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* DivineParentage: It is rumoured by her peers that Aranessa Saltspite, the Captain of the ''Swordfysh'', is the daughter of the sea god Manann and while there is no concrete proof, the mermaid-like mutations that she was born with and her being raised by sea-nymphs does lead credence to these rumours. In-game, this parentage is represented by the Blessed by Manann special rule that grants her multiple re-rolls.

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* DivineParentage: It is rumoured by her peers that Aranessa Saltspite, the Captain of the ''Swordfysh'', is the daughter of the sea god Manann and while Manann. While there is no concrete proof, the mermaid-like mutations that she was born with and her being raised by sea-nymphs does do lead credence to these rumours. In-game, this parentage is represented by the Blessed by Manann special rule that grants her multiple re-rolls.



* ElvesVsDwarves: One of Red's lines shows that he doesn't have a high opinion of them "pointy-eared pretty boys". Though it's possibly one-sided as Yrellian makes no statement against any dwarf.

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* ElvesVsDwarves: One of Red's lines shows that he doesn't have a high opinion of them "pointy-eared pretty boys". Though boys", although it's possibly one-sided as Yrellian makes no statement against any dwarf.
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* DropTheHammer: The figurehead of the ''Heldenhammer'' is designed in the image of the Empire's founding god Sigmar and incorporates a massive, steam-powered hammer that can be used to deliver punishing blows that can deal a reasonable amount of damage to any ship in base contact with the ''Heldenhammer's'' front arc.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Pirate Battles on the Warhammer High Seas]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Pirate Battles on the Warhammer ''Warhammer'' High Seas]]



* DerelictGraveyard: The game's setting, Galleon's Graveyard is a PocketDimension littered with the everything that has been lost at sea. Everything from the wrecks of destroyed ships to the corpses of sea monsters and sailors are drawn into the cursed dimension by the magical currents that feed it.

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* DerelictGraveyard: The game's setting, the Galleon's Graveyard Graveyard, is a PocketDimension littered with the everything that has ever been lost at sea. Everything from the wrecks of destroyed ships to the corpses of sea monsters and sailors are drawn into the cursed dimension by the magical currents that feed it.



** Skretch is a zombie rat-man, as well as his entire crew.
*** The Skabrus itself is an undead sea monster with gaping wounds and trailing intestines.
** Vanghiest, his crew, and the Shadewraith itself are literal ghosts that still cling to the mortal world.

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** Skretch is a zombie rat-man, as well as is his entire crew.
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crew. The Skabrus itself is an undead sea monster with gaping wounds and trailing intestines.
** Vanghiest, Vangheist, his crew, and the Shadewraith itself are literal ghosts that still cling to the mortal world.



* KrakenAndLeviathan: Dreadfleet contains several massive sea monsters.

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* KrakenAndLeviathan: Dreadfleet ''Dreadfleet'' contains several massive sea monsters.



** Leviathan Island was formed on the bones of an immense sea turtle, and in "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", it is home to an indestructible one.

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** Leviathan Island was formed on the bones of an immense sea turtle, and in "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", Place" it is home to an indestructible one.



* WeirdBeard: The artwork for Tordrek Hackhart, the Chaos Dwarf captain of the ''Black Kraken'', shows that he has replaced his beard with a mass of writhing mechanical tentacles, fitting with the general mechanical sea monster theme of his [[HauntedTechnology daemon-possessed]] submersible.

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* WeirdBeard: The artwork for Tordrek Hackhart, the Chaos Dwarf captain of the ''Black Kraken'', shows that he has replaced his beard with a mass of writhing mechanical tentacles, fitting with the general mechanical sea monster theme of his [[HauntedTechnology daemon-possessed]] submersible.submersible.
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* MegaMaelstrom: At the centre of the Galleon's Graveyard is the Maelstrom, a massive whirlpool that eventually sucks in everything within the PocketDimension. The final game of the narrative campaign takes place around the Maelstrom and has special rules to represent all the ships taking part being slowly sucked towards the centre of the whirlpool where they will be destroyed.
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* AntiInfantry: While the Eagle Claw bolt throwers fitted to the ''Seadrake'' cannot do as much damage to a ship as black powder cannons, the hail of iron bolts they unleash are able to do tremendous damage to the crew of an enemy ship.
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* ElementalEmbodiment: The Golden Magus has a [[CollectorOfTheStrange collection]] of bound elemental spirits that he can summon to assist his ship, the ''Flaming Scimitar'', during battle. These elementals include Tempest Djinn that can speed the ''Scimitar'' through the water, Fire Efreet that can burn enemy ships, and sea-nymphs that can seal holes in the ship with living ice.
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* DivineParentage: It is rumoured by her peers that Aranessa Saltspite, the Captain of the ''Swordfysh'', is the daughter of the sea god Manann and while there is no concrete proof, the mermaid-like mutations that she was born with and her being raised by sea-nymphs does lead credence to these rumours. In-game, this parentage is represented by the Blessed by Manann special rule that grants her multiple re-rolls.
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* DropTheHammer: The figurehead of the ''Heldenhammer'' is designed in the image of the Empire's founding god Sigmar and incorporates a massive, steam-powered hammer that can be used to deliver punishing blows that can deal a reasonable amount of damage to any ship in base contact with the ''Heldenhammer's'' front arc.
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* HauntedTechnology: Tordrek Hackhart's used infernal pacts and rites to bind the mind of a daemon into the mechanical monstrosity known as the Black Kraken. Due to this, Hackhart is able to command the submersible daemon engine on his own.

