The Brotherhood of Turducken Island

[JAG]

Hey Coug,

First off, I like the changes you're putting into effect. For a suggestion, I'd like to see increases in ratings happen a little more frequently. To counter that, you could have negative random effects (or something separate from that) become more frequent and nasty as people increase their ratings as authorities start to hone in on the 'infamous pirate scum'. Just a thought. Other than that, I think things are in good shape currently.

[oykib]

Pharaoh of the Sea

1. Drunken Debauchery
If there are any leftover actions, then Cruise for guano, then trade/accept

[Barkeep49]

Vexroid, matey, ye mail box be full. How can a lowly pirate such as meself communicate with ye like that? If ye would clear some space so I could stick in my note, I would be grateful.

[vex]

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

Vexroid, matey, ye mail box be full. How can a lowly pirate such as meself communicate with ye like that? If ye would clear some space so I could stick in my note, I would be grateful.

It be clear now, matey.

[vex]

Iron Foot William

Send 10g to Sterling, Lizzie, and Antonio.

1. Trade - Accept offer of 40g for hostage, Look for better offers for luxuries, accepting only on rolls of 3 or better. We also be a buyin 10 casks 'o tabbaca.
2. Recruit a d4 crewmember(1g)
3. Repair the Hellantic(5g)

[ibnsgirl]

Originally Posted by sachmo71

Yeah, why did I suck so bad?



I'd like to reup please.

Open Sore Ted, and his garbage scow "Lemmy" be coming to plunder yer gold!
He be experienced with Cruising fer prey!

Perhaps ye be fergetin' one o' the first rules o' the Brotherhood accordin' to our Pirate Lord...
Ye may need to re-word yer request

[dacman]

Lazy Eye Quinn

1) Cruise for Foodstuffs
2) Trade, accept all offers
3) Cruise for Turtles

[sterlingice]

Wish I had a free turn or two to go crusing for turtles. That's good money

SI

[Katon]

Red-Eyed Ted

I accept the trade offers - haggling is taking up too much time

1. cruise fer turtles
2. If we still have free holds, cruise fer turtles again; else trade & accept whatever offers we get
3. If we have free holds, cruise fer turtles again; else trade

[TonyR]

As a suggestion, would be nice if a pirate could say kidnap a skilled person.
i.e. kidnap a shipwright to lessen cost of repairs, a cook to improve crew morale, a rum/grog distiller to lessen the effects of druken debauchary, a skilled cannoneer to add firepower to one's ship, etc.

Just a suggestion.

[ntndeacon]

" Randall DeVries has come to Turducken Island to join The Brotherhood”
Argh! We be kings of boarding, mateys!

[Celeval]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

Yer crew is still embittered toward Vaclav the Cruel, and thinks ye should challenge him or, better yet, cruise for the “Avenger” so as to board her! They remain quite restless, lad!

And time it is.

1) Trade - sell the guano for whatever we can get.
2) WENCH! Give the boys their fun, spending all the gold we get from trading above.
3) We set sail cruising for Vaclav the Cruel.

[sachmo71]

Originally Posted by ibnsgirl

Perhaps ye be fergetin' one o' the first rules o' the Brotherhood accordin' to our Pirate Lord...
Ye may need to re-word yer request

Ghaaa!


Open Sore Ted has come to Turducken Island to join The Brotherhood


Me ship be the Lemmy!

[WSUCougar]

FYI, I'm not neglecting the turn deadline, but I'm working up the rule revisions so that they will apply beginning with turn 10.

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

FYI, I'm not neglecting the turn deadline, but I'm working up the rule revisions so that they will apply beginning with turn 10.

That might be what YE is saying but when Aye talked to the turn deadline this morn he be saying you aint fed him food in two days nor grog in three!

All kidding aside Aye be looking forward to the new rules.

[ntndeacon]

Me Ship be known as the Bleedin' Deacon.

