Freedom of the Open Seas

Game Master Steven_Evil

Thank you.

So I guess first-mate would likely be Master-at-arms? I could see Nalgi handling security/discipline

Thank you.

So I guess first-mate would likely be Master-at-arms? I could see Nalgi handling security/discipline

The first mate is selected from one of the officer positions I would imagine. I think Nalgi would make a great master-at-arms.

As for the character, I am changing some things around. For the rogue talent, I have these two which fit the theme I am going for. I really like both of them. Canny observer is always active and not limited in it's uses, while Charmer gives two rolls on diplomacy skill checks twice a day. Decisions, decisions. I have included the text of each ability for easy comparison. Thoughts?

Canny Observer (Ex): When a rogue with this talent makes a Perception check to hear the details of a conversation or to find concealed or secret objects (including doors and traps), she gains a +4 bonus.

Charmer (Ex): Once per day, the rogue can roll two dice while making a Diplomacy check, and take the better result. She must choose to use this talent before making the Diplomacy check. A rogue can use this ability one additional time per day for every 5 rogue levels she possesses.

A player of mine rocked my NPC's faces off with Charmer. I've found you don't roll diplomacy too often, and when you do you really want it to succeed. Plus, while Canny Observer is really good, with your skills and spells I think it's just icing on the cake.

If we go off of the list from The Wordwood Mutiny, it would come out looking something more like this:

Captain: Delben Petch
Boatswain: Antal "Sharkbait" Borimgram
Carpenter/Surgeon:
Master-at-Arms: Nalgi Wavecrester
Quartermaster: Laurestine Valerian
Master Gunner: Harvey Dagger
Cook:
Rigger:
Swab:
Cabin Boy:

With the roles defined, it makes it easier to understand what each person would be doing. I like this list so far. It is shaping up quite nicely.

Grand Moff Vixen wrote:

As for the character, I am changing some things around. For the rogue talent, I have these two which fit the theme I am going for. I really like both of them. Canny observer is always active and not limited in it's uses, while Charmer gives two rolls on diplomacy skill checks twice a day. Decisions, decisions. I have included the text of each ability for easy comparison. Thoughts?

Canny Observer (Ex): When a rogue with this talent makes a Perception check to hear the details of a conversation or to find concealed or secret objects (including doors and traps), she gains a +4 bonus.

Charmer (Ex): Once per day, the rogue can roll two dice while making a Diplomacy check, and take the better result. She must choose to use this talent before making the Diplomacy check. A rogue can use this ability one additional time per day for every 5 rogue levels she possesses.

A player of mine rocked my NPC's faces off with Charmer. I've found you don't roll diplomacy too often, and when you do you really want it to succeed. Plus, while Canny Observer is really good, with your skills and spells I think it's just icing on the cake.

That it does. Laurestine also would make a good face.

I love how much work you guys are putting into this. I hope so far you've found my DM chops up to snuff. Haha

Heh of course! For some reason I expected the crew to just roll over and accept us. This is shaping up to be a great game!

I think your npc's dialog is top notch to be honest. You do the pirate accent very well (it's hard for me to do in text)

I'm glad you guys are enjoying it!

I totally did not realize the gameplay thread was up. Now that I have noticed this I will get a post up in short order!

Lol!

I invite everyone to look over my character sheet before I finalize it. I think I have it tweaked to just where I want it, but I desire feedback before that happens.

I find nothing wrong with your sheet. Seems good.

It's late where I'm at but I'd just like to say i doubt I'd have crew members as a cleric. Also i find it ironic the nodachi is a Martial weapon here while an equivalent weapon in 3.5 is exotic. Oh well, culture shock.

We are supposed to have NPC classes for our 5 characters we make to assist us. No PC classes.

Just wanted to say that seemed to be the perfect amount of chaos for the situation and that Delban seems to be very good in a leadership role.

Steven, do you have numbers for each item that Laurestine found? I realize that you were just giving a general account, but for game purposes I need to know the exact details on everything she finds.

Also, for anyone who would know this info, please check the spoiler at the bottom of my profile for the updated list of the ship's stores. When the supplies change I will keep it updated.

I'll give you exact numbers when I get home from work. I am going to use the loot point system from Skull and Shackles. It makes keeping track of what you have a LOT easier. But yes, I'll have it for you later.

Just as a note if food becomes an issue I can send my sharks out to hunt and provide for five people by taking ten and the other sharks assisting others (plus maybe chomps) Yay for shark armada!

Just wanted to say that seemed to be the perfect amount of chaos for the situation and that Delban seems to be very good in a leadership role.

Thanks!

Though I just learned you can't inspire competence yourself... d'oh.

Nalgi Wavecrester wrote:

Just wanted to say that seemed to be the perfect amount of chaos for the situation and that Delban seems to be very good in a leadership role.

Thanks!

Though I just learned you can't inspire competence yourself... d'oh.

Personality 1: You can do it!

Personality 2: Yes I can!

So really, you are able to use it on "yourself". :P

I left out all the mundane stuff, like the sailors belongings and all that. Should you want a more detailed list, let me know.

How is everyone enjoying it so far? I'm paranoid of doing a bad job, haha

Just as a note if food becomes an issue I can send my sharks out to hunt and provide for five people by taking ten and the other sharks assisting others (plus maybe chomps) Yay for shark armada!

