The Magical Age of Piracy OOC (OPEN)

[Altito Asmoro]

I'm aware that it's a problem with the factions.

While there are nations with combination of magic and regular conventional arms, there are nations with non-magical users as the majority, and thus the nations with less magical users will have boosted firearms. Although I haven't put up a list of nations with strong magic corps and nations with strong firearms corps, and I think we should try to make list of it.

We could make Spain to have less magical users and relies heavily on developed firearms and cannons.

Problem is that there's no reason why the British wouldn't nick that boosted Spanish tech for themselves or reverse-engineer themselves a variant.

Colonial conquest can be used as a reason, or maybe that Spain has an absolute advantage?

[Esternial]

Problem is that there's no reason why the British wouldn't nick that boosted Spanish tech for themselves or reverse-engineer themselves a variant.

Colonial conquest can be used as a reason, or maybe that Spain has an absolute advantage?

They could have the advantage in numbers. The Spanish has the largest navy at the time, if I'm not mistaken.

Three Spanish frigates taking on a British ship with a magic user would probably still end badly for the Brits, especially because magic has no infinite range and - I think - cannonballs travel a tad further. Mortars most definitely.

I'd reckon that ranged magical attacks (like a fireball) would need time to juice up, similar to a cannon manned by a capable crew.

So I'd figure that the Spanish would invest heavily in long-range weaponry. Short-range combat is not a good place for them to be.

[Plzen]

I'm aware that it's a problem with the factions.

While there are nations with combination of magic and regular conventional arms, there are nations with non-magical users as the majority, and thus the nations with less magical users will have boosted firearms. Although I haven't put up a list of nations with strong magic corps and nations with strong firearms corps, and I think we should try to make list of it.

We could make Spain to have less magical users and relies heavily on developed firearms and cannons.

It's your call, but I'd personally find it incredibly helpful if the Netherlands has strong firearms as well.
Say, it could be that the Netherlands previously had a very anti-magic society, and the turmoil I described in my app happened because the magical people felt suppressed.

Also, we might want to standardize jargon. "Magical people" simply does not sound nice.

[Esternial]

I'm aware that it's a problem with the factions.

While there are nations with combination of magic and regular conventional arms, there are nations with non-magical users as the majority, and thus the nations with less magical users will have boosted firearms. Although I haven't put up a list of nations with strong magic corps and nations with strong firearms corps, and I think we should try to make list of it.

We could make Spain to have less magical users and relies heavily on developed firearms and cannons.

It's your call, but I'd personally find it incredibly helpful if the Netherlands has strong firearms as well.
Say, it could be that the Netherlands previously had a very anti-magic society, and the turmoil I described in my app happened because the magical people felt suppressed.

Also, we might want to standardize jargon. "Magical people" simply does not sound nice.

"Witches". Dirty, dirty witches.

[Plzen]

Colonial conquest can be used as a reason, or maybe that Spain has an absolute advantage?

They could have the advantage in numbers. The Spanish has the largest navy at the time, if I'm not mistaken.

Three Spanish frigates taking on a British ship with a magic user would probably still end badly for the Brits, especially because magic has no infinite range and - I think - cannonballs travel a tad further. Mortars most definitely.

I'd reckon that ranged magical attacks (like a fireball) would need time to juice up, similar to a cannon manned by a capable crew.

So I'd figure that the Spanish would invest heavily in long-range weaponry. Short-range combat is not a good place for them to be.

Perhaps make this a simple reality of economics? Nations with lots of magic don't invest in firearms because it's a waste of effort that could be better spent in refining magic. Nations with little magic invests heavily in firearms because they depend on it, due to magic not being an option.

[Altito Asmoro]

I'm aware that it's a problem with the factions.

While there are nations with combination of magic and regular conventional arms, there are nations with non-magical users as the majority, and thus the nations with less magical users will have boosted firearms. Although I haven't put up a list of nations with strong magic corps and nations with strong firearms corps, and I think we should try to make list of it.

We could make Spain to have less magical users and relies heavily on developed firearms and cannons.

It's your call, but I'd personally find it incredibly helpful if the Netherlands has strong firearms as well.
Say, it could be that the Netherlands previously had a very anti-magic society, and the turmoil I described in my app happened because the magical people felt suppressed.

Also, we might want to standardize jargon. "Magical people" simply does not sound nice.

Considering that Netherlands went independent from the control of Spain, a nation with strong non-magical users, I think I'll find that the influence of Spain is affecting the Netherlands's magic society, so yes, firearms are allowed, and I think Spain is the main supplier of firearms for Netherlands.

