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Xathan

#30
May 29, 2007, 03:40:03 PM
Quote from: beejazzLove the general ideas. I'd love to see them fleshed-out. I like the idea of "magery" being downplayed, but magic still being around.

Glad you like. I hope to flesh out a lot in the next few days - I'm posting it as fast as I type it.

Thanks. :) I've always wondered why you had to have mages whenever you had alot of magic, so I decided to cut out mages and make magic something more fitting to a naval setting.
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Poseptune

#31
May 29, 2007, 03:59:14 PM
Well since I can't actually work, when I'm suppose to, I will look over the setting a little more.

Quote from: Oediam, Court of Empires.Pirates are often idealized and even hero-worshipped as slaves because of this behavior, but the pirates, many of whom are from Oediam, do not save them out of altruism or for virtue, but rather because of the benefit

Is that suppose to be "by slaves"?

Ideas for names of the Pirate Court:
The Seasoned Crew (The crew part could replace the Court. The first word could be anything. Like the name of the first pirate. The first pirate's ships name)
Serpent's Ship

Names for Pirate Lord:
Kraken's Tenticle (Arm)
Serpent Lords
Serpant Fangs
Something along those lines.



The vegetarian orcs strike me as odd. Not bad, just odd. I will reserve comment on these when I see more.

Are the Ogres part of a species? I see you've listed them in the savage continent, but I don't see them in the species list.

I'm a little suprised to see Dwarves on your list, given you don't like them that much.



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Gwaihir Windlord

#32
May 29, 2007, 04:02:16 PM
I like the whole idea.  I've been wanting to play a pirate game for a long time, and even DMed on once but it wasn't nearly as full as I would have liked it to be.

As for the ships, those are the basic "classes" or types of ships.  Some subtypes are:

(for the sloop)
Sloop of War: as the name suggests, a sloop of war is a military ship, bigger and faster than a sloop but not quite as maneuverable.
Royal Sloop: About the same size as a sloop of war, but more maneuverable and faster.  These are the perfect pirate ships.

{for the brig}
For the brig we've got the brig of war and royal brig, which are to the brig what the sloop of war and royal sloop are to the sloop.

There are military versions of almost ever ship type (pinnaces the notable exception, they are not big or fast enough to serve).  Military version tend to be bigger and faster, and the smaller ships are more maneuverable than their civilian counterparts.  Galleons are only military ships, they cannot be purchased by civilians, at least not legally.

On a different tack, what I did for magic in my game was clerics and navigators.  Clerics were walking band-aids, and couldn't really fight (a throwback to 1e), and navigators magic was very weather-oriented, and a ship with a good navigator very rarely got caught by bad weather as the navigator could either predict or alter the weather.
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this is the best thing ever.

Stargate525

#33
May 29, 2007, 05:02:10 PM
PIRATES!

I will be reviewing this with the soundtrack playing, in commemoration of its awesomeness.


I never saw the first setting, so I'm going on a new slate here. I love the theme.

The New World, I'm assuming, is the Caribbean? I'm curious to see the orcs and the halflings fledged out some more, as it seems you've taken a different approach to them, like I did in Dilandri.

I just noticed how the continents are backwards from their counterparts in the real world, and that's cool, if a bit confusing without a map.

In the Oediam you say "Pirates are often idealized and even hero-worshipped as slaves because of this behavior," I assume you mean 'hero-worshiped BY slaves.'

I like your description of the continent, and the first look at the pirates. As for renaming the Court and the Title, I'd call it the Council, and have the title be Admiral. I'm curious as to why slave ships are carrying 'vast amounts of money.' Logically, they'd be filled to the brim with slaves, and leave the gold to a treasure ship. Unless there's something I'm missing.

Benalic. I like. The first paragraph demands desperate rewording, as it's a bit of a tangled mess right now. I like that you've taken from Dominic Deegan concerning the orcs, a nice touch. I'm curious as to why the slaves haven't attempted any sort of ship wide revolt yet. Maybe they have, but you just haven't mentioned it. So Ogres are a viable, playable species? Interesting take, I'd like to see their culture fleshed out, as well as this powerful magics of which you speak.

Drakan sounds like Scandinavia/Russia. I like it; not many people use influence from there. I notice that your world still believes in a flat earth. Is this because the earth is actually flat, or simply pre-modern thinking? The Dwarves made me grin. Klingon/Viking midgets for the win! I'm curious if the pirates in the area use those colors as a type of easier currency. I'm also curious how the authorities can verify that the flag came from a sunken ship and not from the cloth scraps of the ship's sailmaker. Tsputir sounds like Russia to me. I can't wait to see more of this nation.

And... That's all? Man, I got off easy. I thought this was going to be a big review.
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Poseptune

#34
May 29, 2007, 05:24:08 PM
now I see why dwarves are in your setting. They are get out of jail free cards. :P
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beejazz

#35
May 30, 2007, 12:28:41 AM
You know what I just thought of? Not Pirates of the Carribean, but Pirates of Darkwater... you remember that cartoon? Anyway, monkeybirds should sooo be a playable race.
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QuoteI don't believe in it anyway.
What?
England.
Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?

Gwaihir Windlord

#36
May 30, 2007, 12:58:33 PM
HA!  I remember that show!  Amazing.  And you're right.  If not a playable race, then definitely a "monster" race.
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man that wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would go away

It is amazing to think of how much chaos ten trained men can wreak.  Our world as we know it is easier to destroy then we should like to think.
-Me

Let us have a moment of silence for those who perished in those three days of terror in Mumbai

this is the best thing ever.

beejazz

#37
May 31, 2007, 12:26:21 AM
Oh, and I'm a little wtfed by the fantasy races. The cannibalistic halflings I can kinda see... you might want to change the name to "pygmies" or something else even for them.

