Markizio you can now post in the gameplay thread. Being so overjoyed at a ship arriving you meet them at the docks. (A2)
A new ship to be squibbed, clearly light on crew, The Captain and his officers are busily paying off some of the crew, an air of tension over the whole ceremony. Hands close to weapons and suspicious looks all around.
So lets have an introduction, describe yourself to them.
A map of Rickety's is now in campaign info.
Jane's two-cents about the loot.
We should first decide on how much to pay the crew, those who are not officers, then we should a portion to the Ship. Which would get the most of the money. That money is just for the ship, repairs, docking, painting, cargo, ect. After that we should decide how much, as a lump, should be paid to the officers. The officers, even the captain, should all make the same amount.
For example.
For a one week journey, the crew, if hired before hand, would make in-between 5c and 1.5gp.. round that to 1 gp a day to keep it simple. We sail for three weeks and have a crew of 5 people. That is 7gp a week for a total of 21gp at the end of the journey. We make 100gp for that trip. The crew is paid first. Leaving 79gp. Ship should get the main portiop, say 50%. 39.5gp. That leaves 39.5gp per officer. We will have 5 officers, so that would make about 8gp per officer.
Markizio you can now post in the gameplay thread. Being so overjoyed at a ship arriving you meet them at the docks. (A2)
"Aye, aye, captain.
Markizio reporting for duty." :)
I reckon we can probably afford to pay Rickety with the unit of plunder we have left, plus whatever leftovers we have from the loot. Unless anyone wants the shackles of compliance, for instance, he'd theoretically buy them off us for over 1000gp which would more than cover our costs.
I'd rather not sell any dissenting crew into slavery, nor do I really want Rickety as a "shareholder", so if we can pay him in treasure now I'd rather do that.
As for loot division, here are some suggestions (they are only suggestions, just to get things moving):
Potion of blur (party stash)
Potion of cure light wounds (party stash)
Potion of cure moderate wounds (party stash)
Amulet of natural armor +1 (Kung)
Bracers of armor +1 (Kung)
Potion of cure moderate wounds (party stash)
Screaming bolts (Jane)
Tidewater cutlass (Markizio)
Ring of protection +1 (Ghilda)
Rapier +1 (Ghilda)
Silver dagger, masterwork +1 ?
Mithral shirt +1 (Marnir)
Ring of swimming (Marnir)
Small eel hide leather +1 (Jane)
Small mithril shortsword +1 (Jane)
Small light crossbow +1 (Jane)
The rest of the assorted objet d'art we could trade to Rickety.
Bracers of armor +1 (Kung)
These won't stack with the Armor that Kung is currently wearing (Chain that gives a +4 bonus vs the +1 bonus from these). Kung would definitely love to wear that +1 mithril shirt instead, but would not challenge his new captain for it either. ;)
You're right, for some reason I just failed to read that they were bracers of armour. Duh.
You're more than welcome to the mithril chain shirt.
Have you guys had the discussion on what 'sort of pirates' you want to be?
if not, I would like to participate in that discussion.
Would it be too out of character to have Markizio participate in that?
Can we set that up as the ship is being squibbed?
If you guys want, I can start that scene as Markizio tells you all why he was stranded here and answer Kung's question.
Thoughts?
A good point. You have a few thing to discuss.
1. What style of piracy you are going to undertake?
2. The name for your squibbed ship?
One more piece of advice from Fishguts. It would be a lot better for you to go pirating down here, south of the Shackles. In the Shackles you would be fresh meat for any free captain. Best to build up your reputation out of their territory, then head to Port Peril and apply with the Pirates council when you've made a name for yourself.
I hadn't really thought about how we were going to pirate. It's an important discussion I think everyone should weigh in on.
For my part, I don't want us to become indiscriminate thieves and murderers. Obviously piracy is mostly about beating people and taking their stuff, but Marnir isn't going to be into keelhauling or hurting innocents or taking prisoners. Killing enemy combatants is fine, as is taking their stuff, but killing for the sake of it or leaving people to die a slow death from thirst or starvation isn't the way of the Ulfen raider.
