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'''Carousing''' | '''Carousing''' | ||
| − | A night spent carousing “resets” the crew’s clock. Start the 30-day countdown again. Fatigue lost to Cabin Fever can only be relieved by rest and relaxation. This means carousing in a port with plenty of booze and women for most. Historically, sailors have often spent the equivalent of a year’s pay in a single night. Each week spent in port where the crew can relax (which usually means boozing and wenching) removes one level of Fatigue due to Cabin Fever. Each night of carousing costs 1d6 x 5 | + | A night spent carousing “resets” the crew’s clock. Start the 30-day countdown again. Fatigue lost to Cabin Fever can only be relieved by rest and relaxation. This means carousing in a port with plenty of booze and women for most. Historically, sailors have often spent the equivalent of a year’s pay in a single night. Each week spent in port where the crew can relax (which usually means boozing and wenching) removes one level of Fatigue due to Cabin Fever. Each night of carousing costs 1d6 x $5 for player characters. Extras spend their own pay or shares and their expenses should not be tracked. |
| − | '''Rushing:''' Characters may unwind quicker than usual by spending more money on good food, drink, and company. Spending 2d6 x 5 | + | '''Rushing:''' Characters may unwind quicker than usual by spending more money on good food, drink, and company. Spending 2d6 x $5 reduces the time to remove Fatigue to four days; 3d6 x $5 reduces the interval to |
| + | three days, and so on, to a minimum of one day and 5d6 x $5. Player characters can also encourage their crews along. Each additional $5 for each man reduces the time to remove Fatigue by one day, to a minimum of one day and $20 per head. | ||
'''Getting Drunk:''' Carousing characters must make a Smarts roll each night to avoid getting drunk. A failure means they barely manage to make it back to their hammock that night, and suffer a grueling hangover the next morning (they remain Fatigued until sometime after noon). Success means the party-goer is drunk, but can mostly handle himself. Agility, Smarts, and all related skill rolls suffer a –1 penalty, but Toughness is increased by 1 | '''Getting Drunk:''' Carousing characters must make a Smarts roll each night to avoid getting drunk. A failure means they barely manage to make it back to their hammock that night, and suffer a grueling hangover the next morning (they remain Fatigued until sometime after noon). Success means the party-goer is drunk, but can mostly handle himself. Agility, Smarts, and all related skill rolls suffer a –1 penalty, but Toughness is increased by 1 | ||
'''Contacts:''' Carousing has one additional effect. Every full week spent in a port drinking with the locals adds +1 to the character’s Streetwise rolls, to a maximum of +2. This can be very helpful (if experience) when tracking down leads or trying to buy or sell cargo. | '''Contacts:''' Carousing has one additional effect. Every full week spent in a port drinking with the locals adds +1 to the character’s Streetwise rolls, to a maximum of +2. This can be very helpful (if experience) when tracking down leads or trying to buy or sell cargo. | ||
