87B
FORECASTLE AND BOW. The forecastle holds the fore-mast, which is
broken off about twelve feet up. The area in front of the forecastle
(the beak) is about at the level of the main deck and holds the
anchor, extra rope, and rigging. The bowsprit extends from here. In
front of and below the beak is the figurehead, which is actually an
animated wooden statue of a skeletal mermaid holding a bow and quiver
of arrows.
Animated
Statue (AC 5; MV 0” (moves with ship); HD 5; hp 22; #AT 1 arrow; D
2-8; SD All saving throws at +4, normal weapons inflict only half
damage, magical weapons do full damage but without the magical bonus,
weapons used to hit may snap; XP 280)
If
the ship is approached front (a fairly unlikely scenario) she will
defend it. Treat her as a caryatid column who is bolted to the ship
and fires arrows instead of using a sword. The statue has the range
of a long bow and has regenerating arrows, so she never runs out of
ammunition. Her arrows travel normally underwater even though
physics would indicate they should not. She obeys the ship's
captain (so if Captain Bonebeard is defeated she will treat the
person who defeated him as her new captain).
On
the right bow is painted the name of the ship: “The Buzzard's
Banquet”.
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