Nobody was actually looking at the Southern Wind to see what was going on.

It took a broadside from the pirate ship, and about half the crew was already ashore.

The remaining crew mostly reacted to be fired on by attempting to fire back!

The crewman yelling 'abandon ship' wasn't really an officer such that he commanded the other men. He was just reacting in blind panic.

Yes, you've used one Raise, and have one left... mainly because some of the things you were trying to do just weren't possible... although 10 Raises might have gotten the ship moving!

Without any association with the Southern Wind, there wasn't really any perspective from Jacob's point of view.

Should I burn the Hero point to use Dynamic Approach and try to make my way to Gespent

In a typically swashbuckling setting seems like using the shattered rigging to swing over might be a good plan.

Haha, DPR, if we could get an MS Paint sketch of where you visualise everyone to be, that would actually be super handy <3

You could use an Approach to use the rigging to swing across to another ship, but the distance is a bit too far to do it reasonably... I suppose you could spend sufficient Raises to accomplish it... but that'd have to be by altering the scene... such as having the tide move one of the ships closer, or the cannon fire shattering the anchor hawser and pushing the ship away from the dock, etc.

Oh, interesting! Those ships aren't quite where I'd pictured, whoops. I feel kedging away a short distance would still have been necessary to ensure we didn't scrape/hit the dock before setting sail, but this should still work with what I've already written and we should be able to tack in nicely.

Props to our GM too for kicking the adventure off with a (literal) bang <3
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FYI: I hadn't detailed the orientation of the ships ahead of time because I hadn't anticipated the scene progressing the way it did. Nothing wrong with what happened; I just didn't see it coming!

Basically, still getting a feel for how everyone is going to play.

Another FYI... had a death in the family last Wednesday, so dealing with that. It wasn't unexpected, but it's just left things a bit unsettled at the moment.

So, just a bit behind in my posting...

My condolences. Take what time you need.

Oops. I just had a friend pass just a few days before Wednesday. I know how you feel :\

As Jacob said, we'll be around. Don't stress us, RL takes priority <3

Dag nab it! Watching Slave Hunters and shopping for the kids on the internet -

Which thread should I get posting in? Looks like On Stranger Tides, yes?

Yes, post in On Stranger Tides.


To make things even stranger, we were heading to the store last Thursday, and when we were stopped at the light getting ready to turn, we spotted an animal in the middle of the lane next to us. At first, we thought it was a squirrel about to get run over, but then realized it didn't move like a squirrel. A van making the turn just missed it, but the lady behind slammed on her brakes, got out and picked it up. She looked at my friend, and said she didn't know what to do with it, so my friend said he take it to the vet, which we going to pass anyway when we made the turn.

It turned out to be 7-week old orange tabby kitten! We took it to the vet, and the vet said it was fine, hadn't been hurt, but was clearly scared. It had oil on its head, so we thought maybe it had crawled up into the engine compartment of vehicle and finally fell out when the vehicle made the turn.

Since the last of the three cats that we had died back on July 4th, and we'd been trying to decide if we wanted to get another cat, we've kept him. After a rough first day, he's settled in nicely and quickly becoming a holy terror. He's still not big enough to challenge the dog yet.

After a lot of deliberation, we finally decided to name him Dodger, cause he'd been dodging traffic in the middle of a busy intersection when we found him.

Merry Christmas Dodger!

I had to run one of mine to the vet this morning. Got in a fight and scored  a couple of nasty looking abscesses. Little shot of antibiotics and he's fine but that other cat that had been hanging around the garage is nowhere to be seen. Guess the old man's still got something in the tank.

Hopefully the Dodger will not be such a ruffian, although his namesake was a bit scrappy... Congratulations on the new home Dodger, and congratulations on the new friend everyone.

Dodger has settled in quite well. We weren't sure after the first day, because he hadn't quite been weaned yet, so we had to feed him with an eyedropper. We made a secure area for him with two laundry baskets, more for his protection in case the dog got a bit confused and thought he was a squeaky toy. He was old enough, though, that he should have been weaned, so it only took a day before he was devouring any food we gave him. And Rusty, our dog, was used to having cats around, so he just avoids the annoying kitten behavior.

Dodger took to the litter box right away, and quickly became a daring jumper and skilled climber. The laundry baskets were on the couch, and the couch was his domain for two days, until he finally got brave enough to jump off the couch to the floor because the floor was a whole new world for him to explore. He promptly climbed back up onto the couch and jumped off again... just to make sure it wasn't a fluke, I guess. He has no problem jumping off of anything now, and climbs up the recliner front and sides whenever he wants attention.

He's got the run of the house now, and meows mercilessly when it's time to feed him.


Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

After my last post here, I'd started to post in the other threads. I'd had one about half written before Dodger decided to help me type. Somehow, he managed to hit just the right keys to delete everything I'd written.

I was going to retype it, but he insisted I feed him. Then I got busy, and just didn't get back to it till today.

The Little Holy Terror (but he's so cute!) notwithstanding, I've asked Santa for another brain, as I seem to have lost mine somewhere along the way.

The last month-and-a-half have been the busiest in memory, and I have a five day game Con over New Years Day.

Alicia should be able to return in the new year.
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I hope everyone had a great time over the holidays!  Happy New Year soon!  ^_^

Happy New Year to everyone, too!


Now that the holidaze is behind me, things are back to normal (for what that's worth).

I see someone in the Wanted GM thread is looking for a 7th Sea game. Before I invite him to this one, I just want to make sure that this game is still going.

Does everyone still want to continue?

Yep, still on board. :)

Just recovering from a five day con over the new year.

It looks like we've lost Albert, Johann and Carmen.

And no one else has posted, so I guess this game is dead.

I'll give it another week and then I'll delete it if there's no response. Fair warning.

hmmm, darn.

Well, still waiting to hear from Alicia and Jacob.

Jarrun is dealing with RL issues.

We can continue with just 2 or 3 players.

I can continue, but I can't promise to reply quickly...

Sorry I haven't kept up on this game in a more timely fashion. I've mostly been waiting for people to post, but apparently most of you aren't even checking the board, even when there's a new post.

Three PCs are on the ship: Albert Ravenkamp, Johann Ravenkamp, and Carmen the Jenny. After the pirate ship sunk the Southern Wind, it turned away, apparently having no interest in Albert's ship. Albert never posted what he was now going to do.


Alicia de Larrocha and Jacob Carnavon were at the opening to the alley behind the Chandlery, and caught a glimpse of someone moving farther away from them down the alley.

Jarrun and Vasily Pavlychenko are in the Chandlery. Jarrun has just finished tying up the monster; however, it's still savage and struggling at its bonds. Its continued actions keep away the two ladies that Vasily was 'escorting' from wanting to get any closer.

I'll give this game another week; if no one posts in that time, I'll consider the game DEAD, and I'll go ahead and delete it next weekend.