So say Ol Randall De Vries

[sterlingice]

Ne'er weighed in on the changes, but I agree with all the ones proposed so far. Tho, I will say that I'm with JAG on the chance of ratings changes happening more regularly. We've had maybe 1 per turn across the entire game (including new ships, swords, HARR! increases, etc) and some stats haven't shown life of moving at all (ie maybe the more you trade, the better you get at it or the more you plan and raid, the better your rating be).

SI

[Coffee Warlord]

Java Rob

1) Ship Repair
2) Cruisin' for Foodstuffs!
3) YAR! DEBAUCH!

[Arctus]

Lawrence the Lazy (24g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Repair me ship (5g)
2. Recruit
3. Plan a raid on a fishing village

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
HARRRRR! d4
Ship "Apathy" d4 -1
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d6 -1

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 11

[kingfc22]

Diego wants to know if Diego is in th' brotherhood.

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

Diego Sanchez and his crew on The Black Rock has come to Turducken Island to join The Brotherhood.

He is a master of the sword and the rest of the brotherhood better take notice.

Welcome aboard!

Diego Sanchez (3g)
Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d6
Trade d4
HARRRRR! d4
Ship "The Black Rock" d4
Crew d4

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

Randall DeVries has come to Turducken Island to join The Brotherhood Argh! We be kings of boarding, mateys

Welcome aboard!

Randall DeVries (2g)
Cruising d4
Boarding d6
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
HARRRRR! d4
Ship "Bleedin' Deacon" d4
Crew d4

Open Sore Ted has come to Turducken Island to join The Brotherhood


Me ship be the Lemmy!

Welcome aboard!

Open Sore Ted (1g)
Cruising d6
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
HARRRRR! d4
Ship "Lemmy" d4
Crew d4

[kingfc22]

Diego Sanchez:

1. Plan a raid on fishing village
2. Cruise for turtles
3. Cruise for turtles

[ntndeacon]

Randall DeVries (2g)

1. Cruise for Turtles
2. Cruise for Turtles
3. Trade

[WSUCougar]

The Turn 10 Deadline is exactly 24 hours from the time of this post.

FYI, I will be implementing the rules changes for Turn 11 (I don't want to hold the game up any longer to get them in for Turn 10).

[Barkeep49]

Vaclav the Cruel and the ever more successful crew of the Avenger be doing the following:

1. Cruise for turtles
2. If space, cruise for turtles, else trade
3. If I didn't trade in 2, trade, else Plan for Raid on Fishing Village

[Raven Hawk]

Ravenbeard McNasty

1. Bleed
2. Stop Bleeding
3. Recruit

[BillyPilgrim]

Tristram One-Eye

We accept the trade offer.

1. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
2. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
3. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Poli]

A pirate's life for me!

[JAG]

Additionally, a Turducken merchant of reasonable repute approaches ye with the following offer: “I know of a gem merchant who caters to nobles in France. He would pay handsomely for the emeralds if they’re as impressive as the rumors suggest. If you would trust me to do so, I will take them on consignment, and then sell them to him. He resides in a French colony some distance away, so this will take some time. To serve as your agent, I would ask for 20% of the final sale price.” How do ye respond?

Feverish Billy Rumsucker:

I be agreein' to yer offer merchant. But I warn ye: if ye play me false, I will find ye, stick a rusty dirk in yer belly, and leave yer entrails out as a feast fer t'seagulls.

(declines offer of 50gp for emeralds, gives them to merchant)

1. Repair me ship (5gp)
2. Repair me ship (5gp)
3. Recruit crew to replace the headhunter fodder (1gp)

[Wolfpack]

Red Jack Turner

D'oh! I meant to do the orders but for some reason just never got around to it. Guess I'm out of action this turn.

[WSUCougar]

TURN 10 REPORT:

Pirate lore o’ th’ day: The word “doubloon” comes from the Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, an old Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus, meaning double.

10 kegs o’ tobacco (+1 crew action) were sold for 3g per cask to the following pirates:
• Spicy Antonio D'Griffin (3)
• Raider Lizzie (3)
• Iron Foot William (2)
• Sterling Silvers Jr. (2)

The turtle craze is at an end. However, several colonial governors have declared various turtle breeds endangered species.

A d6 ship, the “Sinner’s Heart,” is available for sale to the highest bidder.

