Master of the Sea (OOC - Open)

[NightWing]

OOC | IC

The year is 1681. You are either a pirate, mercenary, or merchant who travels by seas to make your living. You battle the armada and krakens somewhat regularly, and have seen some of the strangest things known to mankind. You will face victories, such as victory in battle, untold riches discovered, and becoming captain of a large crew, but there will also be hardships, including war, disease, and even death. Starvation is always a possibility as well. Will you rule the ocean until your demise? Or will you meet an untimely fate lost at sea?

Everyone has a max of 15 health points (HP), but start with only ten after being on a particularly long expedition. Keep track of health at bottom of each post. Reach 0 and you die.(Taken from Between Two Rivers)
Ways to gain health:

• Eating fruit, which happens to be expensive (+1, max 2 per day)
• Healing injuries (+1 if current health is below 5, stops injury effects otherwise)
• Sleep (+3 for full night's sleep, +1 for nap)
• Time (+1 at every dawn unless bleeding, starving, or thirsty.)
• Benediction (+1 after every battle victory)

Ways to lose health:

• Small injury (-1)
• Large injury (-3)
• Lack of food or water (See effects)

Effects that alter health (with an Effect, you can gain max +1 for a good night's sleep):

• Bleeding. Gained after any injury. (-1 at every dawn until stopped)
• Starvation or Thirsty. Gained after lack of food or water after two or so full days. (-1 every time phase until food or water is ingested)
• Poisoned. Gained after, well, poison or poisonous substances. (-1 every time phase until cure is found)
• Malnourished. Gained after a lack of food or water for one day. (-1 at noon and midnight until food or water is ingested)
• Intoxicated. Gained after excessive drinking. (Doesn't subtract health, but prevents HP from being gained until one full phase has passed with no drinking)

More to possibly be added

I (NightWing) will announce when each time phase begins at top of post.
Dawn. Initiates at first light. When you wake up if you were sleeping (not including naps). Signals beginning of new day, as well as the time when updates (who died? Who survived?) are posted.
Morning. After dawn, before noon. When most start to work. Also when breakfast is typically eaten.
Noon. Lunch!
Afternoon. Peak time for traders. End is when dinner/supper is eaten.
Night. Bedtime, unless you're a night owl. Only time you're allowed to go to sleep for anything longer than a nap, in which case you are sleeping and vulnerable until dawn.
Midnight. Most are asleep at this time. Perfect for stargazing, though.
Aaand back to dawn.

- No God modding or powerplaying.
- No killing without permission, but do understand you may die from HP loss.
- Don't create a story arc without my permission.
- Don't defy the OP.
- Don't create extremely powerful characters.
- Only create as many characters as you can handle.
- No one- liners. Put effort into your posts.
- No characters from established Universes. Only original characters.
- No captain characters. Start as a crew member of some sort, unless you're a poor trader who is almost solitary.
- Have fun.

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Nation name and/or nickname:

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Name:
Gender: (females must hide their identity, because women at sea are considered bad luck. In most cases...)
Age: (Minimum thirteen, max fifty)
Personality:
Alignment:
Occupation: (Merchant, trader, etc.)
Rank: (More accurately, what part of the crew?)
Ship name: (Make up a ship, unless you want to be on the same ship as someone else. Then insert that ship name.)
Skills:
Weaknesses:
Current Effects: (If any) (Are you currently starving? Poisoned? Etc.)
Other Info: (Optional) (Anything else I should know)
Bio: (Optional)
Theme Song: (Optional)
RP Example:
DONOTREMOVE: #MasterOfTheSeaApp

The Sea Odyssey

Name	Gender	Age	Rank	Player
Jason Hawburn	Male	30	Captain	NightWing
Carmelita "Carlos" Thorn	Female	23	Master Gunner	Dragonarya
Thomas "Tom" Hall	Male	24	Cook	Segral
Chase Oliver	Male	42	Doctor	Terranihil
Elijah Stevens	Male	14	Stowaway	The Cross and Davids Star

The Kraken of Havana

Name	Gender	Age	Rank	Player
Elizabeth Bristol AKA John Kingsley	Female	18	Navigator	The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune
Gale Jesson	Male	30	Gunner	Terranihil
Jonas Tripp	Male	35	Gunner	Randomarya

The Indigo Raven

Name	Gender	Age	Rank	Player
Harriet "Henri" Martin	Female	27	Quartermaster	NightWing
Natalia "Nikolai" Thrush	Female	20	Master Gunner	Randomarya
Benny Holland	Male	31	Navigator	Menschenfleisch
Charles Finley	Male	26	Slave	House of Judah
Jean Marie de Claire	Female	16	Prisoner	White Bluff