Otherwise, Tolkien's/Vance's/DnD's brand of fantasy doesn't strike me as belonging in pirate waters.
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QuoteI don't believe in it anyway.
What?
England.
Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?

Gwaihir Windlord

#38
May 31, 2007, 01:37:30 PM
Why?
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man that wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would go away

It is amazing to think of how much chaos ten trained men can wreak.  Our world as we know it is easier to destroy then we should like to think.
-Me

Let us have a moment of silence for those who perished in those three days of terror in Mumbai

this is the best thing ever.

Xathan

#39
June 19, 2007, 03:03:22 PM
Quote from: PoseidonWell since I can't actually work, when I'm suppose to, I will look over the setting a little more.

Quote from: Gwaihir WindlordI like the whole idea.  I've been wanting to play a pirate game for a long time, and even DMed on once but it wasn't nearly as full as I would have liked it to be.

As for the ships, those are the basic "classes" or types of ships.  Some subtypes are:

(for the sloop)
Sloop of War: as the name suggests, a sloop of war is a military ship, bigger and faster than a sloop but not quite as maneuverable.
Royal Sloop: About the same size as a sloop of war, but more maneuverable and faster.  These are the perfect pirate ships.

{for the brig}
For the brig we've got the brig of war and royal brig, which are to the brig what the sloop of war and royal sloop are to the sloop.

There are military versions of almost ever ship type (pinnaces the notable exception, they are not big or fast enough to serve).  Military version tend to be bigger and faster, and the smaller ships are more maneuverable than their civilian counterparts.  Galleons are only military ships, they cannot be purchased by civilians, at least not legally.

On a different tack, what I did for magic in my game was clerics and navigators.  Clerics were walking band-aids, and couldn't really fight (a throwback to 1e), and navigators magic was very weather-oriented, and a ship with a good navigator very rarely got caught by bad weather as the navigator could either predict or alter the weather.

Thanks for the information - that's a huge help! Question - what would be faster, a sloop or a brig?

I'm going to be making magic very, very different. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to do it quite yet, but I don't think there are going to be anyone with powerful healing magics - healing rituals will take extensive time, but will accelerate the pace of healing to being something approaching modern medicine - at least for physical injuries. Diseases are fare more dangerous (mainly because no one's figured out that diseases are small living organisms yet, so the same magics that help someone heal also strengthen bacteria and viruses.) There are going to be weather/navigation oriented classes, mainly working for a guild, with some rouge groups serving pirates, and these people will be hugely sought after. Pirates often consider these casters as plunder, and killing one is a huge offense.

Quote from: BeejazzOh, and I'm a little wtfed by the fantasy races. The cannibalistic halflings I can kinda see... you might want to change the name to "pygmies" or something else even for them.

Otherwise, Tolkien's/Vance's/DnD's brand of fantasy doesn't strike me as belonging in pirate waters.

I do agree that Vancian fantasy, especially magic, definitely doesn't belong in a pirate setting, but I'm giving the Tolgax races a new treatment for pirates - I'm in no way using the old stereotypes. (Kamoti will really flesh this out.) I understand your hesitation, but I think if done right, it will be very interesting. :)
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Poseptune

#40
June 19, 2007, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: XatahnMy dislike of dwarves comes mainly from the Tolkien stereotype of the short, tradition oriented miners. However, make them into short Vikings with a similar pantheon, and I'm 100% for dwarves being get out of free jail cards.

There fixed that for you. :P


Eh I wanted to say just YAY, but I felt that it needed more so I added the above.
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#41
June 19, 2007, 04:04:27 PM
hehehe. :) I hopefully will have a big update soon, but I have another project (read - projects) that are taking up time as well.
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Matt Larkin (author)

#42
June 26, 2007, 04:12:05 PM
Definitely love your statement of purpose, and the way you explain low magic - couldn't have put that better.

What are Vadylik?  They've been coming soon for long enough ;)

Do you have map (even a rough sketch) you can scan to give us an idea of the layout.  I find it much easier to visual a place with a picture.

Have you considered that a fantasy version of the real Caribbean might work very well for you (or maybe that's too much like the movie, now).

I do not think you need a new name for Pirate Court, but yeah I wouldn't use that and "Pirate Lord."  Maybe you could come up with a set of pirate rankings?

Scallywag, Sea Dog, Brine Mate, Captain, and...I'm not real up any others right now...Maybe some kind of reference to sea monsters (krakens?), treasure, Davy Jones :), or the like?  You see a kind of interesting ranking system in the guilds of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (mainly the Thieves Guild, here).
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Stargate525

#43
June 26, 2007, 07:09:11 PM
Quote from: Phoenix KnightScallywag, Sea Dog, Brine Mate, Captain, and...I'm not real up any others right now...Maybe some kind of reference to sea monsters (krakens?), treasure, Davy Jones :), or the like?  You see a kind of interesting ranking system in the guilds of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (mainly the Thieves Guild, here).
Nah, go back to the house rankings from morrowind, those are much more creative.
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Matt Larkin (author)

#44
June 27, 2007, 07:59:07 AM
Never played it.  But I wasn't so much suggested copying the actual rankings, anyway, as the idea of having made-up rankings based on the nature of the profession.
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