Primal Conundrum

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

Sorry about the delay on this! I'll be getting an OOC up today.

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

I humourously see a boatload gnomes working a series of leonardo davinci weapons to protect their ship... And I like it!

@knighthawk

For sure xD I could totally see Gnomish boats hardly even looking like boats, more like big floating bowls with a bunch of stuff sticking out the top. Unless you're a gnome, it's impossible to tell which end is the front xD

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

Well, I DID say pseudo Pirates of the Carribean in the opening post, and they were slinging around pistols all the time there. I'm sorry if there was some confusion in that regard, but I intended to include firearms from square one.

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

Honestly I feel like early pistols will be relatively common, they're a staple of the pirate genre after all. I mean think about it, which is more iconic, a badass pirate with a brace of three or four pistols slung across his chest, or a badass pirate with a bow over his shoulder and a quiver of arrows at his side? Which reminds me, as far as multiple shots, it was common practice for pirates to carry multiple loaded pistols when going into a fight. The reload time may have been slow, but they could still get shots off at the speed of an archer until their guns were empty, and at that point they would usually just switch to melee weapons.

Also, keep in mind that it's a setting with magic. It would be more expensive, but you could totally buy pistols that had enchantments on them to protect them from failing due to water. That's the kind of basic enchantment that would be so useful that there's no way it WOULDN'T get developed.

Music Legends

This reminds me of an RP I tried to setup a while ago called Laser Heroes of the Music Dimension. Either way, this RP gets my thumbs up.

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

Oh I fully intend to have guns in this. I'm thinking wheellock level, they're like flintlock but cooler. Pirates gotta have some guns, yo. I mean, there's going to be cannons, and as soon as there's cannons, guns are only a half-step behind.

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

I have a pathfinder character I've wanted to try and here would be just as good as any to let it out: A half orc paragon of a sorcerer with red dragon blood in his veins (technically crossblooded orc and dragon bloodlines but again shying away from direct character facts, but going to use them for the character skeleton) He is a fire mage through and through, and on the sea, fire is a dangerous threat.

Character concept inspired from: https://unithralith.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/fire-sorcerer-of-ultimate-destruction/

Rough character image, He uses a gun as his casting focus like a wand:
http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/224823/Tsadok.jpg

@knighthawk

Keep in mind that fire magic doesn't really work too well underwater. The character I'm doing is also a sorcerer, but not focusing on destruction magic so I don't think we'll be at risk for stealing the spotlight from each other :P

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

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Of course. I can send some blurbs on them via PM in a little bit.

Ah, interesting idea. Somewhat reminiscent of the King of Red Lions from the Zelda Wind Waker game? I haven't played, but it was what first came to mind (also Farscape, sorta). If that's the case, probably don't need a bosun then, unless he's some dedicated caretaker and gofer or something. Doctor's still an option. Some kind of fussy dwarven merchant also amuses me. But I'm not settled on any specific character idea yet.

@dreamshell

Keep in mind, as a pirate crew in a fantasy world, there's also positions on a boat that wouldn't exist in reality, especially in regards to magic.

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

Well, I enjoy 'Waterworld'-type settings and have been thinking about/looking for one lately, so color me interested. ^_^

I don't want to make any waves or rock the boat (it's okay, you can groan and throw fruit at me), so can I ask if any original races are allowed? No problem if not, just curious.

I have a favorite 'bosun' I like to use for this sort of thing, as well as a ship's doctor I haven't properly used. Both humans. I could also pull out or make some characters from a few other races I have filed away (see question above). If new PCs are preferred, that's fine, too.

I've also got some rough nation ideas, if any are needed. I like the arrangement that's been worked out so far, though.

@dreamshell

I think I'd want the original races to be run past me first, but I'm certainly open to them.

I'm almost considering having one character be the boat itself, basically one of those Anchor Spirits from the article that I linked higher up. Boat has no actual pilot at the wheel, the boat steers itself. Sometimes it's even kind enough to tell the crew where they're going.

High fantasy pirates! Super rough idea, help shape the RP!

I think I'll just be a sea serpent until I meet you all. A small, man-sized one that hops into your boats and starts flailing around for fun

@WilsonTurner

Oooor you could play as a character that could actually interact with the rest of us. Try this on for size:

Sahuagin