Using Superiority Dice.
In addition to fueling OLD SALT
your maneuvers, you can expend superiority
dice to gain one of the following benefits:
 When you make a weapon attack against a
creature, you can expend one superiority die
to make an attack with a firearm you are
holding against any creature you can see
within range of your firearm.
 When you make an attack with a firearm, you
can expend one superiority die to add it to the
damage you deal with the attack.
Saving Throws. Some of your maneuvers
require your target to make a saving throw to
resist the maneuver’s effects. The saving throw
DC is calculated as follows:
Maneuver save DC = 8 + your proficiency
bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier
(your choice)
FIGHTING STYLE
Heavy armor fashioned of metal might provide
excellent protection to those fighters that engage in
combat upon land, but for the Buccaneer such armor
is a liability. The extra weight makes swimming
difficult and risks drowning. Salty spray accelerates
the rust and deterioration of such armor as well. The
Mariner fighting style, first shown in the Unearthed
Arcana series from Wizards of the Coast, is
recommended for those characters planning to
emulate the Buccaneer martial archetype and for any
campaigns that are planned to spend much of their
time aboard ships on the open seas.
MARINER
As long as you are not wearing heavy armor or
using a shield, you have a swimming speed and a
climbing speed equal to your normal speed, and you
gain a +1 bonus to AC.
SHOOT FIRST
At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with firearms.
When you roll initiative you can draw one
firearm in your possession. If you are not
surprised, you can also make one attack with
that firearm against any creature that you can see
and whose initiative result is lower than your
own.
When you reach 7th level, your time aboard
ocean-faring vessels has turned you into one of
the finest sailors to board a vessel in living
memory. You are counted as two members of
any ship’s crew and are able to fulfill all the
required duties without unduly exhausting
yourself, and you are able to push the efforts of
other crew members to further heights. The
effective crew of any ship you sail on is
increased by 50% and you can use your
downtime to increase the loyalty score of the
crew by 1d4. Additionally, you are never at risk
of losing your sea legs due to prolonged activity
on dry land.
IMPROVED COMBAT SUPERIORITY
At 10th level, your superiority dice turn into
d10s. At 18th level, they turn into d12s.
RECKLESS DARING
Starting at 15th level, you can spur yourself to
greater action when you throw yourself
recklessly into daring situations. On your turn,
you can take one additional action on top of your
regular action and a possible bonus action. You
can only use this action to Dash or to perform
any action that requires an athletics or acrobatics
check or that would provoke an opportunity
attack. Until the start of your next turn, attacks
against you have advantage.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a
short or long rest before using it again.
GUNSLINGER PERSONAS
Firearms are a favored tool of pirates. They’re
lethal, intimidating, and conveniently
transportable. Those pirates that master them, do
so using the gunslingers art and cultivate a
reputation as ruthless sea dogs.
DREAD PIRATE
Noisy spectacle and boisterous showmanship are
the hallmark of your reputation. You use your
 firearms as tools of intimidation against your
foes, and a means to inspire awe in those that
you are allied with. You desire command of
your own vessel and crew, inspiring anyone of
like mind to revel with you in your ostentatious
behavior. You are a consummate adventurer,
enjoying the company of others as bold as
yourself and pushing more out of the dregs that
try to keep up with your company.
COMBAT SUPERIORITY
At 3rd level, you gain a set of abilities that are
fueled by special dice called superiority dice.
Superiority Dice. You have four superiority
dice, which are d8s. A superiority die is
expended when you use it. You regain all of
your expended superiority dice when you finish
a short or long reset.
You gain another superiority die at 7th level and
one more at 15th level.
Using Superiority Dice. You can expend
superiority dice to gain a number of different
benefits:
 When you make a weapon attack against a
creature, you can expend one superiority die
to make an attack with a firearm you are
holding against any creature you can see
within range of your firearm.
 You can forgo one of your actions on your
turn and expend a superiority dice to allow an
ally that you can see to either make a firearm
attack against a target of your choice, or to
perform an action that requires a skill or
ability check. This ally can add your
superiority die to the firearm damage or
check result.
OPTIONAL RULE: SEA LEGS
The constant rocking of a ship on the open water can be disorienting for
those unaccustomed to it, and presents constant difficulty for balance
and walking. Aboard such a vessel, a character has disadvantage on
acrobatics checks. During combat, a character that moves more than 5
feet has disadvantage on their attack rolls during their turn. After two
consecutive days aboard a ship, most characters gain their ‘sea legs’ and
no longer suffer these penalties (DMs may decide that acclimation takes
longer, if it is possible at all.)
Characters lose their sea legs if they spend more than a month off a
ship, but gain them again after only an hour aboard a ship. After more
than three months as a landlubber, a character must spend two days
aboard a ship before claiming their sea legs again.
DETERMINED SWORDSMAN
Starting at 3rd level when you select this persona,
you gain proficiency with your choice of the
cutlass (use the rules for the scimitar) or rapier.
When you have advantage against the target of
an attack you make with your chosen weapon,
you can expend a use of your Grit to add your
firearm bonus damage to the attack.
VICIOUS REPUTATION
Beginning at 10th level, your reputation as a
scourge upon the sea has reached the point
where those that see you coming are apt to turn
and run. When you use your Menace ability, the
creatures you target are frightened until the end
of their next turn and until they rest they have
disadvantage on any attack made against you if
you have more than half of your hit points
remaining.
WALK THE PLANK
Upon reaching 15th level, you use your firearm
to force your foes to swim with the sharks. You
can use your Menace ability to force one target
to spend their turn moving up to their speed
towards the edge of a ship’s deck. They have
advantage on the save against this effect, but if
they have enough movement to reach the edge
of the deck, or a gangplank or similar part of the
ship overlooking the water, they must jump
overboard if they fail the saving throw against
this ability.