http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.comAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo 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..... http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6366544/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html danar 2009-10-21 20:51:19.547 Chapter 1: The World of Théah I use the model ships from Pirates of the Spanish Main as props.  I designate a specific wind at the beginning of the encounter and no one can sail directly upwind.The ships start out at a certain distance (measured in raises) and one has the wind gauge (the upwind one, measured in drama dice t http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6363162/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-10-21 11:48:29.263 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Danar, what alternate ship combat rules do you use? I find myself needing to put a set together before this weekend. I kind of like the core rules metaphor of ships-as-people, but I don't like the equivalency they give the traits and I don't like the map based combat. For trait-based ships, I've bee http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6359774/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-10-21 04:41:28.357 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) With so many more events now on Wednesday, I may try to come late Tuesday next year as well. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6359535/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-21 04:15:13.0 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread)  The boss flipped when I set the dates in next year's schedule next week.  I would have thought that it being father's day would be an issue but it's a bigger hassle with the monthly tournament we schedule 3rd weekend of the month (and, no, that cannot be changed)  But I'll be there.& http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6357240/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-21 00:44:17.513 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I'm sure, as usual, I'll be there late Tues night.  So any time is good for me.Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6350305/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html cpugs 2009-10-20 09:15:35.123 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Not that I am planning it out 10 months in advance, but Thursday evening might be ideal.  We grab a good dinner and work out the bugs from 7:00 until we are done.  This leaves Friday and Saturday night sacred and allows us to work around one night.  If everyone was there, Wednesday wo http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6348682/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-10-20 06:05:53.217 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Mark:So you intend to limit the events to Origins for the time being?I like the idea of reading through something afterwards and comparing it to how it played for me.I'll have more to say when I get back home. .. £ìòàùèé http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6338683/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-19 11:14:48.187 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) My plan was to do a 'rough run' of all the adventures off the books before premereing them as official events.  That way we can test out the adventures and all the folks here can proofread the product to make sure that what they played is something they could duplicate (not that http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6335289/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-19 04:50:49.903 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I tend to skip the drydocks anyhow.  I do have other stuff I need to check in on there.  And I would think this needs to stay off the books since Mark has mentioned that he wanted us to be the test run for the events and putting them on the books opens stuff up for anyone to sign up.  http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6335096/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html JackHunter 2009-10-19 04:31:47.077 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Mark,Question are you planing on running the Game through origins as an actually event or were you planing on making this an off the books thing at origins 2010?  Cause slots run in increments of 2 or 4 hours typically for rpgs.  The other thing is yes make character creation only allowabl http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6326543/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-18 10:48:38.437 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) @SalI appreciate it.  We'll make sure to do it some other time, maybe I'll set aside a day.  I thought 1.5 hours was too much, I just didn't want to scare you all away with the prospect of sitting at the table for 6-7 hours to run two games.  @ _Cristina_I assumed you'd all have your http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6323345/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-10-18 04:35:36.687 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I suggest that you run one game for players who have generated their characters ahead of time. For regulars here, there is no excuse for anyone showing up at your table without a finished character. If they insist, they can play a template. Or you can tell them no.I should think that we could have a http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6322553/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-18 03:03:34.997 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I hereby commit to making time available to you at the con to get through whatever you need to test out.  (Except for Saturday after 10pm... I got that paranoia thing to do)  If you are planning 1.5 hours of game session time for character gen, you are giving players too much time.  T http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6322525/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-18 03:00:16.903 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Every item that saves me having to think about a detail is a good thing. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6316077/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-17 11:47:19.437 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Well, I've almost completely outlined the first three adventures (and am a good bit into the 4th), we should be able to do the first two adventures at Origins 2010 (that assumes that all of you have made characters beforehand which should take up the first 1-1 1/2 hours of each of the adve http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6312445/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-10-17 04:41:47.14 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) So what is your target date for launching the introductory event? Origins 2010? BTW, how much background do you want on our characters- so that you can begin to plot with\against them?   http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6311783/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html danar 2009-10-17 03:35:48.967 Chapter 1: The World of Théah i agree with you on the ship combat system.  