i know this sounds Odd, but i thought it would be kinda cool and immersive for All boats to have a Captains Log book on the captains table. this book would make brief recorded details about the current boats Crew.. what was found and Sold like a ships manifest, if encounters occur between ships or other pirates, those names and flavor texted events could be read here. Captains logs might Also have basic information, like Crew member names, which areas of the Seas and Islands the Boat has traveled to. these could be used as Bragging Rights, settle disputes by re looking at the series of events, add a touch of Role Play to the authenticity of Sea travels. the Books could never tell a Reader where the crew was Going, only where the crew had previously been, and who or what had they encountered, they could be made to look like actual logs of the time, writen in a prefabricated 18th century base script atop of aged water stained pages.
Captains Log
A captain's log would also be indispensable for marauding; check the book, see where they've been going (or are going), find pattern, plan accordingly... maybe give us an option to plot a course, which gets added to the book.
You could even make a mini game out of it by literally having to solve a maze puzzle before reading it, and the target ship or its course is marked as though they were flying the reaper for a short period of time, or at least until they've altered the plan.
I don't know, just thinking out loud...
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