http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.comAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6715017/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-23 02:04:47.06 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Don't know which one he was referring to specifically, so I'll just save some time and send them all to you.  Now as for the type of game you want to run, here's my suggestion.  Set your game in either Montaigne before L'Empereur is offed (LOTS of political intrigue and backstabbing (Look http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6714814/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html jessant_2000 2009-11-23 01:39:36.28 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread)  I hadn't even considered checking out SBA resources on Alderac. *sigh* Guess I figured the site would be dead since they are not the company they once were. Being that I'm a soft-spoken female in a group of loud males, the whole speaking over everyone may be more of an issue than actually comi http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6695999/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html chronomancer79 2009-11-21 03:41:25.613 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Mark I would love all of those adventures if you don't mind sending them.  Email address is chronomancer79 at gmail dot com.  you know what to do to get the email address http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6694589/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-21 01:12:00.38 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) The ones I have are:My Brother's KeeperA Fistful of GuildersFor a Few Guilders MoreLegion's FistMen and GodsA Secret Most DarkThe Magnificant 7th Sea!Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6693759/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-11-20 23:51:43.253 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Mark, send him "Masks" out of Thwak's collection.  That works for anybody.And Jessant, feel free to toss any old question you want out at us.  That's why we are still here. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6688645/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-20 10:30:06.893 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) This could actually work in your favor.  If you want to do a bit of pre-planning the campaign, you could guide your players rather than having them show up with a randomness that could throw you off (especially since you've not GM'ed before).  So, not knowing what Heroes you're going to ha http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6685738/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html jessant_2000 2009-11-20 04:16:43.097 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I honestly don't have a clue what my group will come up with for PCs. Not everyone has even said whether they would play or not, so I don't even know how many players I will have. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1668414/GoToTopic.html Lady Grace 2009-11-20 00:05:20.3 Chapter 3: Freiburg Gazette Shangri-La found?Vanished Persian Army Said Found in DesertFor those looking to spice up Cathay &/or the Crescent.... http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1668410/GoToTopic.html Lady Grace 2009-11-20 00:03:21.317 Chapter 3: Freiburg Gazette Was watching The Amazing Race Sunday, where the teams hit a rather intriguing roadblock in Estonia.The House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, billed as a secret society for merchants. I definitely could see this come into play among the guilds of Vendel...Admittedly, there's little info.  T http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6683083/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html Lady Grace 2009-11-19 23:59:17.083 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread)  Do you know what you'll have for player characters? http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6683000/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html jessant_2000 2009-11-19 23:49:57.097 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread)  Thank you for the warm welcome, Mark, and for the information. I was considering the Freiberg adventure, but I wasn't sure what else was out there. I will check out the other books and compare them to the Freiberg story and see what I can figure out. I'm looking forward to posting more on http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6678256/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-19 11:57:29.59 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) @ jessant_2000,First off, welcome to Revs.  Glad to see some fresh blood.  Now, as for pre-written.  If I were in need, the first adventure I would look at would be the Hammer & Tongs campaign in the Frieburg Boxed Set.  It's easy to run and has all the classic tropes that ma http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1668000/GoToTopic.html jessant_2000 2009-11-19 11:37:29.297 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Could someone please point me in the way of some pre-written adventures? I'm a 1st time GM (ever), and 7th Sea, being my favorite system, is where I'm wanting to start out. I prefer R&K, though I can convert D20 over if needed. I don't have a lot of time to work on a campaign right now, and our http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6663516/TopicID-1664842/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-11-18 04:02:09.937 Chapter 1: The World of Théah  Yeah, Aimoo seems to have broken the link. The URL is right - it will load, but here's what I had, with some funky formatting due to wiki copy/paste:Isla TormentosSeven miles south by west of San Teodoro is Isla Tormentos, a single limestone rock - the Rock of Tormentos - that juts up out of http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6644226/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-16 08:27:00.483 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Frank, I swear I must really not be paying attention when I sit to game.  It's been my impression that, in general, (there have been exceptions, I will admit) it's been a pretty welcoming community that plays.  Maybe that's because I only play the higher level games now-a-days.  But i http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6642838/TopicID-1664842/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-16 05:31:22.467 Chapter 1: The World of Théah One of these days, we're gonna have to declare you official map guy to the game.  Another excellent map.  (although when I try to read your writeup, it tells me IE cannot display your page).Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6641840/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html JackHunter 2009-11-16 03:37:07.187 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) No, the jerks from this site I can handle and enjoy, especially the charlie, mark, and dave breed.  I'm talking about the type of person that is just a jerk cause they don't know how to properly interact with humans and lets face it at a gaming con you deal with a lot of people that have n http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1664842/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-11-15 10:08:40.467 Chapter 1: The World of Théah I just put together an island for an adventure tomorrow - Isla Tormentos, a Gibraltar-like place a few miles off the coast of San Teodoro. (This is a 1668 game). It's supposed to be the hole in the Montaigne blockade - essentially, it's a bastion just far enough/close enough to the coast that its gu http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-4545730/TopicID-10454/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-14 05:11:39.997 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I do indeed.  Send it out here in just a fewMark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-4545555/TopicID-10454/GoToTopic.html chronomancer79 2009-11-14 00:13:34.793 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Does anyone still have this adventure on there computer?  If they do could they please send it to me at chronomancer79 at gmail dot comThanks http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6605849/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-11-12 14:09:06.883 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Wow. My first triple post. I need a rest. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6598224/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-11 22:54:43.46 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Ooo.. ZING right back!as for jerks, you know, they say that there's one at every table but whenever I sit down there is NEVER one at my...ohh wait a sec...Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6597928/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-11-11 22:24:44.38 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) you will note, he just took 6 die rolls there.  and in the defense of 7th sea players, they are not for the most part jerks at the cons, I just sit at Jack's table a lot so it seems like there are a lot of jerks around but it's just me.  http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6592824/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-11-11 08:42:17.817 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Reply to cpugs (11/09/2009 15:30:37)I've role played since the first edition D&D, and I have yet to develop the perfect character.  As a matter of fact, I have had more fun with the imperfect types...I bought the boxed set too in the mid 70's too. Two die rolls and your character was ready http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1661581/GoToTopic.html Ravenshadow 2009-11-11 00:52:30.817 Earth Talk : Off-Topic Discussion Hey Gang.As you may or may not know I work at GAMES PLUS in Mt. Prospect, IL. I just thought I would let you know we found some 7th Sea minis and I thought some of the folks around here might like to get a shot at picking them up, since most folks can't get to the store easily. Any minis you want, w http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6582858/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-10 11:43:17.96 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Reply to cpugs (11/09/2009 17:30:37)I've role played since the first edition D&D, and I have yet to develop the perfect character.  As a matter of fact, I have had more fun with the imperfect types...Hear, hear!My only attempt at a 'perfect' type was a Vatacine Priest with the Inspriational http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1661158/GoToTopic.html Lady Grace 2009-11-10 11:14:23.007 Chapter 2: Artistic Guilds of Théah The rain was starting to pick up as the ferry docked.  Standing on the small pier was a middle-aged Eisen man dressed in a high-collared coat.  He was flanked by another man with a clean-shaven head, obviously some sort of servant.  The Eisen grinned, clasping his hands as the trio le http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6580539/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-10 06:56:49.35 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Reply to JackHunter (11/09/2009 18:29:11)sometimes the simpler the better.  You can take from this what you want, this is just from my experience of running 2 living campaigns at cons for the last 7 years.FrankYup, I have no intention of doing any paperwork or keeping track of anything I d http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6580333/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html JackHunter 2009-11-10 06:29:11.13 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Wow all these complexities... thinking of the logistics of running something like that for a con gives me a head ache... Just a few reminders mark, sometimes the simpler the better.  Most of the players that you'll get at a table you will not know and will be jerks, its not a very happy thought http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6579760/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html cpugs 2009-11-10 05:30:37.13 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I've role played since the first edition D&D, and I have yet to develop the perfect character.  As a matter of fact, I have had more fun with the imperfect types... http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6578208/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-11-10 02:47:21.567 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Dave, how long have you known me... and my endless refinements of characters?That's just my way of getting the "perfect" character. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6575838/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-11-09 22:11:56.677 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) You are in Castille, why in the world will it ever be necessary to read and write Ussuran?  Mike, you are letting the skills you think you need overwhelm the skills the character "Should" have.  Anybody who is looking at any campaign should consider writing the paragraph of background firs http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6573677/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-09 16:21:42.19 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I'm guessing "Favorable Explanation" refers to this?"All languages cost one point less to purchase (minimum 1 point, unless it starts at a cost of 0)."You're interpreting that to mean that the +1 HP to R/W is knocked down to 0 because Castille costs 0 for Castillian characters?  