Wormwood (Skull & Shackles)

The Wormwood is a pirate ship commanded by captain Barnabus Harrigan.

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The Ship

The Wormwood is a three-masted sailing ship, 100 feet long from stem to stern, and 30 feet wide amidships. The ship needs a minimum crew of 20.

The Officers

Sorted by section, not by rank.

1. Barnabas Harrigan: captain of the Wormwood
2. “Caulky” Tarroon: The captain’s cabin girl.
3. Mr. Plugg: The Wormwood’s bullying and sadistic first mate. He is Captain Harrigan’s second-in-command, and his word is law on deck.
4. Master Scourge: The Wormwood’s boatswain and master-at-arms, and Mr. Plugg’s right-hand man.
5. Ambrose “Fishguts” Kroop: Ships cook, a drunkard.
6. Patch Patchsalt: Boatswain’s mate and sycophant of Plugg and Scourge.
7. Owlbear Hartshorn: Simpleton and “pet” of Mr. Plugg.
8. Cut-Throat Grok: The Wormwood’s quartermaster, a no-nonsense character with a huge scar across her neck.
9. Peppery Longfarthing: Sailing master and old friend of the captain.
10. Riaris Krine: Master gunner.
11. Kipper: Gunner’s mate and bootlicker for Plugg and Scourge.
12. Habbly Quarne, the “Stitchman”: Ship’s surgeon and carpenter.

The Crew

1. “Badger” Medlar (swab): an older half-elven woman who shaves her gray hair into stripes.
2. Aretta Bansion (swab): a bad tempered exharlot with big ears.
3. Conchobhar Turlach Shortstone (swab): Gnome pirate wannabee.
4. Crimson “Cog” Cogward (swab): Angry human.
5. Fipps Chumlett (swab): a fat, pushy bully with a shaved head.
6. Giffer Tibbs (swab): a bedraggled gnome with one eye.
7. Jack Scrimshaw (swab): a young lad talented at scrimshaw.
8. Jaundiced Jape (swab): a humorless, greedy half-orc mute.
9. Rosie Cusswell (swab): Halfling strongwoman.
10. Sandara Quinn (swab): Cleric of Besmara the Pirate Queen.
11. Shivikah (swab): a very tall Mwangi ex-slaver.
12. Tilly Brackett (swab): a tough joker who likes her rum.
13. “Ratline” Rattsberger (rigger): A rat-faced halfling with long arms and three missing fingers.
14. Barefoot Samms Toppin (rigger): a former fisherwoman from the Sodden Lands who never wears shoes.
15. Maheem (rigger): a big Zindian with a permanent scowl.
16. Slippery Syl Lonegan (rigger): an unhinged murderer who fled to sea to escape the gallows.
17. Tam “Narwhal” Tate (rigger): an old friend of Master Scourge with a large, ugly nose.