A cartographer is making some nautical charts of the area. He will pay 2g for each action you take to assist him, and will also provide copies of the charts when they are completed. Only one pirate is needed per action (ties will be broken by reputation).

Quest: Sentinel Rock (inquire with an action)

Three new Brothers have joined the Log Book!

Remember to list a mandatory Drunken Debauchery action if you have one for Turn 11. Also be aware of any crew losses or ship damage, and accept or decline any trade offers.

= = = = =

The results:

Iron Foot William (186g)

60g received from Sterling Silvers Jr.
55g received from Raider Lizzie
50g received from Spicy Antonio D’Griffin.
40g ransom received
10g sent to Sterling, Lizzie, and Antonio (each).

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Trade + 2 casks 'o tabbaca. = Weak offers of 14g and 6g were made for the luxuries.
2. Recruit a d4 crewmember(1g)
3. Repair the Hellantic(5g)

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing Village [1], Harbor City [4][3][1], Fortress [4]
Dueling d4 (+1 sword)
Trade d4
Ship "Hellantic" d4
Holds: [7t lux][6t lux]
Crew d4
+ (4) casks o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Java Rob the Warlord (110g)

Turn 10 actions:
1) Ship Repair [10g]
2) Cruisin' for Foodstuffs! = Ship found = Although the “Yak” was damaged again, ye won a close-fought victory! Board 10 (3+1+6) vs. Defense 10 (4+5+1). 4g food was taken aboard.
3) YAR! DEBAUCH! = A hearty drunk-fest indeed. Two actions o’ Turn 11 be lost to the hangover.

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Diseased Yak" d6 -1
Holds: [4t food][ empty] [empty]
Crew d6
+ (1) cask o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Sterling Silvers Jr. (109g)

39g accepted in trade
10g received from Iron Foot William
4g received from Raider Lizzie
60g sent to Iron Foot William, 10g to Raider Lizzie, and 10g to Antonio

Yer crew looks with lusty eyes upon the fine lines o’ th’ former “Shelly Baker.”

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Trade: bought 2 casks of tobacco, get new offer for hostage = The ransom offer remains 3g, and was returned with the note: “Ask again and ye can keep the bastard!”
2. Recruit a new d6 crewmember (5g)
3. Repair the "Gold Piece" (5g)

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d6
Plans: Harbor city [6][6]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Gold Piece" = d4
Holds: [empty][empty] + 3h hostage
Crew d6
+ (3) casks o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Lady Elizabeth the Blond (93g)

10g received from Sterling Silvers Jr.
10g received from Iron Foot William
18g ransom received
Sent 55g to Iron Foot William, 5g to Spicy Antonio D'Griffin, and 4g to Sterling Silvers.

Yer crew looks with lusty eyes upon the fine lines o’ th’ former “Shelly Baker.”

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Trade. Bought 3 casks o' tabaccy. = 30g and 15g have been offered for yer luxuries. Do ye accept either/both?
2. Repair me ship [5g]
3. Recruit me a crewmate = Yer reputation has preceded ye, and the crew is bolstered for free!

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing village [4], Harbor city [4], Fortress [1]
Dueling d4
Trade d6
Ship "Blackened Catfish" d4
Holds: [6t lux][5t lux]
Crew d6 (+1 through turn 11)
+ (4) casks o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13 (ignore, thanks to bodacious babes)

= = = = =

Davy the Cunning (89g)

Sleeping it off!

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing Village [3]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Dread Ship Cougar" d6 -1
Holds: [3t food][2t resources][empty]
Crew d4 + (1) cask o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Spicy Antonio D'Griffin (74g)

10g received from Sterling Silvers Jr.
10g received from Iron Foot William
5g received from Raider Lizzie
50g sent to Iron Foot William

You retain the ship "Pooh's Revenge" d4 -1 and may sell her if ye wish.