I used an alternate rule system myself.  I was just curious about the cargo charts because it was one of the sections I worked on for that book.  I think they work well, but it reminds me of some swordsman schools.  Interesting, but co http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6308067/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-16 21:13:01.75 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Reply to danar (10/16/2009 09:19:31) Also, this brings up a question I had.  Did anyone like the cargo charts in Ships and Sea Battles?  Were they a worthwhile addition?  I thought it was a handy tool to answer the question, "what is the ship carrying?" and to help expand the mer http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6307443/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html danar 2009-10-16 20:19:31.233 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Basically, the Midnight Archipelago contains a lot of odd natural resources that aren't commonly found in Theah.  Teak wood, chocolate, new strains of cotton, pelts from odd animals, papaya, Syrneth amber, etc.  It also contains new territory for colonies.  The primary trade consists http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6302282/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-16 07:07:48.61 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Are you asking what is shipped to and from?  If so have a gander at Ships and Sea Battes (pp. 90-95) that should give you a pretty good idea what cargos you're talking about.As for the Piracy issue, well it is the golden age of Piracy.  Now for my own games, I tend not to tell the PCs http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6302216/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html Lady Grace 2009-10-16 06:58:38.373 Chapter 1: The World of Théah  I'd probably run the Straits as Theah's version of the Canary Islands if you don't want them all the way in the Archipelago. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6301929/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-10-16 06:22:33.157 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Well, I suppose my question really is "which to prefer" - I'm not telling a seafaring game, but I'm trying to describe to my players what the to-and-from Midnight Archipelago trade and its associated piracy looks like. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6295818/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html danar 2009-10-15 20:02:29.42 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Definitely a case of differing authors.  Frankly, the editorial control on that particular book were not particularly good and I think it shows.  There's no overarching vision or plot.  In fact, you've got a selection of different islands with absolutely no connection to each other.&n http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6293828/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-15 13:45:07.437 Chapter 1: The World of Théah rvhguy,Rude to answer a question with a question. blah blah blah.  What do you need it to do?  Remember 7th Sea runs at the speed of plot, so if you need your heroes to take a long time (e.g. you have lots of cool ideas for adventures along the way) then that's precisely what happens.&nbsp http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1638836/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-10-15 04:31:13.623 Chapter 1: The World of Théah Does anyone have a good solution for the differing locations given as to the Straits of Blood in Pirate Nations and Islands of Gold?Pirate Nations suggests that it is 600 miles southeast (southeast, really?) from Buche, which would put the Straits south of the Boca de Cielo, presumably, or south of http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6278089/TopicID-1633018/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-10-14 05:16:43.7 Chapter 4.2: Swordsman & Combat Schools Well, mechanically Charge just reduces your first action die of a combat by the amount of the knack - which is not a particularly powerful knack, in my opinion, since it can be used once per combat. http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6272269/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-13 20:11:10.56 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Update:  Working on the outline for the 2nd adventure and it has so many plot twists I'm having trouble keeping up with all of them...Mark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6261156/TopicID-1633814/GoToTopic.html _Cristina_ 2009-10-12 22:01:41.163 Earth Talk : Off-Topic Discussion Posting from a public Internet terminal in Rome... Current hotel has no internet access.Grazie, signore! http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6250462/TopicID-1633018/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-12 00:53:00.57 Chapter 4.2: Swordsman & Combat Schools I see where you are coming from in your charge useage and the idea of a charge lead on foot.  What you are representing is running in on foot and stabbing what gets in front of you.  I think Corps a Corps can represent that.  the issue with the charge knack is that it's sort of design http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6216756/TopicID-1629044/GoToTopic.html cpugs 2009-10-09 07:41:26.6 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) Masterfully, I might add... http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6216073/TopicID-1633018/GoToTopic.html rvhguy 2009-10-09 06:27:43.1 Chapter 4.2: Swordsman & Combat Schools That all makes sense.  In general, I don't know that any PCs will want the school; like the Eisen commander schools, its benefits come largely from players acting in a way they generally don't. Perhaps in a military epic someone would choose it, but it is mostly a "Villain school.'Now, the appr http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-0/TopicID-1633814/GoToTopic.html Black Jack Rackham 2009-10-09 05:51:05.99 Earth Talk : Off-Topic Discussion Unless I miss my guess, Michel de Lalande was one of the old handles of our very own _Christina_ which means it's his birthday today!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKEMark http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6215626/TopicID-1629044/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-09 05:26:03.133 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I taught him that.  http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6215602/TopicID-1597843/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-09 05:23:52.053 Chapter 5: The Great Game (GMs Thread) I just might, rabbit.  http://revenants7thsea.aimoo.com/ReplyID-6215583/TopicID-1631463/GoToTopic.html Salamanca 2009-10-09 05:20:53.117 Earth Talk : Off-Topic Discussion 52 adventures is way more than you should ever plan to plot out for a campaign.  Scale this number back.As of right now, you are looking at health issues.  This seems to be the big problem and not simple burnout.  write 2 new adventures for next year to keep your core involved (those