Bootstrap Bill Turner

Bootstrap Bill Turner was once a principled quartermaster of the Black Pearl, a man whose weathered hands had steered through countless storms yet remained steady when moral tempests threatened to consume his crew. When Barbossa and his mutineers plotted to betray Captain Sparrow—binding him to a cannon and casting him into the depths—Bill refused to raise his cutlass, choosing conscience over complicity, a decision that sealed his fate as surely as any curse. His refusal to participate in the treachery marked him as a pariah among the damned, yet his greatest torment came not from the supernatural hex that bound him to the Black Pearl, but from the gnawing knowledge that his son Will grew up fatherless, never knowing the truth of what his father had sacrificed for honor. For years, Bill's spectral form drifted through the cursed ship's corridors, his sad eyes reflecting the weight of a love that transcended death itself—a father's desperate hope that somehow his boy would learn his name and understand that some men cannot be broken, even by damnation itself. Trapped between worlds, neither fully alive nor at peace, Bootstrap Bill became a living monument to the thin line between heroism and tragedy, a ghost who clung to his principles even as the curse tried to strip away everything that made him human. His stooped shoulders carried not just the burden of supernatural bondage, but the unbearable loneliness of a father watching his legacy unfold from beyond the veil, forever reaching toward a son he could never hold.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

16, modifier +3

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

12, modifier +1

Wisdom

18, modifier +4

Charisma

15, modifier +2

Rusty Cutlass Slash

Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d8 + 5 slashing damage.

Haunting Wail

All creatures within 30 ft. must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or take 4d6 psychic damage and be frightened until the end of their next turn.

Spectral Grasp

Ranged Spell Attack: +7 to hit, range 30 ft., one target. Hit: 3d10 necrotic damage and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed until the end of their next turn.

Curse of the Pearl

As an action, Bootstrap Bill can target one creature within 60 ft. to make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the target is cursed for 1 minute, taking 2d6 necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns.

Eternal Guilt

Bootstrap Bill has advantage on Wisdom saving throws against fear effects.

Ghostly Presence

Creatures within 10 feet of Bootstrap Bill have disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws.

strength

+5

dexterity

+6

constitution

+8

wisdom

+8

charisma

+5

Necrotic

Poison