The role of a navigator involves charting, mapping, and understanding the weather and conditions that they may encounter on their crew's journey. The navigator is crucial to the ship effectively progressing to the next island or continent throughout the adventure. Without a decent navigator on board, the crew may end up lost for several days or weeks in dangerous waters.
Being a navigator means you must take responsibility for charting the crew's course, making rolls to stay on course, and avoiding getting lost or stuck in storms and bad weather.
- Skill Proficiencies: Have a proficiency in perception
Charting and Mapping:
A player that chooses the navigator role will actively aid in helping the crew along both in and out of character. With the DM's assistance, you have the ability to physically map out and chart the course of the ship and nearby islands. Sometimes, you will be required to make various Wisdom or Intelligence skill checks to properly map out territories in more treacherous waters. Otherwise, this process should be effortless for your character under ordinary circumstances.
Additionally, you can assist in directing the ship on the right path. If the helmsman or captain is attempting to stay on course in the proper direction, you may assist them in rolling skill checks if you have properly analyzed the weather and map of the surrounding region.
Pirate Prestige Ability: Storm Tracking:
In places like the grand line, fully understanding the weather and climate conditions is often incredibly difficult. However, that doesn't mean it's impossible for a talented navigator. In most situations, if you are about to run into dangerous weather or climates, the DM may warn the navigator in advance if they succeed on their skill checks. This may be done through subtle hints or simply describing what kind of weather is seen up ahead.
In some instances, the weather may appear so dangerous that it would cause a great deal of damage to the ship and crew if sailed through. If the navigator is unable to find a way around this, they may choose to expend 1 pirate prestige point to completely steer clear and avoid the storm or danger. It is possible that the storm may be exceptionally dangerous, so much so that 1 pirate prestige point won't be enough to satisfy the condition and completely avoiding it. In this case, the DM may demand that you spend additional points to navigate around such a situation in the more extreme regions of the world.
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