Pirate Stuff

["Kris Ames" <kris@cioe.com>]

Everyone,

Dan has tentatively approved the following.  Since he has looked it
over, I thought I would shoot it out for the rest of you to
critique.
> 
> couple of questions/proposals.  My Pirates are going to have a
> canons of a sort.  Little creatures that I call Ballocks are
roughly
> cylindrical in shape with a 5" diameter and are 7 " long (have
> little Webbed feet and a pointy head) they come in white, brown
and
> black and feed off of algae and lichens (on rocky shores).  They
> have a detonate of 3 and only have DP of 10.  Pirates collect 
> these creatures for use in canons (lots of hazards here,  If
> one gets hurt and explodes they will all probably chain react!. 
> This also explains the exploding ammunition crit).  I thought that
a
> reasonable range for the cannon/explosion is 50 feet per pound per
> point of damage rolled.  I.E. if I am lobbing a 10 LB cannon ball
> using one of these creatures as the propellant for the cannon I
will
> roll 3 d6 for the "damage" done by the creature explosion. 
Multiply
> this damage by 50 and then divide by 10.   Damage is 1D20 with a
+10
> bonus to wooden structures (i.e. boats).
> 
> 


Ballocks                                      Rate 4.29
Hgt:  5" (diameter) by 7" (long) 
Wgt:  7.5 lbs
Move 30/70/0

           C   M  G
Mod      1/0/0
DV        2/2/2
DMG     6
DP        10

Skills
Detonate 3
Hide 1
Water Breathing


Ballocks are similar to Marine Iguanas.  They feed of algae and
lichens on the rocks along the ocean edge.  They can not live in
captivity for longer than a week (captivity defined at any enclosure
or boundary which gives them less than 200 square yards of space and
does not have constant access to the ocean and the algae that they
need.  This algae only grows on rocks near or on the ocean shore). 
Ballocks come in three colors white, brown, and black.  They need
salt water to survive.  Upon death they detonate.  This detonation
is purely in the physical plane.