Turn 10 Actions:
1) Trade: bought 3 casks of tabacco. Get better offers for me cargo and hostage. = 11g and 18g were again offered for yer luxuries, and 8g ransom again for yer hostage. Do ye accept any/all?
2) Attempt to Wench offer [5g] = A fine effort, Wench 89 (83 + 1 Harrrrr! + 5g), and some ugly wenches (29) yield to yer charms! The crew be +1 through Turn 11, and ye avoid the next Drunken Debauchery.
3) Repair Savage Sea Turtle [30g].

Cruising d4
Boarding d6
Raiding d4
Plans: Harbor city [3][1]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship Savage Sea Turtle d10 -3
Holds: [11t lux][9t lux][empty][empty][empty] + 8h hostage
Crew d4 -1 (+1 thru turn 11)
+ (3) casks o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Ravenbeard McNasty (57g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Bleed
2. Stop Bleeding
3. Recruit [1g]

Random event: Rumors suggest that the Harbor City garrison is off chasing natives inland. Now may be a good time to strike!

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d6
Plans: Harbor City [5], Fortress [5][2][1]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Syphlitic Sea Bass" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d4
+ (1) cask o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 11

= = = = =

Red Jack Turner (55g)

Turn 10 Actions:
Whittlin’ his wood.

Cruising d6
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Lone Wolf" d4 -1
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 15

= = = = =

Bart the Not-So-Cunning (48g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1) Trade - sell the guano for whatever we can get = Offers of 8g+4g were accepted
2) WENCH! Give the boys their fun, spending all the gold we get from trading above. = Unfortunately, though the gold flowed, the effort Wench 52 (36 + 4 harrrr! + 12g) fails to attract the buxom wenches (66), and they spurn ye!
3) We set sail cruising for Vaclav the Cruel = “Avenger” found! = Battle was joined as Vaclav was caught unaware! “Revenge” Boarding 8 (1+3+4) vs. “Avenger” Defense 6 (2+1+3). A bloodless victory! 5g turtles, 3g guano, (1) cask o’ +1 tobacco, and 48g were plundered.

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Coastal Town [3]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Revenge" d4
Holds: [3t guano][5t turtles]
Crew d6
+ (1) cask o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 12

= = = = =

Feverish Billy Rumsucker (34g)

Declined the trade offer for the 25t emeralds, and gave them to the merchant on consignment. He will sell them to a French gem merchant, and return with your gold after taking out a 20% fee.

1. Repair me ship (5gp)
2. Repair me ship (5gp)
3. Recruit crew to replace the headhunter fodder (1gp)

Cruising d6
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing village [1]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "The Sickly Whale" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d4 -1

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 11

= = = = =

Bill the Bloated (34g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Trade = 20g was offered and accepted for yer fine guano.
2. Repair Ship [5g]
3. Plan a Raid on Ye Olde Fishing Village = A poor plan was devised [1]

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing village [1]
Dueling d4
Trade d6
Ship "The Bloated Beaver" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 11 (ignore thanks to the sheep)

= = = = =

Red-Eyed Ted (33g)

22g in trade was accepted

Turn 10 Actions:
1. cruise fer turtles = 5g in turtles taken
2. cruise fer turtles again = no more turtles found!
3. cruise fer turtles again = no more turtles found!

The crew is a bit mystified over yer obsession with turtles and yer inability to find any more of them.

Cruising d6
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing village [2][2]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Insomniac Lemming" d4
Holds: [5t turtles][empty]
Crew d6
+ (1) cask o’ +1 tobacco

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 11

= = = = =

Lazy Eye Quinn (22g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1) Cruise for Foodstuffs = Ship not found
2) Trade = 3g was offered and accepted for yer guano
3) Cruise for Turtles = 4g+2g turtles taken!

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Coastal town [2]
Dueling d4
Trade d6
Ship "The Silver Secret" d4
Holds: [4t turtles][2t turtles]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Lawrence the Lazy (14g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Repair me ship (5g)
2. Recruit (5g)
3. Plan a raid on a fishing village = A solid plan was devised [3]

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: fishing village [3]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Apathy" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d6

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 11

= = = = =

Diego Sanchez (3g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Plan a raid on fishing village = A solid plan was devised [3]
2. Cruise for turtles = 2g turtles taken
3. Cruise for turtles = 2g turtles taken

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: Fishing village [3]
Dueling d6
Trade d4
Ship "The Black Rock" d4
Holds: [2t turtles][2t turtles]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 14

= = = = =

Tristram One-Eye (3g)

Accept 2g trade offer.

1. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
2. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
3. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d6
Plans: Coastal Town [6]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Wounded Rat" d4 -1
Holds: [1t guano][empty]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 12

= = = = =

Randall DeVries (2g)

1. Cruise for Turtles = 2g turtles taken
2. Cruise for Turtles = 4g+3g turtles taken
3. Trade = Offers of 4g+12g offered for yer turtles. Do ye accept either/both?

Cruising d4
Boarding d6
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Bleedin' Deacon" d4
Holds: [4t turtles][3t turtles]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

= = = = =

Open Sore Ted (1g)

Turn 10 Actions:
Wiping up the puss.

Cruising d6
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Lemmy" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d4

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 14

= = = = =

Pharaoh of the Sea (0g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Drunken Debauchery
2. Hungover
3. Hangover ended

Random event: A Dutch privateer (d8) is reportedly plying the local trade routes looking for you. Beware!

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d6
Plans: Fishing village [1], Coastal City [5], Citadel [5]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Queen of the Nile" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d4 -2

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 12

= = = = =

Vaclav the Cruel (0g)

Turn 10 Actions:
1. Cruise for turtles = one hold of 5g turtles taken in!
2. Trade = Offers of 9g (guano) and 15g (turtles) were made. However…
3. What’s this? Ye’ve been tracked, attacked unawares, and successfully boarded by Bart the Not-So Cunning and his ship “Revenge!” = “Revenge” Boarding 8 (1+3+4) vs. “Avenger” Defense 6 (2+1+3). Yer ship is damaged and ye’ve suffered a crew loss as well as handing over all of yer cargo, tobacco, and gold! An outrage!!!

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship “Avenger” d4 -1
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d6 -1

Next Drunken Debauchery: Turn 13

[WSUCougar]

Note the following changes (also listed in post #4):

Reputation Points (RP) have replaced the pirate’s Harrrrr! rating. Therefore, RP represent another form of ranking among The Brethren, and any tie-breaker situations using reputation would use this number with a random element added in, such as (RP+d10).

Accumulating reputation points will also be the means to improve ratings (or “level up”). Each level will allow the pirate to select a rating to increase (note: ship & crew may not be leveled up in this manner). The levels are 25 RP, 50 RP, 100 RP, 200 RP, and so on upward, doubling the previous number. Pirates who have already attained a level or two may select their improved rating(s) immediately.

RP are earned as follows:

Each unit of gold earned [0.1]

Ships captured (each):
Guano [1]
Food [5]
Resources [10]
Trade goods [20]
Luxuries [30]
Treasure [40]

Successful raids (each):
Fishing village [5]
Coastal town [10]
Harbor city [20]
Fortress [40]
Citadel [50]

Hostage [value #]

Dueling victory [opponent’s RP/10]

Navy ship defeated [variable]

Quests completed [variable]

*A note about Masters and Minions: Masters get full reputation points, and minions half points

**A note about gold: Gold received from other pirates does not count toward reputation! Be aware that this has a significant bearing on Master/Minion relationships.

***A note about cargo: Reputation points are not directly awarded for cargo, but for the gold earned when the cargo is sold off.

****A note about hostages: Due to the notoriety one gains from word-of-mouth, hostages provide reputation points both directly and indirectly (ransom gold).

