CONGRATULATIONS!
Your humble party gains a ship-of-the-line, free of charge, no catches. Unfortunately, it also comes with no advice.
What do they do with it?
>>49050508
Is the ship where they are right now or does is it in the nearest port?
Because there isn't an ocean, sea or even a large lake for a very significant distance.
So they'd probably turn it into a gimmicky inn and get some side income from it.
>>49050508
>Nearest body of water is a stinky lizardfolk-infested marsh
Sure. We'll just broadside the lizardfolk village. Sounds like a fun time.
>>49050508
Crash it into the castle within the hour.
>>49050508
Things to do with a ship:
>trade stuff
>be pirates
>ferry passengers
>turn it into a tavern with a theme
>enchant it to fly
>make an expedition into unknown waters/lands
>make it a spelljammer
>live in it
>sell it for profit
>animate object, make a ship mecha
>hunt whales
>hunt kraken
>make it a casino
>make it a travelling circus
>hunt slaves
>convert to submersible
>ram it into monument of choice, fuck you colossus
>build a land ship
>make a bonfire
>blockade the harbor entrance
>use it as a bridge somewhere
>animate the galleon figure, gain waifu
>paint art onto it
>build an effigy out of it, then burn
>ask your god what he wants you to do with it
>gift it somebody
>race somebody
>go to holmgard and beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFBIr3Vx16w
>anger Poseidon, proceed to odyssey
>use it as a test target for spells and weapons
>let the bard have sex with it, raise flotilla
>sink it, do insurance fraud
>be a Viking raider
>crew it with skeletons
>building 1 of floating Freeport city
>use it as a prison ship
>ram the ship of that guy you don't like
>clam farm
>tow iceberg
>storm iceberg fortress
>use it to aquire bigger ship, repeat
>just use it to say you are a captain, get bitches, never actually sail
>transmute into gold, watch it sink
>search for the one piece
>sail to skull island, bring back giant gorilla
>duplicate with illusion spells times thousand, stage invasion
>make it fabulous
>party hard till you trash it
>get your ship a girlfriend, or boyfriend
>make it a retirement home for klabautermänner
>smuggle
>enchant it to appear burning, act nonchalant or oblivious to the fact your ship is burning
>sail the desert
>sail it to rival nation for reverse engineering
>sink it exactly over mermaid castle
>lift it in soon to be world famous strongman act
>weld onto other ship, double ship!
>load food, break through a blockaded port, become folk heroes
>sail to the end of the rainbow
>sail into the eye of the storm
>>49052181
>instigate mutiny against yourself
>make it your phylactery
>sneak it into the lords bedroom
>pimp my boat
>hurt it, like it hurt you
>sail into the elemental plane of water
>sail the elemental plane of salt
>use it for social experiments
>eat it
>convert into golems
>convert into warforged
>build portal, then build sister portal on ship, exploit for profit
>fill with earth, be a farmer
>shrink to bottle ship size
>hunt moby dick
>sail A RIVER OF BLOOD
>dismantle it and put the parts together anew, is it still the same ship?
WHAT KIND OF SHIP OF THE LINE IS IT
IS IT A FIFTH RATE
>>49050508
>ship-of-the-line
Full on man'o'war?
We become the most feared pirate on the seas, with one of those floating fortresses under our authority.
>>49050508
My players aren't very creative, I gave them a ship and they didn't do anything with it until I railroaded them into some nautical adventures.
>>49050508
Probably sell the cannons and convert it into a heavy frigate, using the money to buy crew and other such things to actually get use out of it.
>>49052698
Just razee it and you'll have one of the best frigates around
But converting it into a frigate'll probably cost more than you'll gain from selling the small upper cannons
>>49050508
Sell it. The upkeep alone makes keeping it an unprofitable endeavor.
Then buy a nice brig and become pirates or traders.