The Faerie Queen

Name	Gender	Age	Rank	Player
Margaret "Mathew" Lee	Female	26	Navigator	Dragonarya
Magnus "The Bear" Bjornsson	Male	35	Gunner	Jarnheim
William Bewley	Male	22	Gunner	Tribe of Rinos
Shoney "Shrimpy" Casey	Female	16	Cabin Boy	WhatsamattaU

The Jim's Leg

Name	Gender	Age	Rank	Player
Sven Olofson	Male	40	Bosun	Zjaum
Gabriel Wittold	Male	32	Barrelman	ApplePieistan

The Swinging Door

Name	Gender	Age	Rank	Player
Henderson Jones	Male	50	Deck Rating	TekTikul

[Dragonarya]

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[ApplePieistan]

I can’t start as a captain, but can I perform a mutiny to become captain?

[Kingdom of Tunisia]

Tag!

[NightWing]

I can’t start as a captain, but can I perform a mutiny to become captain?

Yes! What's a pirate RP without mutiny? However, your character could not do it alone and need other PCs to assist him/her, and then they must negotiate who become captain. Also, you'll probably be injured and lose HP. But I honestly would help you preform mutiny (once I create the example app with my PC) because it sounds like an interesting idea to start off with.

[Danceria]

Tag

[Dragonarya]

I can’t start as a captain, but can I perform a mutiny to become captain?

Yes! What's a pirate RP without mutiny? However, your character could not do it alone and need other PCs to assist him/her, and then they must negotiate who become captain. Also, you'll probably be injured and lose HP. But I honestly would help you preform mutiny (once I create the example app with my PC) because it sounds like an interesting idea to start off with.

Count me in



Nation name and/or nickname: Dragonarya, or Arya or Dragon

Name: Carmelita Thorn (Goes by male alias Carlos)
Gender: Female, but tries to act like a guy. Usually wears a loose fitting jacket and low brimmed hat to act normal.
Age: Twenty three
Personality: Very straightforward. The kind of person that gets things done, Carmelita is a born leader and very strong at it. She doesn't give up and is a good ally to have. However, she is not above stabbing you in the back for her gain.
Alignment: Chaotic neutral
Occupation: Pirate
Rank: Master Gunner
Ship name: The Sea Odyssey
Skills: Amazing with guns, decent with swords. Good leadership skills. Strong in both will and ability.
Weaknesses: Dishonest and somewhat unloyal. Still a woman, and if anyone figures that out, she's thrown off the ship. Can't read very well.
Current Effects: None
Other Info: Straight. Spanish
Bio: (Optional)
Theme Song: (Optional)
RP Example: See signature
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[The Protacan-Anzotac Peoples]

Name: James Crawford "The Pure Merchant"
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Personality: James is a talkative man, convincing but mostly astonishing to women. He is known to lose his temper, especially in bad trade deals. He is fond of his values and money more than anything else.
Alignment:
Occupation: Merchant
Rank: He owns a flagship that was converted to a merchant ship in 1615. He is known as the Ship Merchant rather than captain and has a crew of 30.
Ship Name: H.M.S Winter Queen
Skills: Literate, can navigate, map maker, educated, leadership attributes, and a fantastic tradesman
Weaknesses: Influence: When it comes to earning money he is up for it.
Strength: James is not very strong when it comes to fighting, he has never been trained to fight but he has learned to shoot, he even carries the sword "Ruby" that a germanic noble gave him even though he still doesn't know how to wield it properly
Current Effects: None
Other Info: None
Bio: Not much is known about James but he did come from the well educated, rich and noble Crawford family.
Theme Song: None

One day as James was travelling throughout the pacific, he came upon a mysterious island (Later known as Japan) he had his ship docked there and he decided to spend the week exploring the land. He came across animals and fruits of different kinds, he even found a large gold deposit worth 44,000 pounds. He decided to leave a day early due to there being nothing but forest and strange animals and items and traveled inward towards Asia. He traded useless Artifacts found in Japan to Russian Merchants, and bought Russian valuables in gold. After spending a week there he travelled to the germanic peoples. There he traded more sensible items and recieved better artifacts worth more than a small country's treasury. While there he was bitten by a Venom Snake (-4 HP) but Germanic tribal health specialist cured him. He was in a weak condition for a weak but a seaweed garden mixed helped regain some of his energy back. (+3 HP) They told him he had to help them in return and so he did, they warred against a rival germanic tribes with his "flintlocks" and swords they say. Eventually after 9 days they won and James was awarded a sharp, curved silver sword with a golden and brown hilt. And named it Ruby.