• The length between Drunken Debaucheries will no longer be tied to reputation. Also, I’m going to add the ability to “buy off” the crew and postpone the next drunk (gold cost = die roll of crew level). Buying off the crew is an action.
• Cargoes will no longer be listed with a (g), which is confusing. They will instead be listed with a (t) to indicate that their value will be multiplied by a trade roll to determine their final worth. Example: [3t guano] Likewise, hostages will be listed with an (h) since ransom values are not tied to trade ratings. Example: [8h hostage].
• I like the random events and will increase their frequency up to 20% chance per pirate per turn. Basically, if the d10 roll is a “1” than it’ll be a negative event, and if it’s a “10” it’ll be a positive one.
• Pirates who are “lost at sea” will no longer be permanently lost unless there is a pirate on the waiting list. However, bad things will tend to happen to pirates who miss consecutive turns.
• Outside of standard trade and ransom actions, a challenged pirate’s assets are frozen until the challenge is resolved, and may not be “stashed” with another pirate.
• NEW ACTION: “Recover Gold.” Gold is considered to always be with a pirate physically unless it is buried. A pirate may bury any portion of their gold whenever they wish as a free action, but retrieving any buried gold requires a separate “Recover Gold” action.

[WSUCougar]

The Turn 11 Deadline is exactly 24 hours from the time of this post.

[WSUCougar]

NOTE: RP rankings are now included in the Log Book (post #2).

[sachmo71]

Open Sore Ted

1. Minion of Ravenbeard McNasty
2. Crusie for Guano
3. Cruise for Guano

[Coffee Warlord]

Java Rob

Bury 50 of me gold
Increase our Cruisin'
Increase our Raidin'

1) Arrrr, me head
2) Arrrr, me other head
3) We be wondering about this here Sentinel Rock

[sterlingice]

Silver Piece Itinerary
Accept the exciting 3g offer for the hostage and send 1 each to Raider Lizzie, Spicy Antonio, and Iron Foot William
Take "level up" in dueling
1. Assist cartographer
2. Assist cartographer
3. Raid Harbor City with one of [6] plans (Master o Rader Lizzie, Spicy Antonio, and Iron Foot William)

Sterling Silvers's Deep Pirate Thoughts
"These new stats look like hockey. Now how many points do I get for a tie, again?"

Sterling Silvers's Pirate Stats
Ye Olde Harbor City Raids: 1
Ye Olde Coastal Town Raids: 2
Dueling Contest Record: 1-1
Wenching Success: 2 fer 3
Luxury ship battles: 1 ("Shelly Baker")

SI

[vex]

Can my buried gold be recovered by other pirates?

[vex]

Iron Foot William

Add 2 skill levels to dueling.

1. Assist cartographer
2. Trade - Look for better offers, accept on rolls of at least 3 or 4.
3. Minion o' Sterling Silvers II

[Raven Hawk]

Yarrrr! I be needin' a stalmart cap'n ta join me on a Harbor City raid. If ye be interested in goin out early in the mornin' (action 1) send me a Parrot Message. I may take two wit me if need be.

[Arctus]

Lawrence the Lazy (14g)

Turn 11 Actions:
1. Raid the Village (A solid plan was devised [3])
2. Inquire about Quest
3. Drunken Debauchery

Cruising d4
Boarding d4
Raiding d4
Plans: fishing village [3]
Dueling d4
Trade d4
Ship "Apathy" d4
Holds: [empty][empty]
Crew d6

[sterlingice]

I know it's a turn late, but thinking about future plans, I came up with some more suggestions.

1) Plans should expire after, I dunno, 5 turns or something. It's silly that a city you plotted against back in turn 2 would have the same defenses now, 10 turns later. Probably give some warning of a couple of turns so people have time to use up their current plans or draw up new plans, before implementing this one, tho.

2) Those poor boarders- they suck and there's no way around it. Raiding really is the way to go since the town always stays in the one place and good raiding adds to both planning and raiding. At least cruisers can go crusing for stuff like turtles from time to time. But poor boarders- they're at the mercy of crusing rolls and they don't really get anything special for their boarding ability. So why not merge boarding and cruising into one skill like raiding is- that way it is used in both rolls. Either that or make better boarders get better treasure- instead of the current loot roll, you get (loot/2 + boarding) or something so that boarding is actually worth a darn. I'm kindof leaning towards the former as the better suggestion since it would make it mirror raiding and there are already enough abilities to worry about balancing while leveling up (trading, dueling, raiding) never mind ship and crew.

