In my last games session the party boarded a random trading ship and wanted to know it’s name. Since I had nothing in my notes, I came up with the coolest name I could think of; The Umbral Fury. Then one of my players asked if it was a war ship. “Er…, well…, it was recommissioned after taking damage in a major battle.”
Afterwards I built this handy random table. Roll once for each column then combine the two results to get your seaworthy name:
Random Table – Trading Ship Names |
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d10 |
d10 |
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1. Dawn | 1. Flower | |
2. Dew | 2. Runner | |
3. Swift | 3. Wind | |
4. Northern | 4. Queen | |
5. Southern | 5. Princess | |
6. Eastern | 6. Lady | |
7. Western | 7. Maiden | |
8. Eve | 8. Deliverance | |
9. Autumn | 9. Breeze | |
10. Spring | 10. Trader |
May your Western Queen or Dew Trader find fair seas and full sails.
For more nautical nonsense check out Tok, the Port of Storms, in the Avernos Wiki.