Ship's Gunner Captain

Your role on a ship is the officer or crew member responsible for operating, maintaining, and firing the vessel's weapons and managing ammunition. 

You are one responsible for all the cannons aboard the ship, as well as their maintenance and upkeep. You are also in charge of the powder magazine. Gunners had oversight over all the  gun crews.

Every shipboard cannon was operated by gun crews of 5 men, including their leader, the gun captain. In battle, the gun crews would reload and position the cannon, while you the gun-captain would adjust their aim appropriately and fire the cannon.

Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom

Feat: Sharp Shooter

You gain the following benefits.

Ability Score Increase. Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

Bypass Cover. Your ranged attacks with weapons ignore Half Cover and Three-Quarters Cover.

Firing in Melee. Being within 5 feet of an enemy doesn’t impose Disadvantage on your attack rolls with Ranged weapons.

Long Shots. Attacking at long range doesn’t impose Disadvantage on your attack rolls with Ranged weapons.

Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics and Perception-  Years aboard a ship have given you the ability to keep yourself upright even in the midst of stormy seas and cannon fire. Life as a Gunner has given you a strong sense of distance and the ability to perceive minor changes in the weather, water, and enemy ships and make adjustments for aim accordingly.

Tool Proficiencies: Navigator's Tools

Suggested Characteristics

d4	Personality Trait
1	Unyielding Athority- While commanding the guns what I say goes. Those that ignore my command will be punished.
2	Calculated Precision- I know these guns down to the cinder in the barrels, an obsession with safety, geometry, and protocol keeps us safe.
3	Cool-Headed Resilience- Unlike deck hands who focused on the wind and rigging, My moment of truth involves managing roaring, overheating cannons and deadly recoil while taking incoming enemy fire.
4	Technical Pragmatism: As a practical mechanic and bombadier, I value maintenance, rust prevention, and dry powder storage above all else.

d6	Ideal
1	Do not waste resources, Ammunition is limited on the sea, if you can't hit the target, don't fire.
2	Never let them see you break, During combat you keep a cool head no matter how scared because your crew looks to you to direct them.
3	A Battlefield Omnicient, you pride yourself on being aware of everything happening in a skirmish
4	An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, you rigorously clean, repair, and check inventory for the cannons.
5	Never question my decisions on deck, you do not tolerate backtalk from crew when manning the guns. Any backtalk is met with immediate action.
6	Teach from experience, your crew trusts you to man the cannons and deliver devastating shots at critical moments. You have earned this respect by passing on your knowledge to your gun crews.

d6	Flaw
1	Obsessive, When something goes wrong, it eats at you and you continue to check for defects long past standard maintenance
2	Insecure, You view every question as an offront to your athority and have difficulty taking advice from anyone you view below you.
3	Jittery, You do not handle pressure well and during combat you are often highly anxious and have difficulty hiding it.
4	Lazy, You delegate your responsibilities to other members of the gun crew and trust them to finish the tasks without checking their work.
5	Think First, Act Third, when time is not of the essence, being able to wait to act is a blessing, during combat, your hesitance may get crewmen killed.
6	Easy Going, Whether it's maintenance, respect, or responsibility, you are overly forgiving of flaws or problems, and are likely to push making repairs to their limits.