It's your call, but I'd personally find it incredibly helpful if the Netherlands has strong firearms as well.
Say, it could be that the Netherlands previously had a very anti-magic society, and the turmoil I described in my app happened because the magical people felt suppressed.

Also, we might want to standardize jargon. "Magical people" simply does not sound nice.

"Witches". Dirty, dirty witches.

"The Gifted Ones." Gifted. Or witches.

They could have the advantage in numbers. The Spanish has the largest navy at the time, if I'm not mistaken.

Three Spanish frigates taking on a British ship with a magic user would probably still end badly for the Brits, especially because magic has no infinite range and - I think - cannonballs travel a tad further. Mortars most definitely.

I'd reckon that ranged magical attacks (like a fireball) would need time to juice up, similar to a cannon manned by a capable crew.

So I'd figure that the Spanish would invest heavily in long-range weaponry. Short-range combat is not a good place for them to be.

Perhaps make this a simple reality of economics? Nations with lots of magic don't invest in firearms because it's a waste of effort that could be better spent in refining magic. Nations with little magic invests heavily in firearms because they depend on it, due to magic not being an option.

And nations with the balance of magic and non-magic population will invest on both, or try to invest on just one of them. Brits is an exception, as they are rich and can invest both of them.

I approve of this economics. Should I add this to the OP?

[Plzen]

I approve of this economics. Should I add this to the OP?

Sure. Obviously, you are free (and encouraged!) to use whatever ideas I generate in this thread.

[Altito Asmoro]

Is there anything that I should add in the OP?

[Esternial]

"The Gifted Ones." Gifted. Or witches. ?

Damn, I just came up with a pretty sweet character idea.

I'm not entirely sure that I will, but I might make a second one/revise my current app.

[Altito Asmoro]

"The Gifted Ones." Gifted. Or witches. ?

Damn, I just came up with a pretty sweet character idea.

I'm not entirely sure that I will, but I might make a second one/revise my current app.

Sure. Just take your time.

[Arvenia]

Name: Joseph Harrington

Nom de Guerre (if any): Grim Reaper

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Appearance:(Image)
PS - He also wears a skull mask made in the Caribbean.

Occupation: Pirate Hunter

Allegiance: British Empire

Number of ships owned: 4

Flagship: HMS Red Shark

Crew / Fleet Size: 80 (Joseph and 79 companions)

Notable crew members:
Name - Jeanette Sharpville
Age - 18
Nation - New York (British Empire)

(Image)
Name - Shinji Kamakura
Age - 20
Nation - Japan

Magical abilities (Y/N): Yes

List of Magical Abilities:
Shadow Manipulation - Joseph uses this power to fright his enemies and go invisible inside a smog of shadow.
Sixth Sense - Joseph can see the future, the past, people's dreams and a mysterious vision similar to x-ray.

Non-magical abilities: Skilled in melee combat and firearm combat

Weaknesses: Cursed objects, drugs, tobacco and alcohol

Brief biography of character: Joseph Harrington is the most feared pirate hunter in the entire world. He killed two pirates at the age of 20 in Cuba. He even hunted down pirates from the Caribbean and Europe to Africa and Asia. He is nicknamed "Grim Reaper" due to his black clothing make people see him as Death, but with no flesh off and no scythe. His favorite weapons are a long English sword, two pistols and a double-barreled rifle. He travels to different places such as Europe, Asia, Africa and America. He now sets off to get rid of pirates in the entire world.

Role-Playing sample:2020 RP

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App fixed!

[Galnius]

Application (please remove everything in square brackets)

Name: Geoffry Bairnes

Nom de Guerre (if any): Tempest

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Appearance:

(Image)

minus le cat

Occupation: Privateer for England, but has been known to dabble in mercenary work for others

Allegiance: Mostly England

Number of ships owned: 7

Flagship: HMS Elizabeth, 20 guns, made for speed

Crew / Fleet Size: 87 currently

Notable crew members: First Mate Shelby Baines, his sister. Truant Veil, as he is called (real name unknown), likes conjuring mists. The troublemaker Franklin Rose, managed to piss off the french pretty badly, and they keep trying to kill him.

Magical abilities (Y/N): Y

List of magical abilities (Elaborate briefly on each): Limited weather control. With a lot of time can summon lightning, but mostly uses it to give himself a good breeze and slow down his chasers or targets.


