I was thinking it would be funny if being drunk had in-game benefits. Nothing overpowered but honestly when you're really hammered in this game it's almost impossible to function, so the idea of incentives for drinking grog on a voyage or in a ship battle can promote more in-game silliness.
Stuff like:
- Take reduced damage, up to 50% based on how much grog you've had
- Chance to not consume ammo when firing a gun, or to gain a bonus banana/plank/cannonball after you've used one to eat/repair/load a cannon
- Small chance of better loot when killing a pirate captain or digging up treasure
- Less attractive to sharks
My thinking is that for good players it'd never be better to go to war drunk, but it might be hilarious, with the bonus helping to mitigate how impaired you are compared to the other crew.