3) The whole "bury gold" thing seems too "convenient" or "useless". You can just bury it and boom, it's safe. Or, maybe it's that anyone can stumble across it- then why would you do it at all.

So, basically create a key for it and for the sake of subtlety, call it "Treasure Map" When you take the free action to bury the gold, it creates a "key" for that gold called "treasure map". So, for instance, if I buried 50 gold, I would get an item called "Treasure Map [50g Sterling II]". I could keep it myself or give it to whoever to safeguard. Whoever has it, can use it to access the gold with the "Recover Gold" action. That said, if that someone is lost at sea, so is the map tho maybe it comes up as part of a quest. If that someone is killed, the attacking pirate takes the map.

Maybe for specifics, you have to use a cruising roll to go find the gold again unless you're the pirate who originally went there. That way it's not easy as pie and there's a chance that your son can avenge you before the other pirate finds the gold. Make the cruising goal target of (gold/10). I'm just blueskying at this point...

SI

[vex]

Those of us who had HARRR! rating increases when we started, do we get an extra skill increase?

[TonyR]

Spicy Anotonio D'Griffin

I'll be lookin' for offers for me other ship Pooh's Revenge (d4-1). Apply with pm.
Reject pathetic offers for me cargo and hostage. We trade another day.
Increase my dueling Pirate Lord.

Actions of the Savage Sea Turtle:
1) Repair Savage Sea Turtle [30g]
2) Repair Savage Sea Turtle [30g]
3) Minion of Sterling Silver Jr. (Use one of da fine casks we puchased)

Pirate stats
Ye Olde Costal Town Raids 1
Ye Olde Harbor City Raids 1
Guano Cruising 0-1
Luxery Ship Fights 1-2 (Shelly Baker)
Wenching 1-2
Dueling Record 1-1

[Poli]

Be ready to sail, lad?

[WSUCougar]

Can my buried gold be recovered by other pirates?

Not yet, but I’m working on this. It’s something I wanted to implement in this batch (burying and seeking gold was suggested to me by Barkeep49, by the way), but didn’t want to slow the flow of the game any more for more “development” delays.

What I’d like to do is add something like a pirate’s “Intrigue” rating. Good for stealing things, spying on things, and tracking buried gold.

Plans should expire after, I dunno, 5 turns or something. It's silly that a city you plotted against back in turn 2 would have the same defenses now, 10 turns later. Probably give some warning of a couple of turns so people have time to use up their current plans or draw up new plans, before implementing this one, tho.

This is an excellent idea. A shelf life for plans. I will implement this.

Those poor boarders- they suck and there's no way around it. Raiding really is the way to go since the town always stays in the one place and good raiding adds to both planning and raiding. At least cruisers can go crusing for stuff like turtles from time to time. But poor boarders- they're at the mercy of crusing rolls and they don't really get anything special for their boarding ability. So why not merge boarding and cruising into one skill like raiding is- that way it is used in both rolls. Either that or make better boarders get better treasure- instead of the current loot roll, you get (loot/2 + boarding) or something so that boarding is actually worth a darn. I'm kind of leaning towards the former as the better suggestion since it would make it mirror raiding and there are already enough abilities to worry about balancing while leveling up (trading, dueling, raiding) never mind ship and crew.

While I appreciate the input, I disagree. The boarding aspect is multi-tiered for specific reasons. Cruising reflects the pirate’s sailing skill, knowledge of the sea and trade routes, etc. High ratings (and better rolls) basically reflect the ability to know where targets will be. Sometimes, though, you just can’t find anything.

Boarding reflects the pirate’s tactical skill in terms of ship-to-ship combat. Maneuver for broadsides, grapple at the right time, etc. But add to this the power of the pirate’s ship, and the quality of the crew. Even with a d4 ship, a skilled pirate with d6 or better boarding and a d6 or better crew can decimate the guano fleet with regularity. I like the way it’s scaled up…the stronger you become, the juicier targets you can go after. And in the scheme of things, replacing crews and ship damage is pretty cheap at the lower levels.

If anything, raiding should be made more difficult.

