There should be an NPC that requires players to use sailor jargon, "deck, head, bulkhead, overhead, swab," and so on before they can make any real progress.
He should really get in the way, like to stop important things from happening, and enforce the vernacular with an insane degree of certititude.
He should also enforce old myths about the Sea, and tell tales that make no sense because of their unbridled stupidity (but turn out, half the time, to actually be true).
Then, the players can get a glimpse of what
real
sailing is like.
07-Aug-2015 22:51:30