As for a name, I fancy something dragon-y. Something linnorm-y would be better, but it's hard to come up with a cool name with linnorm in it.
'The one-eyed, purple headed Linnorm of lurve'?
How about something like Sea Dragon or Wave Drake? That's about as good as my not-at-all-creative brain can come up with at this point.
How about something like Sea Dragon or Wave Drake? That's about as good as my not-at-all-creative brain can come up with at this point.
Isn't there a name of a dragon-like beast from up 'North', a 'linnorm'?
We could be The Sea Linnorm to honor our captain's origins.
'The Shackled Linnorm'.
Have a figurehead of a Linnorm's head and neck, with broken shackles.
If you have any money leftover from squibbing?
Rickety's does have a small store.
MARKETPLACE
Base Value 600 gp; Purchase Limit 2,500 gp; Spellcasting 3rd
Minor Items
+1 leather armor
masterwork breastplate
+1 silver guisarme
circlet of persuasion
wand of cure light wounds (29 charges)
Medium Items
+2 light wooden shield
potion of fox’s cunning
Major Items —
Yeah, but linnorm feels like quite a clunky word. That's why I thought dragon or drake instead.
Re: Pirates
Kung is fine with—approving of, in fact—all the pillage that we want to do. Any violence that occurs along the way, well, why were you sailing in or near The Shackles if you didn't want to get raided, or weren't prepared to defend yourself? It's run by pirates, yo.
Kun is not okay with slaving, and will likely not be thrilled with torture.
Re: Ship's name
"Linnorm? Isn't that just fake story dragon used to scare kids up north? Is okay; just make sure it looks scary."
The circlet would be nice, as would that wand of CLW. And the +1 leather armour for someone I suspect. Depends what we've got left once Ghilda is done with the loot distribution.
Pirating
It seems like we are doing OOC so I'll add my two cents.
Markizio is fine plundering in the open seas but would prefer to target slaver ships and any ship with the flag of Cheliax (warships and/or merchant ships). So not so Ok with plundering other pirate ships or merchants other than those of Cheliax but I understand that times may be tough...
Prefer to just take plunder and NOT kill unnecessarily. If anyone enters combat then all bets are off. But he would not be OK with killing people who have surrendered.
Not Ok with raiding coastal settlements unless they fall in the above categories (slavers or Chelaxian).
Thoughts?
I'm happy with attacking slavers and Chelish ships, but I feel like not targeting other pirates or merchantmen might result in us becoming destitute fairly quickly.
No unnecessary killing seems fair.
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Pirating philosophy: Attack to kill/plunder slavers and Chelaxians
Plunder as much as possible with surrender for the enemy first option (all in the name of Besmara, of course)
I have updated the loot spreadsheet with distribution for now. Let me know what you think. I don't need the new +1 rapier as I already have one.
Ghilda, where will I find said spreadsheet?
Found it, thanks.
Looks good to me.
Everyone should update their inventory with the spreadsheet. After GM checks back in, I'll tackle dealing with Rickety, with Markizio in support (and hauling our stuff - it's good to be second-in-command).
Not that I would have anything in there just yet but where is this spreadsheet?
The only spreadsheet I see is one with the names of the crew members...
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Everyone should update their inventory with the spreadsheet. After GM checks back in, I'll tackle dealing with Rickety, with Markizio in support (and hauling our stuff - it's good to be second-in-command).Not that I would have anything in there just yet but where is this spreadsheet?
The only spreadsheet I see is one with the names of the crew members...
The loot spreadsheet should be visible to you, I think, on the S&S Pictures & Maps link...anyways, you have the bosun's whistle and the Tidewater Cutlass (+1 and other cool stuff).
Arrgh!