You should have the bulkhead statue carved into a shark. Just sayin'

Rename the ship "The Smiling Shark"

Let's start another mutiny to make it so! Lol

And this game is fun btw. Waiting to be able to board someone :)

Nalgi Wavecrester wrote:

Just as a note if food becomes an issue I can send my sharks out to hunt and provide for five people by taking ten and the other sharks assisting others (plus maybe chomps) Yay for shark armada!

You should have the bulkhead statue carved into a shark. Just sayin'

AGREED! We shall name our ship the Megaladon of Styx... unless that's too evil

Sounds cool, although I just read that renaming a ship is kinda taboo for sailors. It gives bad luck I believe.

Doesn't mean we can't recarve the bulkhead though. And it makes sense, given nalgi and mine's focus on sharks.

A grin from a shark would be pretty inauspicious...

And for the record I can cast speak with animals. You could teach your sharks to hunt for 'only really large prey' or something and I could decipher between the whales and boats they find. I could only do it once a day but that could come in handy.

That would be awesome, there's three of them and they can cover more ground (more like water lol) than Chomps. I wonder if they could track ships by the smell of the wood.

That would be a great help as I didn't think a guy who can live in water needed to know how to sail lol.

I found a 3rd party evolution that is literally the most perfect thing ever made for a Shark-dolon.
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CAPSIZE (EX): The eidolon can attempt to capsize a boat or ship by ramming it with a charge attack and making a combat maneuver check with a DC of 25, or the result of the captain’s Profession (sailor) skill check, whichever is higher. For each size category that the ship is larger than the eidolon, the eidolon takes a cumulative -10 penalty on this combat maneuver check. The eidolon must have both the large and swim evolutions to take this evolution.
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SO FLAVORFUL!

Okay I want to let the HM know that it will be hard for me to post the next couple of days I am at a place where I do not any a lot of access to the internet at all

I I'll check when I can but it will be hard to post till Tuesday

I found a 3rd party evolution that is literally the most perfect thing ever made for a Shark-dolon.

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CAPSIZE (EX): The eidolon can attempt to capsize a boat or ship by ramming it with a charge attack and making a combat maneuver check with a DC of 25, or the result of the captain’s Profession (sailor) skill check, whichever is higher. For each size category that the ship is larger than the eidolon, the eidolon takes a cumulative -10 penalty on this combat maneuver check. The eidolon must have both the large and swim evolutions to take this evolution.
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SO FLAVORFUL!

I can see it now.

1. Capsize ship
2. Chomps, Nalgi and sharks loot the ship
3. ???
4. Profit

Don't forget Antal. At 7th level, he will get Gills through the Aspect summoner ability.

I could totally see your sharks using Aid Another to help beat the DC.

CHOMPS, KING OF SHARKS

I must now make fanart of this and make a deviantart account and post it there.

Must. Purchase. Wand. Of. Animal. Growth.

Chomps King of the GIANT Sharks

1. Take a level of Druid(Pack Lord) and purchase a Wand of Animal Growth.
2.Pay a wizard in one of the ports to cast Permanency.
3.???
4.Profit.

And then, I can get that wizard to cast Permanency on Chomps when I cast Enlarge Person, making him the next size up from Huge...

GARGANTUAN apparently. Geez.

That evolution is totally allowed. It is awesome. Who makes it?

Just realized animal growth is a fifth level spell 0_0

That evolution is totally allowed. It is awesome. Who makes it?

Quick Google search says Abandoned Arts, it's part of their Class Act line

@Steven: A 3rd party called Abandoned Arts. They create a lot of feats and stuff that flesh out the options available more.

@Nalgi: Don't worry, the scrolls cost like 2000 gold. Wands, though... I don't know.

So with my plan, it's a DC 35 check to capsize a Warship, and Chomps will have a Strength score of, like, 34 MINIMUM, and he will be around level 10 by the time we actually have to deal with one...

I suddenly see us needing some masks of underwater breath.

Hey, just for fun, could Nalgi's Sharks and Chomps take a teamwork feat to share the Capsize evolution, so that the sharks could Aid Another on Chomps?

By that point I should have like two more sharks and by that point it'll be one giant shark with legs rising out of the water and flipping this ship while a cloud of smaller sharks close in to take out any survivors. We're awesome.

I could use my tactician ability to give that teamwork feat to all my sharks as a standard. It would totally work out

As long as it doesn't get super cheesy, I'm ok with it. It's ok Harv, thanks for the heads up. Do you want me to Dmpc you?

We'll run this encounter similar to the first ship battle in wormwood mutiny, with the boarding, and then onboard fighting. I have to get a hold of a copy of naval battle rules and reread them, but if you all want to use those instead, I'll find some and relearn them.

Aren't Warships Colossal? If Chomps is large that'd be a DC 55 (3 categories larger). It really is an amazing evolution though, perhaps more for rowboats and whatnot, still useful.

Well that's what the aid another action is for :)

Chomps would be Gargantuan, Delben.

GARGANTUAN.

RAAAAAAAWWRRG

I'm not sure if it's 'super cheesy' so much as 'flippin awesome.'

Perhaps you should start a 2nd campaign once I get Gills, just for me and Nalgi, so that the others have a shot in the spotlight?

Lol. I can handle you two, don't worry. I was going to suggest mythic levels, but it doesn't look like you'll need them. Haha.