A Dark Sail on the Horizon

High Seas, the piracy supplement to Flashing Blades, includes a random encounter table most applicable to the waters of the West Indies and Europe; however, it's poorly suited to the maritime activity of the Mediterranean. Accordingly, I made my own.

Encounters at Sea - Mediterranean

Roll (d6, d6)	Encountered Ship(s)
11	A lightly armed French merchant tartane (Corsair)
12	A lightly armed patrol ship (Small Galley) belonging to the nearest sea power
13	A heavily armed Spanish Galleon
14	A heavily armed Pirate/Privateer Corsair
15	A lightly armed Barbary Small Warship
16	A heavily armed English defenceable ship (merchant Small Warship)
21	A Dutch convoy of two lightly armed Merchantmen and two heavily armed Small Warships
22	Two heavily armed Spanish Galleons
23	Two lightly armed Sallee Rover Corsairs
24	A heavily armed Knights of Saint John greatship (Large Warship)
25	A heavily armed Spanish Merchantman
26	A heavily armed Large Warship belonging to the nearest sea power searching for Pirates/Privateers
31	A lightly armed English pinnace (Corsair)
32	A heavily armed Ragusan argosy (Galleon)
33	A small Spanish fleet (1D6 Large Galleys plus a lightly armed Merchantmen)
34	A heavily armed Venetian Merchantman
35	A heavily armed Barbary Pirate (Small Warship)
36	Two lightly armed pinnaces (Corsairs) belonging to the nearest sea power
41	A heavily armed Ottoman Merchantman
42	A small French fleet (1D6+1 lightly armed Small Galleys)
43	Two lightly armed Genoese Merchantmen
44	A heavily armed Barbary Pirate Corsair (1-3)/Small Galley(4-6)
45	A lightly armed French Merchantman
46	A lightly armed Dutch Merchantman
51	A small Barbary fleet (1D6+1 Small Warships)
52	A heavily armed Venetian Large Galley
53	Two heavily armed patrol ships (Small Galleys) belonging to the nearest sea power
54	A lightly armed Greek tartana (Corsair)
55	A heavily armed Spanish or Ottoman Large Galley
56	An English convoy of two heavily armed defenceable ships (merchant Small Warships) escorted by two heavily armed Large Warships
61	A Barbary Fleet (2D6 heavily armed Small Warships)
62	An English Fleet (1D6 merchant Small Warships and 1D6 Large Warships)
63	Sallee Rovers Pirate Fleet (2D6 heavily armed Corsairs)
64	Spanish or Ottoman Galley Fleet (2D6 heavily armed Large Galleys)
65	A heavily armed Dutch Galleon
66	Spanish or Ottoman Treasure Fleet (1D6 heavily armed Galleons escorted by 1D6 heavily armed Large Warships)

Notes -

• "Knights" refers to the galleys and roundships of the Knights of Saint John (Malta) (1-4) or Knights of San Stefano (Tuscany) (5-6)
• English and Ragusan ships always have reinforced hulls (+ 5 Hull Hit Points)
• Dutch ships always have reinforced masts and superior quality sail canvas and ropes (+5 Rigging Hit Points) and are close-hauled and fitted with superior rudders (+ 1 Handling)
• Spanish ships always carry the maximum number of marines possible
• "Spanish" include Neapolitan ships
• "Pirate/Privateer" encounters consist of European pirates (1-3), perhaps wold-be renegadoes on their way to join the Barbary corsairs, or privateers (4-6) employed by one of the Mediterranean sea powers (1-4) or the Knights of Saint John (5-6)
• Ottoman Warships and Galleons carry the maximum number of cannons royal allowed
• "Barbary" referes to the corsair fleets of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli
• "Sallee Rovers" referes to the pirate fleet of the Republic of Salé along the cost of modern Morocco
• Greek ships may be Ottoman (1-3) or Venetian (4-6)
• "Spanish or Ottoman" is a special case - if the encounter takes place west of Sicily, the encountered ships are Spanish, and if the encounter takes place east of Sicily, the encountered ships are Ottoman
• "Treasure Fleet" refers to either Spanish ships carrying specie to Genoa or Naples or Ottoman ships carrying tribute from Alexandria to Constantinople