If so, then I d http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6572758/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-11-09 12:51:34.053 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Mark:Ok. It's pretty universal that the conversion is 1 HP = 3 XP. And, assuming that you accept a favorable explanation for how Linguist works (some don't), my Castillian PC, using the Aldana dialect, will need 0 HP to speak and read/write Castillian, 1 HP to speak and read/write Vodacce, 2 HP http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6554355/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-07 21:22:25.927 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) @MikeTo be fair, you’ve played in adventures where I generated the characters and selected out those advantages/skills that were useful for the adventure.  I like to think I listened to your feedback about what kind of game you all wanted to play in.  There’s plenty of action (obviously) w http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6553319/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-11-07 18:04:41.99 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Even though many of us already have played in one of your games, it would be helpful (especially to people such as myself who design complicated characters) for you to describe a little of your GMing style.I ask because its quite frustrating for me to discover that I have designed a charac http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6547005/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-07 02:27:51.223 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Status update for those of you playing at home.  Decided I hated one of my plots and tossed it (never fear that's my usual m.o.)  Inserted a new second adventure which could be accomplished in shorter time than the original second adventure (the one with mucho plot twists). Finishing up th http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6513250/TopicID-1655947/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-11-04 02:13:16.603 Earth Talk : Off-Topic Discussion And whatever the hell it used to post that crap, I seem unable to get to my mod powers to destroy it...Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1655947/GoToTopic.html Lady Grace 2009-11-03 23:54:48.09 Earth Talk : Off-Topic Discussion Looks like we've got a spambot in the forums. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1651526/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-10-30 03:27:46.137 Chapter 4: Mechanics & Systems Neither the book system for naval combat nor any of the alterations floating around the internet have quite scratched the itch I want, particularly since I have a bunch of those cool WizKids ships. So I worked on this:http://7thsea.rvhist.com/index.php?title=Naval_Combat_RulesAnd I'd love feedback. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-807137/TopicID-589085/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-28 01:31:08.7 Chapter 4: Mechanics & Systems  If I were splitting Brawn on the player's ship, I would split brawn on the NPC ships and randomize the side for any odd numbers.  But I tend to just total the actual Brawn ans a whole and leave it at that.  http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-807129/TopicID-589085/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-25 12:34:25.983 Chapter 4: Mechanics & Systems Ah Daeroos, the age old question.Lets get the basics down.  If you have Waves of Blood there are some advanced rules there (pp. 109-112) you might want to look intoThat said, the ship battles sections are poorly designed and executed.  One place (I believe the GMG) says split the Brawn lik http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-807126/TopicID-589085/GoToTopic.html Daeroos 2009-10-25 09:29:11.263 Chapter 4: Mechanics & Systems Hello, not sure if this thread is even used anymore since the last post was over a year ago, but figured I'd give it a try.I was wondering if anyone could help me with a question. I have played 7th sea for a while now, and am going to be attempting to run for the first time. I am curious, in the sec http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6401245/TopicID-1646948/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-25 02:15:56.093 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) But did they find the big diamond necklace that old lady tossed back overboard?  I have a vision in my head of a slightly addled old man giggling as he wanders out to the bridge looks around and chucks another trinket over the side.  He's wondering to himself who will find it and what they http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6401192/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-25 02:10:43.0 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) That's why those kids are so bright, they keep them longer than they ever kept the rest of us.  http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1646948/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-24 20:37:33.717 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) What exactly did he have up his sleeve?http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_treasure_mysteryMark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1646687/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-24 11:39:11.673 Chapter 3: Freiburg Gazette Heya Everyone,For over a year now, I've been frequenting a general gaming chat forum called RPGBomb (www.rpgbomb.com).  Despite enjoying it, I always noticed that there was no area to discuss 7th Sea.  So, last week I bit the bullet and offered myself up as the moderator for 7th Sea Forum http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6385818/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html cpugs 2009-10-23 18:52:57.86 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Yes.  School in NH is due to be let out on 22-June, if we do not exceed the alotted snow days and now flu days.  If we have snow like last year and the H1N1 is a big hitter, the girls could be in school until July 1 (yikes!!!). http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6382967/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-23 10:56:16.41 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Charlie, Not exactly positive of the verasity of this statement but it looks to me like Origins is June 24-27th is that the 'early' you were talking about?Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6369110/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html cpugs 2009-10-22 01:37:43.153 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I would love to come Tuesday night also, but with Origins "early" this year the girls might not be out of school.  Abandoning my wife to play games with the kids still in school would be more than frowned upon.....