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Colorful language is ok. Go tit!

I wonder how soon Longman is going to NPC me.

Pirates - Crew ratio plus armed numbers, etc? Just assume the pirates are mostly in control at this point. I already said I didn't want to get into too much detail about that. It's more than I want to deal with, and it's just going to lead to a bunch of political shenanigans on the beach. That can come later, if required. The backstory was just designed to give a range of background options.

Thinking about this a bit, I'm not going to be motivated to rock the boat or call attention to myself because too many pirates have too many unrealistic ideas about women. They also have unrealistic ideas about whether they can beat this woman in combat, but best to leave that theory untested.

I've also decided she's not a pirate, but I don't know where she gets the martial training. Still working on that part. It's quite possible she ends up disliking pirates.

I'm used to posting things my PC says in color since that's what the convention is in other PbP games I'm in. Also, I'm used to game mechanics descriptions or OOC posts in red (in the IC thread, that is). So please let me know if I get too much OOC stuff in the IC thread, or if the coloring throws you off. It's just habit.

If possible, I would like to try to gain the trust of one of the non-pirate crew (Maju needs a bodyguard - he does this instinctively). Is this okay? And if so, should we use something like the retainer rules?

I'll leave this idea (the retainer) for a while. Bringing in too many characters too early will flood the game. Maybe after a few encounters?

I'm keen to get you all into some action pretty soon because it's the best way for everyone to get to know themselves and each other, and to get a feel for the game.

Longman wrote:I'll leave this idea (the retainer) for a while. Bringing in too many characters too early will flood the game. Maybe after a few encounters?

Okay. No worries. My only motivation was that Maju is pretty squishy (14 hp), so I figured it would be useful to get a meat-shield is all. But I trust the DM…so far.

Isn't supposed to be Monkey Island ? So far, it looks more like Giant chicken's Island...

Giant Monkeybird Island!

Well, if the pirate following us isn't Saracen, do we let him live ? I could hide in the woods while you continue forwards and stab him ?

He's not hindering us and he ensures our safety from the pirates. Let's keep him alive.