Disrepute, Infamy, Plunder

Selling 1 point of plunder = 1 full day at port & applicable skill check. To haggle, use bluff/diplomacy/intimidate/applicable profession like merchant (The DC of this skill check is 10 + an amount determined by how much the PCs are trying to increase the sale percentage. For example, if a PC is unwilling to accept a mere 20% of the value of his group’s plunder when attempting to sell it in a hamlet, he can attempt to increase this percentage by 5% by making a DC 15 skill check. 

If he wants to attempt to increase the percentage to 30% (the maximum amount the hamlet can possibly pay), he must make a DC 20 skill check. Failure results in no increase, and this skill check can only be made once per day. In larger communities, the DC to increase these percentages rises, but the percentage also increases, as does the maximum percentage buyers can be talked up to). Failure reduces price. Can be rejected/not sold, but still wastes day's use of plunder selling. PC doing the exchange must be the one to make the skill check. larger port + higher skill check = more profitable return value for plunder.

A captured ship can be sold in Bloodcove or a similar port for half of its cost in plunder, rounded down (usually 5 points of plunder for a longship or sailing ship). A ship that has been damaged below half of its hit points can only be sold for one-quarter its cost in plunder, rounded down. Alternatively, the PCs can hold on to the ship by having it squibbed or sailing it to some hidden location to anchor.

Population Settlement Size Base Value

• Fewer than 21 Thorp 50 gp
• 21–60 Hamlet 200 gp
• 61–200 Village 500 gp
• 201–2,000 Small town 1,000 gp
• 2,001–5,000 Large town 2,000 gp
• 5,001–10,000 Small city 4,000 gp
• 10,001–25,000 Large city 8,000 gp
• More than 25,000 Metropolis 16,000 gp

Community Size /  Base Sale % (GP for Plunder) / DC to Increase Sale / Maximum Sale  (Max DC & GP for Plunder)

• Thorp 10% (100 gp) 10 + 5 per 5% / 20% (DC 20; 200 gp)
• Hamlet 20% (200 gp) 10 + 5 per 5% 30% (DC 20; 300 gp)
• Village 30% (300 gp) 10 + 5 per 5% 40% (DC 20; 400 gp)
• Small town 40% (400 gp) 10 + 5 per 5% 60% (DC 30; 600 gp)
• Large town 60% (600 gp) 10 + 5 per 5% 80% (DC 30; 800 gp)
• Small city 80% (800 gp) 10 + 10 per 5% 90% (DC 30; 900 gp)
• Large city 90% (900 gp) 10 + 10 per 10% 120% (DC 40; 1,200 gp)
• Metropolis 100% (1,000 gp) 10 + 10 per 10% 140% (DC 50; 1,400 gp)

Disgraceful (10+ Infamy) Characters may purchase disgraceful (10+ Infamy) impositions. The PCs may choose one favored port. They gain a +2 bonus on all Infamy checks made at that port.

Inquisitions:

• Yes, Sir!: For the next hour, the PCs’ crew completes any mundane tasks they’re assigned in half the expected time. This typically relates to Craft and Profession (sailor) checks made to prepare, maintain, or repair the ship, and cannot be applied to combat or more complex deeds like crafting magic items. (2 Disrepute)
• Captain’s Orders!: As a standard action, a PC on board her ship can cast fog cloud, heroism, make whole, quench, or whispering wind with a caster level equal to her character level. (5 Disrepute) 
• Walk the Plank!: The PCs may sacrifice one crew member or prisoner to grant themselves and their crew one of two bonuses: either a +2 bonus on all skill checks or a +2 bonus on attack rolls. These bonuses only apply while on board the PCs’ ship and last until either the next day or when the captain leaves the ship. If a sacrificed character is returned to life, the PCs and their crew members take a –2 penalty on both skill checks and attack rolls for 1 day. (5 Disrepute)
• Get Up, You Dogs!: Every PC and allied character on the deck of the PCs’ ship is affected as per the spell cure light wounds, as if cast by a cleric of the PCs’ average party level. This imposition can only be used once per week. (10 Disrepute)

Characters may purchase despicable (20+ Infamy) impositions. Once per week, the PCs can sacrifice a prisoner or crew member to immediately gain 1d3 points of Disrepute. This sacrifice is always fatal, and returning the victim to life results in the loss of 1d6 points of Disrepute.

