Pirate Oracle - Letters of Marque and Reprisal

… for “In a Wicked Age”

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13,[card] of [suit]: [no_art]. 39,[card] of [suit]:.
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1,Ace 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 1,9 1,10 1,Jack 1,Queen 1,King
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1,Clubs 1,Diamonds 1,Hearts 1,Spades
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1,Betrayal and treachery! 1,Captured Spanish charts, carefully copied, and used by the Royal Navy 1,Dolphins, seen frolicking in the bow-wake of a ship, perhaps leading it toward its goal 1,Flotsam and jetsam, washed ashore after a sea-battle 1,Fo’c’sle gossip blaming the ship’s misfortunes on a crewman who killed an albatross 1,Forged documents, implying that their bearer speaks for the Crown 1,Hidden reefs, which at low tide endanger any ship that passes over them 1,Letters of Marque against the enemies of a European Crown 1,Mutineers, conspiring to seize control of their ship 1,The ship’s fearsome figurehead, carved in the form of a maiden bearing a human skull in her hands 1,The foppish commander of a Naval unit, more interested in furthering his own ambitions than in pursuing his orders 1,The Navigator’s rutter from a Dutch explorer’s vessel, showing sea-routes unknown to other nations 1,The severed head of a pirate, its beard and hair black and tarred
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1,amber signet ring, which had been a Duke’s … until ripped from his finger 1,bawd, procuring young girls for a dissolute nobleman 1,brace of pistols, of fine craftsmanship, carried by one who knows nothing of how to use them 1,cat-o’-nine-tails, caked with the blood of the last man flogged with it 1,compass said to point only to one’s heart’s desire – or perhaps it is just broken 1,Corsair, recently escaped from his enemies, rowing away in a small boat 1,course laid through shark-infested waters 1,cursed coin, said to bring its owner bad luck 1,diamond necklace, ripped from the throat of a great lady 1,English buccaneer, a former Naval officer, skilled at ship-handling 1,English merchantman, sailing homeward loaded with cotton, tobacco, and rum 1,fast ship, sloop-rigged and lightly armed, running before the wind, trying hard to escape pursuit 1,fortified town, held for ransom by its captors 1,French pirate, so feared that his victims often prefer to take their own lives rather than face capture at his hands 1,galleon loaded with Aztec gold, commanded by a sneering Spaniard 1,legendary sea monster, said to entrap ships within its coils and crush their timbers 1,madwoman, said to be a witch who can control the weather 1,man willing to sail to the edge of the world to get revenge upon those who have wronged him 1,peg-legged old pirate, who has seen many things in his time and, for a price, will tell of them 1,pirate captain, married fourteen times, who strangled each of his wives before throwing them overboard 1,pirate-hunter turned pirate, betraying his oath to the Crown 1,plague-ship, spurned by all and unable to make port 1,pox-scarred sailor, rough and unshaven, becoming drunk and violent over a perceived slight 1,Quartermaster, lately accused of cheating when dividing up captured booty 1,Royal Navy ship-of-the-line, commanded to hunt down pirates 1,sailor, adrift, clutching a floating cask half-filled with rum 1,sea chest, containing a preserved human heart 1,ship said to be cursed, her crew doomed never to set foot on land again 1,ship stricken with scurvy, her sickened, weak sailors unable to defend themselves 1,silver snuff-box with a secret compartment in its base 1,sinking ship, its rats fleeing down the anchor chains 1,gold- and gem-laden Spanish treasure-ship, forced aground by a storm onto a deserted isle 1,spyglass, lovingly cared-for, in a leather case 1,tattoo artist who claims his work gives mystical aid to the wearer 1,troop of musket-armed Marines, standing at attention for their Lieutenant’s inspection 1,unknown ship, flying a false flag 1,wrecked ship, sunk in shallow water, said to be full of treasure and the ghosts of those who went down with her 1,young Naval Midshipman, assigned to deliver a message to the Governor 1,young widow, seeking knowledge of the fate of her husband, lost at sea
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