by AZBarbarian

I have done it on a couple of occasions. The most memorable started in media res with a battle between a merchant vessel and pirates. Both ships ended up wrecked and the party was composed of survivors from both crews who washed up with nothing but wreckage on a mysterious island.

by Whymme

There are few published campaigns set at sea*. That means that there are few examples for GMs to base adventures on.

I don’t buy the idea that players don’t play it because they are not familiar with seafaring. They are not familiar with spacefaring either, or with riding and taking care of horses (or travel in medieval times in general), or with magic. But that doesn’t deter them to play in SF or medieval fantasy campaigns.

The idea that there is little to do on a ship, or that seafaring means many days where nothing happens. First, the same would go for spacefaring SF campaigns, but that has never stopped people from playing them. There is no rule stating that you cannot skip travel time by just stating: OK, five days later you arrive at the port’. Same as with overland travel, really.
Second, the sea doesn’t have to be empty. There could be mysterious islands to explore, sea monsters to be fought, ships that seem to be abandoned by their crew …
Third, why would sea voyages last months? Not all seafaring campaigns have to be set in the middle of the ocean. Setting a campaign in the fantasy world equivalent of the Caribbean, the North Sea or the Mediterranean, or in an Indonesia-like archipelago, means that travel distances are much shorter. A day at most, unless the captain chooses not to make land.

*) there is Spelljammer. While a spacefaring fantasy setting, and not a maritime one, the spacecraft are suspiciously close to sailing ships. And there is Death on the Reik, for WFRP. Mainly river travel instead of across the sea, but it’s ship travel at least.

by BG05

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by xeirwn

Yes to all counts. However, I hope you're only judging me by chiron. And not by xeirwn. Can't remember which is which, and when I signed up I'd assumed only chiron would be visible. Xeirwn is the same word written in "Greeklish" - i.e. using the Latin alphabet to express a greek spelling of a word in Greek. I dread to think of what people think of me based on "xeirwn" pronounced in English. It would probably bring me connotations of an obscure 2nd edition ad&d creature that is half-phaerimm (the bottom half. However, in this case the bottom half is a metallic drill) and half xvart. Or something. I hope that's not what you think of me. Although you might do now. D'oh. Can we go back to the wise (I wish) wounded healer centaur thing association?

by rlfix

Even though I imagine things will pick up on their side, while we just passed 3000 items, the Math Trade is at 330 items.

by JugglinDan

awinnef wrote:

TomTomThePipersSon wrote:

coil23 wrote:

I often like to pretend people’s avatars are a realistic likeness of the users. And I refuse to hear any nay-saying on that theory.

My wings make posting a challenge, which is why I often keep my posts on the shorter side.

I often wonder if you belong to the same murder as [user=JugglinDan][/user] but then I remind myself that this silly. Australia and New Zealand are not that close.

I don't think kokako & crow are related, but we could be! My profile image is inspired by the Darklands game, where there was a heraldry editor on the character sheet, though you couldn't create "per bend sinister argent and azure a crow closed sable" there. My crow is the heraldic device of an old RPG character

As to the question, I love all the avatars and usernames here (though some are more fabulous!) and find them fascinating. I do have to look away from the more wildly animated ones though lest they trigger a migraine. I also like microbadges, frequently checking them out for new ones to buy or feeling a tiny flash of solidarity when I see that someone likes the same games as me.

by AB2014solo

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