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* HauntedTechnology: Tordrek Hackhart's used infernal pacts and rites to bind the mind of a daemon into the mechanical monstrosity known as the Black Kraken.''Black Kraken''. Due to this, Hackhart is able to command the submersible daemon engine on his own.
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* HauntedTechnology: Tordrek Hackhart's used infernal pacts and rites to bind the mind of a daemon into the mechanical monstrosity known as the Black Kraken. Due to this, Hackhart is able to command the submersible daemon engine on his own.
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* LightningGun: The undead sea monster ship, Skabrus, has been outfitted with [[RatMen Skaven]] warp lightning cannons that unleash arcs of tainted lightning against their targets. In-game, the unique properties of these warp lightning cannons is represented by the broadside attacks of the Skabrus [[AntiArmor ignoring armour saves]].
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* CombatTentacles: Tordrek Hackhart's ''Black Kraken'' is fitted with multiple mechanical tentacles that can crush a ship to splinters in moments. In-game, these tentacles give the Black Kraken a bonus to its boarding actions, making it far more likely to cause Damage to an enemy ship.
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* {{Novelization}}: At the time of the game's release, Games Workshop also released a limited-edition novella by Phil Kelly that retold the story of the ''Dreadfleet'' campaign in somewhat board terms and some additional characterisation for the captains. The book has since been re-released in digital format.
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* DerelictGraveyard: The game's setting, Galleon's Graveyard is a PocketDimention littered with the everything that has been lost at sea. Everything from the wrecks of destroyed ships to the corpses of sea monsters and sailors are drawn into the cursed dimension by the magical currents that feed it.

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* DerelictGraveyard: The game's setting, Galleon's Graveyard is a PocketDimention PocketDimension littered with the everything that has been lost at sea. Everything from the wrecks of destroyed ships to the corpses of sea monsters and sailors are drawn into the cursed dimension by the magical currents that feed it.
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* DerelictGraveyard: The Galleon's Graveyard is littered with floating wreckage of both ships and sea life. And this was before the Dreadfleet came and made it worse.

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* DerelictGraveyard: DerelictGraveyard: The game's setting, Galleon's Graveyard is a PocketDimention littered with floating wreckage the everything that has been lost at sea. Everything from the wrecks of both destroyed ships to the corpses of sea monsters and sea life. And this was before sailors are drawn into the Dreadfleet came and made it worse.cursed dimension by the magical currents that feed it.

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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The background material for Aranessa Saltspite relates that she was born a mutant with her legs fused together into a scaled, fish-like tail below the knee. When she grew older Aranessa amputated her mutated legs so that she wouldn’t be hated by human society.

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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The background material for Aranessa Saltspite relates that she was born a mutant with her legs fused together into a scaled, fish-like tail below the knee. When she grew older Aranessa amputated her mutated legs so that she wouldn’t wouldn't be hated by human society.


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* SeadogPegLeg: In order to be able to walk on land, and avoid the stigma of being a mutant, Aranessa amputated her mermaid-like legs, replacing them with a pair of peg legs she carved herself from the blades of swordfish.
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The background material for Aranessa Saltspite relates that she was born a mutant with her legs fused together into a scaled, fish-like tail below the knee. When she grew older Aranessa amputated her mutated legs so that she wouldn’t be hated by human society.
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* FemmeFatalons: The artwork for Captain Noctilus depicts him with his gauntlets sporting long, sharp claws. These appear to be mostly ornamental rather than practical, a visual reference to the long claws/nails sported by some vampires in fiction.
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* Weird Beard: The artwork for Tordrek Hackhart, the Chaos Dwarf captain of the ''Black Kraken'', shows that he has replaced his beard with a mass of writhing mechanical tentacles, fitting with the general mechanical sea monster theme of his [[HauntedTechnology daemon-possessed]] submersible.

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* Weird Beard: WeirdBeard: The artwork for Tordrek Hackhart, the Chaos Dwarf captain of the ''Black Kraken'', shows that he has replaced his beard with a mass of writhing mechanical tentacles, fitting with the general mechanical sea monster theme of his [[HauntedTechnology daemon-possessed]] submersible.
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* FlamingSword: The pleasure-ship Flaming Scimitar is named in honour of the Sword of Fiery Curses, the burning blade wielded by the ship's captain, the Golden Magus. In-game, the magical sword gives the Magus a bonus during boarding actions.

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* FlamingSword: The pleasure-ship Flaming Scimitar ''Flaming Scimitar'' is named in honour of the Sword of Fiery Curses, the burning blade wielded by the ship's captain, the Golden Magus. In-game, the magical sword gives the Magus a bonus during boarding actions.

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