2d8 bludgeoning, half on success.
Smoke canister	20 gp	Light or medium cannon	The target’s gunners suffer −1 on battery attacks until the end of the next round. Multiple hits stack to −3.
Stinking canister	35 gp	Light or medium cannon	As smoke, and the target loses 1 Order on its next round unless its captain succeeds on a DC 13 CQ or Charisma check.
Explosive shot	35 gp	Light or medium cannon	Adds 1d10 damage and +6 Salvo per cannon. On a critical hit, choose Fire instead of rolling the critical table.
Boring shot	40 gp	Medium or heavy cannon	Adds 1d10 damage and +6 Salvo per cannon; ignores 5 points of Damage Threshold and causes no crew casualties.
Cannon harpoon	50 gp	Light or medium cannon	Deals only 1d10 damage and no Integrity. A hit grants +3 on the next Grapple maneuver against that target.
Signal flare	1 gp	Carronade or light cannon	Visible signal; no meaningful ship damage.

Mundane Facilities and Equipment

Upgrade	Cost	Effect
Lifeboat	500 gp	Holds 10 creatures and one week of emergency provisions.
Bigger Brig	2,500 gp	Secure cells for 10 Medium prisoners; escape DC 18 with thieves’ tools or DC 22 without.
Ship’s Guard Barracks	5,000 gp	Adds 20 berths restricted to guards or marines without reducing Cargo Capacity.
Hidden Towline	80 gp	Concealed 100 lb. underwater container; Investigation DC 18 to find.
Large Hidden Towline	180 gp	Concealed 1,500 lb. underwater container; Investigation DC 22 to find; Speed −5 ft. while loaded.
Secret compartment, chest	2,500 gp	Medium chest; Investigation DC 22.
Secret compartment, person	4,500 gp	One Medium creature; Investigation DC 20.
Secret compartment, concealed person	6,500 gp	One Medium creature; Investigation DC 24.
Secret compartment, cargo	8,500 gp	Four large barrels or four creatures; Investigation DC 20.
Secret compartment, concealed cargo	10,500 gp	Four large barrels or four creatures; Investigation DC 24.
Rain Catchers	100 gp	Restores one Drink store per hour of rain; Speed −20 ft. while deployed.
Outfitted Sickbay	2,500 gp	Advantage on Medicine checks aboard; maintenance +25 gp/month.
Improved Galley	2,500 gp	Ship Charisma +1; maintenance +25 gp/month per 10 crew.
Nautical Cartography Suite	2,500 gp	Advantage on checks to navigate, predict local weather or currents, avoid becoming lost, or track a known ship.
Auto-Cartographica	1,500 gp	After 24-hour attunement to a harbor, always shows direction and distance to it; advantage against becoming lost.
Passenger Quarters	5,000 gp per 10 berths	Converts 10 ordinary berths to passenger-focused accommodation and permits the higher fare table.

Combat Upgrades

Hull and Survival

Reinforcement costs are calculated from the ship’s current unarmed hull price.

Upgrade	Cost	Requirement	Effect
Oak Reinforcement	5% of unarmed hull price	None	Gain 1 Reinforcement pip.
Ironwood Reinforcement	10% of unarmed hull price	Oak Reinforcement	Gain a second Reinforcement pip. Two pips increase maximum Integrity by 1.
Bilge Pumps	2,500 gp	None	Spend 1 Order to gain advantage on Flooding saves until the next Orders Phase.
Deck Nets	800 gp	Masts or overhead rigging	Spend 1 Order to raise or lower. While raised, attacks against crew have disadvantage and crew have advantage on Strength and Dexterity saves, but maximum Orders decrease by 1.
Kraken Spikes	1,500 gp	None	A creature grappling the ship takes 2d10 damage each round. An enemy ship that successfully Grapples takes 11 Salvo; the spikes are then destroyed.
Naval Ram	7,500 gp	Bow mount	Ram Salvo +30. Self-inflicted ram damage is applied to the ram first; the ram becomes Disabled after absorbing one ram impact.
Elemental Figurehead	3,500 gp	None	Choose fire, cold/water, lightning, acid, thunder, necrotic, or poison. Ship and crew have advantage on related saves; reduce related ship damage by 5 before comparing with DT.
Glass Observation Hull	500 gp per foot	Specialized shipyard	Removes penalties for observing and attacking across the water’s surface.
Spiked Chains	500 gp	None	Spend 1 Order to deploy. Creatures and submerged craft at Short range beneath the ship take 2d8; Speed −5 ft.
Rasping Chains	1,500 gp	Spiked Chains	Replaces Spiked Chains; damage becomes 4d8, or 8d10 against Gargantuan targets.

Weapon Improvements

These improvements apply to one complete battery, not selected guns within it.