I still don't see a spreadsheet but I've added the cutlass and bosun whistle to my PC sheet. :)
There's a sheet in the "S&S pictures & maps" link called "Party Loot" - if you don't see that, maybe @GM needs to give you permissions?
There's a sheet in the "S&S pictures & maps" link called "Party Loot" - if you don't see that, maybe @GM needs to give you permissions?
Besmara be praised; I see it now! :)
Kung has the following items that are no longer useful to him. Please add them to party loot for sale:
Chain shirt
Hide shirt
Cutlass x2
Club
Kung has the following items that are no longer useful to him. Please add them to party loot for sale:
Chain shirt
Hide shirt
Cutlass x2
Club
Please add a MW cutlass from Markizio as well.
I would suggest that the captain gets a third; the rest of the officers a third split between them; and the crew a third.
So, that would split the current haul of coin as follows:
Marnir - 5 PP; 130 GP; 100 SP
Ghilda - 2 PP; 43 GP; 34 SP
Kung - 2 PP; 43 GP; 33 SP
Jane - 1 PP; 43 GP; 33 SPCrew - 4 PP; 129 GP; 99 SP
Since Marnir turned down a captain's share of the loot, and we now have specific guidelines for paying the crew out of plunder, where does this leave us for shares of the monetary loot, after paying Rickety?
Split equally. Not with Markizio this time, but standard party split from now on?
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Per Jane's recommendation, this is how I see the loot distribution (plunder is a different story - stand by for my thoughts on that):
Priority One - needs of the ship (repairs, squibs, upgrades)
Priority Two - crew (non-PC's)
Priority Three - cap'n
Priority Four - officers (PC's and Kyra)
With that being said, I'll roll over to Rickety's to get the ship squibbed, and then we'll split the rest shortly.
Is Rickety Squib's enough of a port to attempt an Infamy check?
Yes, it is a DC 21 Perform check though.
I have a masterwork hand axe that can be sold to add to party funds.
Let's see what we can do about that Perform check!
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I created another sheet on the loot spreadsheet, and it shows that we have 836.3gp worth of stuff to sell (assuming Rickety buys stuff at 50% of value). Just an fyi.
COIN LOOT
14 pp
388 gp
299 sp
equals 557.9 gp
We're about 600 gp short of the 2k we need for the squib. Ghilda has 353 gp of her own, and I think that the rest of us (minus Markizio) have a similar amount. So, if we each put in 150gp, we'll have what we need.
Let me know what you think. Thanks!!
I thought we had a unit of plunder, which is worth 1000gp, right? Or are you already calculating that in?
(2 units total, 1 to pay the crew, 1 to contribute to the squib)
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I thought we had a unit of plunder, which is worth 1000gp, right? Or are you already calculating that in?
(2 units total, 1 to pay the crew, 1 to contribute to the squib)
Oops - forgot about that. Thanks!
So, new calculation:
Unit of plunder - 1000 gp
Loot to sell - 836.3 gp
Gold loot - 163.7 gp
TOTAL OF 2000 GP
Remaining coin loot: 394.2 gp...
Good work Ghilda. Besmara would surely be impressed with your head for gold!
Ghilda, don't insult Rickety by sticking crew to watch him while he works.
He wouldn't have lasted this long by screwing over his clients, all that will happen if you have people watching him is changing his attitude for the worse and driving his prices up.
On another note, has anyone heard from Jane at all?
Gotcha - thanks for the advice.Ghilda, don't insult Rickety by sticking crew to watch him while he works.
He wouldn't have lasted this long by screwing over his clients, all that will happen if you have people watching him is changing his attitude for the worse and driving his prices up.
Remember, you're the anti-diplomat. :)
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Remember, you're the anti-diplomat. :)Gotcha - thanks for the advice.Ghilda, don't insult Rickety by sticking crew to watch him while he works.
He wouldn't have lasted this long by screwing over his clients, all that will happen if you have people watching him is changing his attitude for the worse and driving his prices up.
I know - I'm a glimpse of Donald Trump in foreign affairs LOL