Crews

Most ships require a crew. A ship without a full crew complement, but with at least half its crew, takes a –10 penalty on all sailing checks. A ship needs at least half its crew complement in order to be piloted at all. If more than half of a ship’s crew is killed, dazed, stunned, or rendered unconscious, the ship can only take the “uncontrolled” action (see Uncontrolled). Crew members can take no action while the ship is in motion except to aid in that ship’s movement. Any crew required to operate siege engines (see Siege Engines) are in addition to those crew needed to operate the ship.