I cast web on the boat surface, then get the sorcerer to fireball the web, then have the wizard shatter the boat from under them.
Alt: being chased by pirates: distant metamagic a grease spell on their main sail, then quicken spell and distant spell a firebolt. No more main sail on pirate ship. DM was both impressed and sad his pirate fight fizzled.
The engineer: they're standing on a boat?
I cast web on the boat surface, then get the sorcerer to fireball the web, then have the wizard shatter the boat from under them.
Alt: being chased by pirates: distant metamagic a grease spell on their main sail, then quicken spell and distant spell a firebolt. No more main sail on pirate ship. DM was both impressed and sad his pirate fight fizzled.