[NightWing]

Name: Carmelita Thorn (Goes by male alias Carlos)

Accepted

Name: James Crawford "The Pure Merchant"
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Re, two things. One, I need the image, and two, you specifically removed the thing that said DO NOT REMOVE.
So no.

As always, will be gone the weekend.

[ApplePieistan]

I can’t start as a captain, but can I perform a mutiny to become captain?

Yes! What's a pirate RP without mutiny? However, your character could not do it alone and need other PCs to assist him/her, and then they must negotiate who become captain. Also, you'll probably be injured and lose HP. But I honestly would help you preform mutiny (once I create the example app with my PC) because it sounds like an interesting idea to start off with.

Swell. Once you make an app, I’ll be the navigator on your ship.

[Segral]

Tag. Be up tomorrow, kind of busy.

[WhatsamattaU]

Nation name and/or nickname: WhatsamattaU.

Name: Shoney “Shrimpy” Casey
Gender: Female.
Age: 16.
Personality: Explorer.
Alignment: True Neutral.
Occupation: Merchant Crewman.
Rank: Cabin Boy.
Ship name: Faerie Queen
Skills: Quickness, Disguise, First Aid, Housekeeping, Serving, Boxing, Knife Fighting, Speaks English and Irish.
Weaknesses: Small and Slight Build (people believe they can bully her), Stutters when nervous, illiterate.
Current Effects: none.
Other Info: Red hair, green eyes, left-handed.
Bio: Born to a serving family to a English landholder in northern Ireland, she ran away because she overheard the plans of the Heir to ravage her and bring her to disgrace. She escaped with the help of a troop of travelling actors who taught her about masquerading as a boy, boxing and knife fighting. The troop fell under suspicion of being thieves and Shoney was advised to escape from the authorities by applying for work on a ship as a cabin boy.
Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak
RP Example:

Jude MacBeth, Garoma City.

The Gym battle was a learning experience, but not a pleasant one. Jude could tell that Cyan was toying with him. Probably the most exciting part of the battle for Jude was when Cyan ordered his Koffing to use Smog and Jude told Lady to also use Smog. Both pokémon sent forth clouds of noxious gas that buffeted against each other. But the Koffing had a move called “Assurance” and it seemed to really hurt Lady. But he got his Gastly to Hypnotize the Koffing and effectively used Lick. Still, before the Koffing fainted, Cyan changed out the Koffing for a Stunky. The new pokémon was impervious to Ghost and Psychic attacks, and Smog wasn’t very effective, either.

Soon, Lady had fainted. Jude returned her to her dusk ball. He walked over to where Cyan was gloating. It had been a hard lesson and Jude had learned a few things: One, that poison type pokémon were fairly resistant to poison. Two, you could switch out your pokémon before they fainted. Three, that a single pokémon wasn’t a match for a team.

Gym Leader Cyan looked down on him, as Jude stood before him. Jude’s frustration at finding himself wanting, at hoping for guidance and not finding it, at having Lady hurt for his naiveite, it was all on the boy’s face.

“Well, youngster,” Cyan said with a cutting tone, “you wanted to learn to give pokémon good advice in a fight? You should have told it to find another Trainer! Hahahahaha!”

As if the first burst of laughter hadn’t been awful enough, Jude heard Cyan laugh again and he was joined by his fanboys and fangirls in the stands… and… something snapped!

Jude’s balled left fist came from his side and landed an uppercut to the right side of Cyan’s chin, snapping the Gym Leader’s head back and making him stumble a couple of steps backward.

Jude stood there, shaking in rage and shouted, while some of the braver fanboys came down from the stands to defend Cyan and try to immobilize Jude. “You’re what’s wrong with pokémon culture and all your fans, too! You don’t really care about pokémon because you think of them as pit slaves! I was an idiot to think someone like you would help because you’re garbage!”

The fanboys held him firm while Cyan recovered. The Gym Leader whispered to one of his defenders and the boy ran off to do his bidding.

“Well, we’ll see who’s what after you’ve gone to jail and then to prison,” said Cyan with another smirk. Jude laughed a little on the inside because Cyan winced as he made that last, offensive smile.

