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Help me flesh out my homebrew pirate world by asking me questions about it (lemmy.ml)

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First off: Sawbones, Moonie, Reeva or Mygg, if you're reading this, DON'T!

I'm running a pirate-themed homebrew campaign set in a homebrewed place which I've plonked down in The Sea of Falling Stars. I call it The Southern Isles, and its rife with piracy. The de facto 'government' is The Southern Islands Company, who run the place for profit and starve the population with high taxes and tithes, and who brutally suppress any rebellion. I've used every pirate and maritime trope I can think of in planning the plot, creating encounters and filling it with characters.

I figured this will help me add flavour to the world, and could be a good resource for anyone planning a similar campaign, or one shot or whatever.

Edit: I should maybe note I already played quite a bit in this setting and after a long hiatus I am starting it back up for Season 2, so partly this is a way for me to get it all fresh in my head again.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool setting! I hope you have a blast!

Is there a pirate booty that most crews are secretly looking for? Any tunours to set them on the right/wrong path?

What is the signature drink of the isles?

Are there any safe havens where they can take a rest from the government and its goonies?

What is their main export/import, as this will drive new people to the isles, and might bring some news or opportunities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There are tales of buried treasure, maps with a marked 'X', etc. But currently there is a greater prize which some of the crews and functions are frantically searching for. One particularly viscous and evil pirate captains, a sharkman necromancer named Blackfin who, along with the Southern Islands Company itself, is one of the BBEGs of the campaign. He is in the employ of the demon Lord Orcus.

You see, a great hero stole the Wand of Orcus, and then was lost while passing through the Isles. Blackfin has been promised great power if he retrieves it for his master, so he is raising an undead army to find it. He's also made an alliance with the sahuagin, a local population of aquatic arseholes.

Signature dru k would of course be rum! Particularly spiced run, sometimes mixed with ginger beer and lime (which is a real cocktail called a Dark & Stormy)

Sade havens... there's the idland of Oresk, on which is the hidden treetop hideout of thw pirate queen Anne Bonny. She's beautiful and ferocious, and most of her crew are in love with her. There's also Tortuga, a town built onto the back of a great Zaratan (giant turtle). The zaratan makes them powerful, so the SIC have not been able to bully them into economic submissions like other places. The players managed to convince the council that runs Tortuga to ally with the pirates when it comes time to topple The Company.

Exports are exotic food and spices, and gold from a mine on one if the islands. But the placement of the Southern Isles makes them a hub for trade. It is by far the quickest route for many neighbouring nations, it takes a long time to sail around them. So many still take their chances with the pirates.

People come to the isles to disappear, or in the hopes of adventure and fortune on the high seas.