Inevitable

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15 posts. Alias of Baronsquee.




So I am planning on playing a character who tries to reform evil monsters and send them somewhere that they can live out their days serving the forces of good. He's a worshipper of Sarenrae, and I was just wondering if any of you guys know of a place that kind of fits this description in published lore. Like, a safe place that he can send any reformed bugbears or whatever that he manages to convert on his travels.

I figure I should probably start there, and if no such place exists, I'll just kind of invent one and shove it into my character's backstory.

Thanks!


Thanks to the excellent advice from this message board, I'm playing the Free Captains / Pirate Lords / Hurricane King thing kind of like an entrenched crime family, with each level bending the knee to the one above in return for protection and a share of the profits, and the like.

Here are a couple of ideas and questions that have come out of this.

Firstly, in terms of tribute... it kind of stands to reason that the Free Captains would have to provide the Hurricane King with some kind of tribute in return for his protection and influence. Otherwise, I can't really see what the point in being the Hurricane King would be. Conversely, what's the deal with this payout from Sargava that comes to the Shackles pirates? Is there a trickle down that my players can realistically expect to get their grubby mitts on once they're Free Captains or Pirate Lords? I'm inclined, for the sake of simplicity, to suggest (if anyone happens to ask) that the two things more-or-less cancel each other out, and just hope nobody points out how pointless that is!

Now, a few ideas I have used, or plan on using in the near future. The idea that Free Captains are protected by the whole network of Free Captains, Pirate Lords and the Hurricane King seemed like a good angle for Isabella Locke. I kind of at the back of my mind feel like I stole the idea for this from one of the boards here, can't remember exactly who to attribute it to, but it's a great idea. Instead of Isabella being weirdly tied up with the Sahuagin, I just had it that once the PCs had captured Tidewater Rock, she saw them as fair game, unlicensed newbies with land in the Shackles, clearly low-hanging fruit for an opportunist Free Captain. In retrospect, I would maybe have liked to have thrown in something about retribution for the murder of Gortus Svard, who as a 'made man', should have been untouchable to the PCs. Locke's attack - made all the more important by the fact that she managed to kill their captain - gave the players a real reason to consider getting their own letter of marque as an important thing for their continued success.

Once the PCs had got as far as Goldtooth's testing, I had another thought about Free Captains. I liked the idea that sponsorship by a captain was necessary, and Goldtooth's request for a bribe if they failed a test felt like it might push my players into just shrugging, and telling him what he could do with his letter of marque! So having Goldtooth tell them that two out of three wasn't good enough, after all the blood, sweat and tears it'd taken them to get there, helped to cement him as a villain. Cue Merril Pegsworthy appearing from the crowd, with a timely "I will sponsor them!", and the players put one over on Tsadok Goldtooth in front of a big crowd. This also allows me to have Pegsworthy accompany them to Fort Hazard, where he can be used to point out notable pirate lords for the PCs' enlightenment. Naturally, this relies on Pegsworthy's being an ally of the PCs - fortunately for me, the PCs have helped him out of a jam in a previous homebrew side-quest earlier on, so it fits great for me. Once again, this allows the players to appreciate that Free Captains are actually important for a variety of reasons.


Hi,

So in the Port Peril guide at the end of Tempest Rising (p. 62), we're given a little snippet of information about Lukain Latchmin, "who over a hundred years ago sought to take the title of Hurricane King by force".

Everywhere else I've looked seems to suggest that there has only been a Hurricane King since 4672 A.R.

Is this a mistake, or (more likely) am I missing something?