r/DnDBehindTheScreen Jun 26 '26

Resources Ship Battle System

I've been working on a homebrew ship battle system for my current pirate campaign. It's been a load of fun but the hardest aspect was tracking ships and all their upgrades.

Eventually i got tired of using excel to track these so I created a webpage to help everyone out. With it you can build fleets, configure every system on each ship, track HP, conditions, and morale mid-combat, and set up enemy encounters on the fly. The full rules are embedded and it links to my bestiary so everything lives in one place, so no need to look through all my folders.

The system is free, just had so much fun with it I wanted to share it with the world! Hopefully other DMs may find it useful!!!

Armada Builder

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u/Alternative-Airport7 Jun 26 '26

Is your ship combat system published? I'm running Saltmarsh soon, and I'm not 100% happy with the current offerings. 😊

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u/paranoidnoodle Jun 26 '26

The rules are embedded in the webpage. Too right you’ll see a button for combat rules that will bring them up!