Upgrade	Cost	Requirement	Effect
Improved Ordnance	25% of battery purchase price, minimum 250 gp	None	Each weapon in the battery gains +1d10 damage against creatures, components, and fortifications. It does not increase Salvo.
Reinforced Charges	5,000 gp per battery	Rare shipyard	Each weapon in the battery gains +6 Salvo.
Iron Casing	14,000 gp per battery	Character level 11+ or rare shipyard	The battery may suffer two Weapon Damaged criticals before becoming Disabled.
Unerring Accuracy	14,500 gp per battery	Character level 11+ or rare shipyard	Each weapon gains +2d10 damage and +12 Salvo.
Greater Unerring Accuracy	24,000 gp per battery	Unerring Accuracy; character level 16+	Replaces the prior bonus with +4d10 damage and +24 Salvo per weapon.
Precision Mounting	20,000 gp per battery	Character level 16+ or legendary shipwright	The battery has advantage on attack rolls.

Crew and Training Upgrades

All training upgrades apply to the ship’s entire paid crew. Costs stack.

Upgrade	Cost	Monthly Increase	Effect
Crewed by Scurvy Dogs	50 gp per 10 crew	+5 gp per sailor	CQ +1
Crewed by Scallywags	50 gp per 10 crew	+5 gp per sailor	Requires Scurvy Dogs; CQ +1
Crewed by Old Hands	50 gp per 10 crew	+5 gp per sailor	Requires Scallywags; CQ +1
Crewed by Master Hands	50 gp per 10 crew	+5 gp per sailor	Requires Old Hands; CQ +1

CQ from all sources normally cannot exceed 7.

Automation

Upgrade	Cost	Requirement	Effect
Gint’s Automatic Sail and Oar Machine	5,000 gp	None	Sailing Crew requirement −10.
Improved Gint Machine	5,000 gp	Gint’s Machine	Sailing Crew requirement −10 again.
Extended Gint Machine	15,000 gp	Improved Gint Machine	Sailing Crew requirement −10 again.
Masterwork Gint Machine	25,000 gp	Extended Gint Machine	Sailing Crew requirement −20 again.

Automation cannot reduce Sailing Crew below half the original value. Each machine is a component and can be targeted or sabotaged.

Advanced and Magical Upgrades

Upgrade	Cost	Requirement	Effect
Living Wood	300 gp per foot	Ironwood Reinforcement; character level 11+ or rare source	Once per combat, restore 1 lost Integrity at the end of Consequences. Outside combat, restore 10d10 Hull HP per hour. Fire damage suppresses regeneration for 1 hour.
Watershell	15,000 gp	Character level 11+	Grants 3 Armor Integrity. Lost Armor Integrity fully recovers after 8 hours touching water.
Arcanshield	45,000 gp	Character level 16+	Grants 5 Armor Integrity and resistance to environmental damage while active. Recovers after 8 hours.
Etherium Hull	1,500 gp per foot	Character level 16+; extraplanar material	Reduce nonmagical Integrity damage by 1, minimum 1.
Aquatic Harpoon Mount	550 gp per weapon	Character level 11+	Adds a specialized 3d10 harpoon mount that ignores surface-to-underwater penalties; Speed −5 ft. per mount.
Launch Hangar	12,000 gp	Sufficient internal volume	Holds and launches one squadron of up to 10 mounts or one suitable auxiliary craft.
Ether Maul	25,000 gp	Ship at least 90 ft.; character level 16+	3 Mounts, 2 crew, 20d10 magical damage, Salvo 110, Short range, Reload 3. Recharging 10 attacks costs 1,500 gp.
Figurehead of the Deep	13,500 gp	Character level 16+	The ship can submerge; creatures within 20 ft. can breathe water.
Unleash the Beast	450,000 gp	Legendary ritual	The ship becomes a loyal living vessel, gains Intelligence 4 and Wisdom 12, a 20d10 bite at Short range, and regenerates 1 Integrity after a successful bite, once per round.

Armor Integrity is lost before normal Integrity. It is not included in Hull HP or ordinary repair bills.

Example Armament Packages

These packages are optional examples, not additional rules.

Package	Weapons	Mounts	Added Crew	Added Cost
Courier defense	2 Ballistae	2	4	1,000 gp
Sloop privateer	2 Light cannons	2	4	3,000 gp
Brigantine hunter	2 Light cannons + 1 Medium cannon	4	6	5,500 gp
Galley boarder	2 Carronades + 1 Medium cannon	4	4	3,500 gp
Corvette patrol	2 Light cannons + 2 Medium cannons	6	8	8,000 gp
Armed galleon	4 Light cannons + 2 Medium cannons	8	12	11,000 gp
Ship-of-the-line battery	4 Light cannons + 4 Medium cannons	12	16	16,000 gp