The whole "bury gold" thing seems too "convenient" or "useless". You can just bury it and boom, it's safe. Or, maybe it's that anyone can stumble across it- then why would you do it at all.

So, basically create a key for it and for the sake of subtlety, call it "Treasure Map" When you take the free action to bury the gold, it creates a "key" for that gold called "treasure map". So, for instance, if I buried 50 gold, I would get an item called "Treasure Map [50g Sterling II]". I could keep it myself or give it to whoever to safeguard. Whoever has it, can use it to access the gold with the "Recover Gold" action. That said, if that someone is lost at sea, so is the map tho maybe it comes up as part of a quest. If that someone is killed, the attacking pirate takes the map.

Maybe for specifics, you have to use a cruising roll to go find the gold again unless you're the pirate who originally went there. That way it's not easy as pie and there's a chance that your son can avenge you before the other pirate finds the gold. Make the cruising goal target of (gold/10). I'm just blueskying at this point...

See above. I am working on this aspect, and we’ll have something up soon enough.

Those of us who had HARRR! rating increases when we started, do we get an extra skill increase?

Tough call. But since you benefited from the Harrrrr! rating while it existed in the first ten turns, I’m inclined to say no. I might throw you a free wenching, though.

Be ready to sail, lad?

Aye, Davy!

[ibnsgirl]

Lady Elizabeth the Blond and the envious crew of the Blackened Catfish be statin' thar actions:

First, here be me business repert:
I'll be accepting 30g and 15g fer me cargo o' luxury goods.
Send 11g each to Sterling Silvers and Iron Foot William, and 12g to Spicy Antonio D'Griffin.
Increase me Trade and Dueling ratings.
Ferget the Shelly Half-Baked... I be gettin' the d6 ship fer 33g!

Fer me actions:
1. What be this news of the Sentinal Rock I hear?
2. Plan a ye Olde Fortress Raid.
3. Minion of Sterling Silvers on a Harbor Raid. Me crew be bolstered by 1 cask o' tobacco.

Tis all,
Raider Lizzie

[sachmo71]

Originally Posted by coug

While I appreciate the input, I disagree. The boarding aspect is multi-tiered for specific reasons. Cruising reflects the pirate’s sailing skill, knowledge of the sea and trade routes, etc. High ratings (and better rolls) basically reflect the ability to know where targets will be. Sometimes, though, you just can’t find anything.

Boarding reflects the pirate’s tactical skill in terms of ship-to-ship combat. Maneuver for broadsides, grapple at the right time, etc. But add to this the power of the pirate’s ship, and the quality of the crew. Even with a d4 ship, a skilled pirate with d6 or better boarding and a d6 or better crew can decimate the guano fleet with regularity. I like the way it’s scaled up…the stronger you become, the juicier targets you can go after. And in the scheme of things, replacing crews and ship damage is pretty cheap at the lower levels.

If anything, raiding should be made more difficult.

I would have loved to see that in action.

[sterlingice]

Splitting planning and raiding into two actions aren't necessarily a bad idea. I just think that if you did that, you'd see almost everyone put points into dueling and trade because the other four just aren't worth it. As it is right now- boarding is just such a useless skill from a meta-gaming standpoint. You still only have a d4 shot at finding a ship and the better ships are much higher whereas towns don't move at all. And if you spend your points building up a good cruiser and boarder, well, you're going to be dead from your lack of dueling ability. While you spent your first 3 upgrades and initial boost to get you cruising and boarding up to d8, that other guy has a dueling at d8 and trading at d8 so even if he's not as good at planning or raiding or cruising or boarding, he's getting twice as much loot as you when he succeeds so it cancels out. Never mind that he can just kill you with his d8 dueling, to boot. Much easier to build up gold either by getting better trades or killing another pirate for it. That said, if there's a giant pirate killing spree, I'm guessing it's like Omerta- there's only limited replay value when everything you've worked for is lost so easily.

SI

[TonyR]

Just hope this fine game doesn't turn into a pirate dueling/killing fest to get ahead.
Or that dueling/killing doesn't become the easy/fast way to get ahead.

I'm having too much fun pillaging and plundering.