Non-magical abilities: pistoleer, very good at steering (he steers his own boat most of the time, or steers the stolen vessel solo)

Weaknesses: His over protectiveness of his unpowered sister has already caused him three near fatal wounds in the past, and he likes to rush in head first, as the first person, into battle.

Brief biography of character: Geoffry was originally recruited by the navy from his home in Cambridge at the age of 12, and lived as the first mate on a cargo ship due to his weather manipulation powers. On the third trip by the crew, however, misfortune struck, and the ship was destroyed with half the crew slaughtered. Geoffry and the cook were all that was spared. There he met the older Truant Veil, who was to become his navigator. Those two broke out after rescuing a young slave girl who was serving as a waitress, whom he adopted as his sister, and took over the boat somewhere near Cuba. After bringing it back to royal british waters, they had the ship repaired and renamed, and outfitted with guns. He picked up his crew, a group of men who had lost their own crews, and became privateers, now patrolling the carribean.

Role-Playing sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=270105

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[Altito Asmoro]

Name: Joseph Harrington

Nom de Guerre (if any): Grim Reaper

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Appearance:(Image)
PS - He also wears a skull mask made in the Caribbean.

Occupation: Pirate Hunter

Allegiance: British Empire

Number of ships owned: 4

Flagship: HMS Red Shark

Crew / Fleet Size: 80 (Joseph and 79 companions)

Notable crew members:
Name - Jeanette Sharpville
Age - 18
Nation - New York (British Empire)

(Image)
Name - Shinji Kamakura
Age - 20
Nation - Japan

Magical abilities (Y/N): Yes

List of Magical Abilities:
Shadow Manipulation - Joseph uses this power to fright his enemies and go invisible inside a smog of shadow.
Sixth Sense - Joseph can see the future, the past, people's dreams and a mysterious vision similar to x-ray.

Non-magical abilities: Skilled in melee combat and firearm combat

Weaknesses: Cursed objects, drugs, tobacco and alcohol

Brief biography of character: Joseph Harrington is the most feared pirate hunter in the entire world. He killed two pirates at the age of 20 in Cuba. He even hunted down pirates from the Caribbean and Europe to Africa and Asia. He is nicknamed "Grim Reaper" due to his black clothing make people see him as Death, but with no flesh off and no scythe. His favorite weapons are a long English sword, two pistols and a double-barreled rifle. He travels to different places such as Europe, Asia, Africa and America. He now sets off to get rid of pirates in the entire world.

Role-Playing sample:2020 RP

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App fixed!

No, Japan is still in isolationism era, so no Japanese.

Your sixth sense power is...too powerful as it also includes looking into the future and the past.

Application (please remove everything in square brackets)

Name: Geoffry Bairnes

Nom de Guerre (if any): Tempest

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Appearance:

(Image)

minus le cat

Occupation: Privateer for England, but has been known to dabble in mercenary work for others

Allegiance: Mostly England

Number of ships owned: 7

Flagship: HMS Elizabeth, 20 guns, made for speed

Crew / Fleet Size: 87 currently

Notable crew members: First Mate Shelby Baines, his sister. Truant Veil, as he is called (real name unknown), likes conjuring mists. The troublemaker Franklin Rose, managed to piss off the french pretty badly, and they keep trying to kill him.

Magical abilities (Y/N): Y

List of magical abilities (Elaborate briefly on each): Limited weather control. With a lot of time can summon lightning, but mostly uses it to give himself a good breeze and slow down his chasers or targets.


Non-magical abilities: pistoleer, very good at steering (he steers his own boat most of the time, or steers the stolen vessel solo)

Weaknesses: His over protectiveness of his unpowered sister has already caused him three near fatal wounds in the past, and he likes to rush in head first, as the first person, into battle.

Brief biography of character: Geoffry was originally recruited by the navy from his home in Cambridge at the age of 12, and lived as the first mate on a cargo ship due to his weather manipulation powers. On the third trip by the crew, however, misfortune struck, and the ship was destroyed with half the crew slaughtered. Geoffry and the cook were all that was spared. There he met the older Truant Veil, who was to become his navigator. Those two broke out after rescuing a young slave girl who was serving as a waitress, whom he adopted as his sister, and took over the boat somewhere near Cuba. After bringing it back to royal british waters, they had the ship repaired and renamed, and outfitted with guns. He picked up his crew, a group of men who had lost their own crews, and became privateers, now patrolling the carribean.

Role-Playing sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=270105

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Accepted, welcome aboard.

[The Templar High Council]

Damn. Last RP on my list to deal with shit for.

