The Shackles of Freeport on the Razor Coast - DM VoV's Piratey Jaunt (Inactive)

Game Master Mark Sweetman

Going a while back now I started up a pirate PbP looking to crib from all the sources that I have on hand - which covers Paizo content, Razor Coast and lastly from Freeport. Unfortunately after getting into it... I had a work change that meant I had to put a 7 month pause on the game. The work change has changed back now though - and I've got the time and inclination to get things going again!

However (as would be understandable given the time lag) I'm down a few piratical souls. I've got two sailors still salty (a Bloodrager and a Conjurer), and am looking to give them another three friends. That's where you come in :)

The party will be landed up in Freeport - which is where the new recruits will join the party. Build rules are relatively relaxed - 3rd level, 20 pt buy, 2 traits... pretty close to PFS standard... however more important is a general idea of what you'd be looking to play. I'm fairly grognardy when it comes to races though (I'd prefer PF / RC / Freeport core) though Aasimar and Tieflings are on the table as well.

As to the campaign - it'll be a mix of seafaring, island hopping and grungy city adventuring through the combined world of Freeport, Razor Coast, the Maelstrom and the Shackles.

Any questions or queries please let me know.

Definitely interested.

Gonna have to rewatch Black Sails to get some real good inspiration :-)

Hmmm... My other games have slowed down considerably at least one of which looks like it is dying. Piratey fun sounds good for my finesse fighter type of style. I will submit something shortly.

Questions:
1)starting wealth?
2)Drawback allowed for extra trait?
3)hit point method?

Any Alignment Restriction?

Hmm... Tentatively interested.

I do have a couple of concepts that could work, either a Swashbuckler or a Fighter with options from the Weapon Master's and Armor Master's Handbooks.

Still, I do need a bit of time to think about it. A question: How fast or how slow a pace are you expecting to keep?

Galahad - starting wealth would be standard for 3rd level, no issues with drawback for extra trait and hit points are either rounded up average or rolled - your choice.

Radavel - alignment is Pirate? - as in, shades of grey rather than black or white.

F. Castor - about once a day for weekdays is the aim.

Ok. N to CN then hehehehe

Survivor from Freeport Companion is allowed, right?

How do you feel about Spheres of Power ? I ask because you mentioned relaxed build standards (though "close to PFS standard" right after). You may remember me from 3+ of your previous games, so you know I'm not up to shenanigans.

I've an idea that fits great IMO with a pirate campaign. A bit of a storm mage type. Depending on the nature of the party and campaign, i could lean more druid-y or more wizard-y. In game terms it would almost certai ly be an Incanter.

As for race, I am picturing Human unless there is a more common race, which I might then consider.

Hi DM! Nice to see another pirate game :) Definitely interested, since the other game I'm in is fairly slow right now.

Bonus is to get in a group with Galahad, a good personal friend. @DM, he's a good player to have around and a good RP'er!

Are goblins fair game? ;)

Radavel - Survivor is fine... but in the latest edition of the player's companion (which is the one I'm using / referring to) it was changed from a whole class to a Fighter / Monk archetype.

Tenro - I've a relatively open mind for any 3PP that's freely available on the web (like Spheres is), but would judge it more on how it's actually put together and functions as a complete whole.

The Chess - Goblin would be a fairly difficult sell. While they are in Freeport... they're also likened to roaches and rats. I'd prefer not to.

Alrighty. I should have some time in the coming days to put an idea together.

Which version do you think would be more suitable to the setting, campaign, and party? The more scholarly mage with a penchant for lightning bolts, or the nature-worshipping sort who might heal as often as harm?

I'll have to re-read source material for Freeport, is there a place you recommend I start?

Reading up on Freeport isn't necessary - you could be just as easily from the Shackles and recently arrived.

I tend to not give any guidance on preference with characters one way or the other - just put forward whichever you'd prefer to play.

Very cool looking! Would you be open to Path of War and the various maneuver classes? It is all available for free at d20pfsrd.com.

DM Voice! I definitely like the idea of a pirate game, and I definitely remember enjoying your games before things exploded in my life and I had to leave the forums behind. No idea what I'd want to play, but I'm definitely interested.

I was, among others probably, Ignac Takacs, the graveknight armiger in your Envoy of Geb campaign. I just got back onto the forums, actually. Been a few years.

Edit: I'm pretty sure I remember you, Tenro, from a few campaigns as well.

Greetings DM VoV.

The idea of a seafaring, pirate adventure is appealing. That being said, I would like to submit Lysandra Eventide, a Sea Singer Bard, as a potential recruit.

I would certainly have to change a few things on the build, as she is currently built as a 1st level character that was originally made for a Skull and Shackles game.

Tanner - open, yes - though KISS principle applies. Ie, as long as it's fairly straightforward to understand.

Edgar - welcome back... I kind of didn't leave :P Though I can understand the life exploding side of things.

Talomyr - no need to update the build at this point assuming you'd keep it single classed?

I believe that would be the plan.

Radavel - Survivor is fine... but in the latest edition of the player's companion (which is the one I'm using / referring to) it was changed from a whole class to a Fighter / Monk archetype.

Gonna submit a monk on musha shougyo instead. Don't have that update.

Sounds good. I'm going to make a ranged Stalker, focusing on Solar Wind maneuvers. He will go into the Phoenix Champion PrC in a few levels.

Praise the Sun!

Heya - I like nautical adventures! I play in a couple games with @Talomyr above, so I might do something that ties in with his character in some way. I'm currently leaning toward something fighter/rogue-ish - should have a build up in a day or two.

I love the pirate thing and I would really like to build towards the Master of Storms prestige class. I bring the thunder. Mechanically she will be specializing in evocation and conjuration.

