Expert navigators and sailors, mariners earn the respect of their fellow crewmembers by knowing all there is to know about travel on the seas. Mariners can read charts and instruments to guide a ship to the most far-flung ports, through the nastiest storms, and out of the maddening doldrums that leave ships becalmed.
Mariners have the experience, courage, and skill to tame the seas—or at least to survive when the waters turn against them.
Mariners most often come from the ranks of rogues and warriors, though some dabble in magic. Most mariners can find steady employment, since their reputations precede them whenever they come to port; a few have their own ships and thus chart their own courses to adventure.
Level 3 Mariner
Attributes. Increase two by 1
Characteristics. Health +3, Perception +1
Languages and Professions You speak an additional language or add sailor, pirate, navigator, or marine to your list of professions.
Expert Navigator You make challenge rolls to navigate and avoid becoming lost with 2 boons.
Sea Dog If you are not wearing heavy armor and not wielding a shield, you gain a +1 bonus to Defense, and you ignore the effects of difficult terrain when you climb or swim.
Sea Legs You make challenge rolls to maintain your balance, to climb, to swim, and to pilot seafaring vehicles with 1 boon.
Level 6 Mariner
Characteristics. Health +3
Iron Constitution You take half damage from disease and poison.
Omens Everywhere When you would make a challenge roll, you can use a triggered action to first make a Perception challenge roll. You make the triggering challenge roll with 2 boons on a success, or with 2 banes on a failure.
Level 9 Master Mariner
Characteristics. Health +3
Close Quarters Fighting When you are within the reach of at least two creatures or you are squeezed into a tight space, you make attack rolls using melee weapons with 1 boon.
Favored Vessel If you spend 1 hour exploring a vehicle, you can designate the vehicle your favored vessel. While on board such a vehicle, you make all attack rolls and challenge rolls with 1 boon.