I've got a shell of an app. I'm gonna work on it before the weekend, and hopefully have it up then.

Just had one question, and it's not even specifically for Tito. I'm a fan of cooperative gameplay, so would anyone like to ally themselves with a sailor who controls the wind? I'm still trying to decide on piracy or privateering, so I'm flexible on the faction.

[Indo-pasif archipelago]

Damn. Last RP on my list to deal with shit for.

I've got a shell of an app. I'm gonna work on it before the weekend, and hopefully have it up then.

Just had one question, and it's not even specifically for Tito. I'm a fan of cooperative gameplay, so would anyone like to ally themselves with a sailor who controls the wind? I'm still trying to decide on piracy or privateering, so I'm flexible on the faction.

Is fire going nice with wind? If yes I'd like to ally with you.

[Caribica]

Wow, this is a definite tag.

[Plzen]

Wow, this is a definite tag.

I am very pleased you're impressed.

Join us! We would really appreciate another player.

[The Templar High Council]

Damn. Last RP on my list to deal with shit for.

I've got a shell of an app. I'm gonna work on it before the weekend, and hopefully have it up then.

Just had one question, and it's not even specifically for Tito. I'm a fan of cooperative gameplay, so would anyone like to ally themselves with a sailor who controls the wind? I'm still trying to decide on piracy or privateering, so I'm flexible on the faction.

Is fire going nice with wind? If yes I'd like to ally with you.

If by "nice" you mean "absolute carnage," then yes.

[Caribica]

Wow, this is a definite tag.

I am very pleased you're impressed.

Join us! We would really appreciate another player.

You can bet I'll be joining.

[Saint Morning]

Tag

[Esternial]

Damn. Last RP on my list to deal with shit for.

I've got a shell of an app. I'm gonna work on it before the weekend, and hopefully have it up then.

Just had one question, and it's not even specifically for Tito. I'm a fan of cooperative gameplay, so would anyone like to ally themselves with a sailor who controls the wind? I'm still trying to decide on piracy or privateering, so I'm flexible on the faction.

If you're a pirate you'll probably run into Blackbeard at Nassau. I'm not going to make any plans from the get-go, though, but what happens, happens.

[Timothia]

*shameless tag*

I'll have an app up before long.

[Plzen]

French and Spanish captains, please!

Of course, I always appreciate some more Dutchmen I can co-operate with. Seems like I'm still the only Dutch captain in this role-play...

[Altito Asmoro]

So we'll need to talk about the plot.

As I mentioned before in the interest thread, the RP will have freedom over your actions, but there will be a plot ongoing, which may or may not affects the pirates in Nassau and the colony of Bahamas. Any ideas from you guys?

[Plzen]

Maybe some great Native American treasure? A city of gold, say, that everyone is desiring. Unfortunately, it appears that everybody with the smallest scrap of information about this city - not that there are that many of them - has managed to make themselves hard to find, scattered all over from the Keys to Caracas. It is said that enough wealth and treasure are built into the very construction of the city to last a nation till the end of time. Everyone from the Royal British Government to a pirate boat with ten crew dreams of finding it. Can you be the one to find it, and be hailed as the greatest explorer of all time?

Then, of course, there is the legendary Flying Dutchman. Captained by the mystical Captain van der Decken, this ghost ship has been prowling the Atlantic for many years now, after being doomed to an eternity at sea for making a pact with the devil to round the Cape. Although its crew asks, in the rare occasion where they get near enough to another ship to signal them, for its letters to be delivered to their loved ones back in Amsterdam, it is said that the Flying Dutchman's letters have a sinking weight. Recently, rumors abound that the Flying Dutchman entered the Caribbean. Can you be the one to deliver the Flying Dutchman's letters through all the storms and rough sea that God himself will throw at you to stop them from being delivered? Or will you sink the ship and give Captain van der Decken his eternal rest at last?

I think two overlapping plot lines should be enough, but here's another idea anyways.

Since we have a magical sort of a setting, we can always have things like Nostradamus' great device. It's not known what the device actually does, but pieces of it can always be found in the black market of every port worth their salt. Good luck finding enough money to buy much of them, though. Can you be the first to turn it on, and see for yourself the great magical mastery of Nostradamus?

EDIT: Also, I've been reading some background history of the era, and may I suggest that you set this c. 1650, instead of in the 1700s? My research tends to agree that piracy was well into steep decline as early as 1700~1720. The title of this RP is, after all, "the Magical Age of Piracy."