Regina would need to be reworked a little. I gotta lose some levels and loot. I do not know much about Razor Coast or Freeport so she would defiantly be from somewhere else.

The rough of my idea for her is that she was a student in the Acadame In the city of Korvosa but she was never able to grasp the lessons. To flee the money she owed for her schooling she stowed away on a ship. She kept them from throwing her overboard by promising to use her magic if they got into trouble and that she would clean. That ship was heading to Freeport.

As to for her reasoning for being willing to join with pirates is that she is rather young and very impulsive. Piracy is also rather lucrative and she is in need of gold. The idea of sailing the seas and doing as she pleases sounds like the ideal life. I am sure she is in for a hard awakening but that is part of the fun!

She is a generally happy and very energetic person. Overly enthusiastic and slightly naive.

Um, Mark, is the One Ring still existing in this Freeport? You know the bare-knuckles, no holds-barred tournament area.

Radavel - yep, One Ring is still present.

Great. Already have a concept and the stats to go with it. Just a matter of copying the stats from one of my aliases and editing it to conform with the rules :-)

Working on a rogue :) very piratey one.

If Dreamscarred Press is potentially on the table, is Dreamscarred Press Playtest material on the table? If so, I've got a gnarly Dwarven poisoner psychic warrior that I think would fit pretty well, with a little fiddling. I can get you a link to the playtest document when I get home tonight.

also, what is your stance regarding Campaign Traits? I'm not dying to take any of them specifically, but I was wondering if you were looking for their use or if any of them related to Freeport/Shackles/etc would come up.

As for my character concept, I am leaning towards making Besmara a central theme and going very heavily with that flavor. Everyone loves a Besmaran on ship and Besmarans love to be on ship so that makes things very easy and natural.

I've been toying with a Dwarven Besmaran Cleric build for a while now, let me see if I can get her fleshed out a bit.

I'm submitting Mahlugul for your consideration.

BEORN THE DIVINE STEPPING UP FOR ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS! DUE TO A RATHER UNAPPRICIATIVE AUDIANCE BACK IN CHELIAX THAT DID NOT LIKE HIS SATIRE ON THE THRUNES, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF EXPANDING MY HORIZENS IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

Hey Beorn! I remember that game. :)

My home pirate game died months ago and I LOVE pirate themes!
I'll put together either a Bard Sea Singer or a Skald. Or maybe a Shark Shaman/Druid

Welcome welcome one and all and all and one, as a frame of reference I'll probably have this open until at least early next week before locking down and starting to scratch my head over the whos and whats.

Campaign traits are not really on the table as they tend to be tied to specific adventures which won't be what we're doing.

Dreamscarred will be considered.

It looks like the playtest document has been updated, with the archetype I was planning on using completely having been removed. How unfortunate. I'll spend a bit of time figuring out another concept, since I don't really anticipate poisoning being (for me) fun nor particularly reliable enough to focus on otherwise.

However, I think I've found a suitable alternative, in the Cannoneer archetype for Marksman. Swinging around a Culverin as a greatclub, when I'm not blasting it in the faces of my enemies, sounds perfectly pirate-y to me, and I've got some ideas for backstory rattling around in my head. I'll get an actual submission together in the next day or so. Whether I'm chosen or not, I'm already liking the sounds of this character.

is there a lot of ship to ship combat?

Deaths - not really no, there will be abstracted combat potentially - but I haven't yet found an easy way to integrate ship v ship combat into a party focused PbP.

So it'll be there, but I wouldn't build a character around it.

Ok then. I was in a live S&S game that has died and the ship to ship combat was long and brutal. We tended to avoid it. I am will being going with the sorcerer I posted with earlier.

Elik Hulu, Mwangi native-turned pirate post-colonialization, and his trusty sidekick, Belcher, ready and willing(sans a more detailed background, which I'm workin' on now), I believe.

I'll have my character put together tomorrow most likely, it'll be a Besmaran/Gozren (superstitious old salt more than divine worshipper) pirate-mage focused on weather effects, some lightning, water manipulation, and I will try to fit some trickery in there since INT and Human race will give me a decent amount of skill points (and I'm not going classic Wizard where I have to fill in all knowledge skills).

- What is the standard climate/weather for the area we will be in?

- What do you see our city:ship ratio to be? 50:50? 25:75?

Background, though somewhat meager, I feel, has been added! Still have a few ideas to incorporate Belcher with, since he's been left woefully neglected.

Tenro - tropical and a mite bit swampy would be predominate, and the initial chunk of PbP will be in and around Freeport before setting out a sail.

Where is Freeport going to be located in relation to Sargava, the shackles, etc? Will black powder weapons show up from time to time, or are pirates more inclined to use crossbows and bows for ranged engagements?

Talomyr checking back in. Lysandra is pretty much ready to go, with the possible exception of any minor background tweaks that may occur should Jesse Heinig submits something that would have some background pieces in common with her.

I submit Bron Morgan for your consideration.

I still need to do equipment. If permissible, I will do that upon selection.

Elik - it's all in a wibbly wobbly circle around the maelstrom.

Guns shall exist though rarely.

Alright, just wanted to make sure a Culverin wouldn't be hugely out of place to begin with.

One last question: Would you be willing to allow for an alchemical cartridge specifically made for the culverin, priced somewhere around 4 times the cost of a regular alchemical round? As-is, culverin requires 4 doses of black powder and 4 handfuls of pellets.

Hectic weekend. I will put my character up this evening.

I'm definitely interested, and thinking of making a hydrokineticist/druid, most likely an undine if that would be okay. I'll either have it up later today or tomorrow.