Inquisitions:

• Lashings!: The speed of the PCs’ ship doubles for 1 day. (5 Disrepute)
• Shiver Me Timbers!: While on board their ship, the PCs and their entire crew can reroll initiative or roll initiative in what would otherwise be a surprise round. The benefit of this imposition can be used immediately, but only once per week. (5 Disrepute)
• Besmara’s Blessings!: As a standard action, a PC on board her ship can cast animate rope, control water, remove curse, remove disease, or water breathing with a caster level equal to her character level. (10 Disrepute)
• Dead Men Tell No Tales!: While on board their ship, the PCs can use this imposition to automatically confirm a threatened critical hit. (10 Disrepute)

Characters may purchase notorious impositions. Disgraceful impositions can be purchased for half price (rounded down). The PCs may choose a second favored port. They gain a +2 bonus on all Infamy checks made at this new favored port and a +4 bonus on Infamy checks made at their first favored port.

Inquisitions:

• You’ll Take It!: The PCs can spend up to 5 points of plunder in 1 day at 50% of its value (regardless of a community’s maximum sale %). This amount cannot be adjusted by skill checks. (5 Disrepute)
• Honor the Code!: The PCs and their crew gain a +4 bonus on all Charisma-based skill checks made against other pirates for the next 24 hours. 
• Master the Winds!: As a standard action, a PC on board her ship can cast call lightning storm, control winds, mirage arcana, or telekinesis with a caster level equal to her character level. (10 Disrepute) 
• Chum the Waters!: For every Infamy threshold they possess, the PCs summon 1d4 sharks into the waters surrounding their ship. These sharks are not under the PCs’ control and viciously attack any creature in the water. (15 Disrepute)

Characters may purchase loathsome impositions. Despicable impositions can be purchased for half price (rounded down). PCs gain a +5 bonus on skill checks made to sell plunder.

Inquisitions:

• Evade!: Teleport your ship 100 feet in any direction. This imposition can be used once per day. (5 Disrepute)
• You’ll Take It and Like It!: The PCs can spend up to 5 points of plunder in 1 day at 100% of its value (regardless of a community’s maximum sale %). This amount cannot be adjusted by skill checks. (10 Disrepute) 
• Master the Waves!: As a standard action, a PC on board her ship can cast control weather, discern location, hero’s feast, or waves of exhaustion with a caster level equal to her character level. (10 Disrepute) 
• The Widow’s Scar!: Choose one enemy to curse. You and your crew gain a +2 bonus on attack and damage rolls against that NPC for 1 week. The enemy is aware of the curse and who cursed her, and can end the effect with a remove curse spell. (20 Disrepute)

Characters may purchase vile impositions. Notorious impositions can be purchased for half price (rounded down). Disgraceful impositions are free. The PCs may choose a third favored port. They gain a +2 bonus on all Infamy checks made at the new favored port, a +4 bonus on Infamy checks made at their second favored port, and a +6 bonus on Infamy checks made at their first favored port.

Inquisitions:

• More Lashings!: The speed of the PCs’ ship quadruples for 1 day. (10 Disrepute) 
• The Hungry Sea!: A PC aboard her ship may cast elemental swarm, storm of vengeance, or whirlwind as an 17th-level caster. (15 Disrepute) 
• Dive! Dive! Dive!: The PCs’ ship submerges and can travel underwater at its normal speed for up to 1 hour. During this time, the vessel is encompassed by a bubble of breathable air and takes no ill effects from the water—even most sea creatures keep their distance. The ship leaves no visible wake upon the waters above, but might be visible in particularly clear water. (20 Disrepute) 
• Summon the Serpent!: One sea serpent comes to the aid of the PCs’ ship. This sea monster is under the control of the PCs and serves for 10 minutes before disappearing back into the deep. (25 Disrepute)