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[Terranihil]

Tagggg

[Terranihil]

Nation name and/or nickname: Terra

Name: Chase Oliver AKA The Doctor
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Personality: Doctor Chase is a harsh man who's vocabulary mainly consists of derogatory and condescending words. He is serious, pessimistic, and disliked by most. The only reason someone hasn't stuck a cutlass through him is because of his valuable skills as a doctor.
Alignment:
Occupation: Doctor/Surgeon
Rank: Pirate
Ship name: Sea Odyssey
Skills: He is a skilled and well trained doctor and surgeon. He can read and write well. If the moment to fight comes, the doctor's weapons of choice include a bone saw and several scalpels.
Weaknesses: He is not a skilled fighter. He can barely use a gun or sword. People find him unpleasant.
Current Effects: none
Other Info: (Optional) (Anything else I should know)
Bio: Chase was a well known doctor who was married and owned a home. He lived a good life until one day he accidentally killed a patient. The patient was from a wealthy family who wanted Chase hanged for what he did. In order to escape prosecution, he left with his wife, stole a small boat, and went out to sea. He was planning on finding a place far away were he could have a new start with his wife, but pirates captured them. He was held captive and forced to work as a doctor for the pirates, and his wife was taken captive on another ship. This was more than 10 years ago. Now the doctor has become a grumpy man, scarred from the separation from his wife. Although he originally hated working as a pirate doctor, he has grown to like the adventure and danger, but he will never admit it.
Theme Song: (Optional)
RP Example: viewtopic.php?p=31931660#p31931660
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[Terranihil]

Does any one need a doctor on their ship?

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

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[Segral]

Nation name and/or nickname: Segral, or Seg.

Name: Thomas "Tom" Hall
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Personality: Tom is cold, methodical and cunning. He usually does not get angry or upset, in fact, not showing much emotion at all. He's purely concerned with pros vs cons and will not hesitate to kill if it's necessary to ensure the safety and security of his ship. If he trusts you, he will defend you to the best of his abilities, and will stay as loyal as possible. But if you get on his bad side, he may slip a knife between your ribs when you're not looking.
Alignment: Neutral
Occupation: Pirate
Rank: Cook
Ship name: The Sea Odyssey
Skills: Excellent cook, great swordfighter
Weaknesses: Awful aim, can be seen as creepy, can't write despite being able to read
Current Effects: None
Other Info: Spends his downtime doing parkour on the ship
Bio: Not much is known about Tom. He's English, and was raised in a middle-class family. Eventually, after a pirate raid, he fled home and applied to be a cook on the ship.
Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8RgiH8rfOY
RP Example: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=425758
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[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Nation name and/or nickname: Anarcho

OR (In disguise)

Name: Elizabeth Bristol aka John Kingsley

Gender: Female
Age: 18

Personality: She has been described as more volatile than gunpowder before. Pirckly and unlikable by nature, most people tend to avoid Elizabeth if they don't have direct dealings with her. A lot of this comes from her trying to overcompinsate for masculinity while in disguise as her altero ego John Kingsley. She is also known for having a rather terrifying mean streak, often being the first to volunteer for torturing the prisoners following a raid. She cares ofr almost nothing but herself, her money, and keeping her crew alive so that she can get more money.

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Occupation: Pirate

Rank: Navigator

Ship name: The Kraken of Havana, formerly known as SPS Gran Pez

Skills: Skilled at both Navigation and Sword Fighting that she has honed over her years on the sea. She is also an adept manipulator and liar, hiding her true identity for years while controlling those around her to get what she wants.

Weaknesses: She is worthless at firing cannons and guns, and she isn't nearly as physically strong as most men.

Current Effects: Disguising herself as a man
Other Info:
Bio: WIP, will come soon
Theme Song: (Optional)
RP Example: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=422572&p=32652370&hilit=henry#p32652370
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[House of Judah]

Nation name and/or nickname: House of Judah [Judah, JUD, Jud]

Name: Charles Finley

Known Aliases:
• Charles Albon
• Lord Gilroy MacAlister
• to be added

Gender: Male
Age: 26
Personality:

Far too clever for his own good and far too addicted to the luxuries he can no longer afford, Charles is a man who you can be sure is working an angle any time his mouth is open, and most times that it’s shut as well. He is quick witted and can turn a phrase with the best of them. Self restraint is a virtue he only exercises when there is the promise of a large pay off, and even then he is tested by it, especially when beautiful women are in the offering.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Occupation: Lothario/Confidence Man/Thief
Rank: Slave
Ship name: TBD
Skills:

• Polyglot: Charles has a gift for languages, able to easily become conversational with new languages and attain fluency within a few months of regular contact if it is similar to one he already knows. If not, it can take him the better part of a year. Languages he is already fluent in include
  • English
  • Latin
  • Greek
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Scots
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Welsh
  • Irish
  • Cornish
• Literate: In 1681, this is not a given for most people. Charles can read.
• Master of Disguise: Charles is practiced at varying everything about his person to take on a new identity. This isn’t limited to a change of clothes, a haircut and a masked voice. He changes his gait and mannerism. With a disguise kit (makeup, false noses and teeth, wigs, etc.) he can completely transform into a new person. A little study on a subject he is less than familiar with is sufficient to allow him to pass for someone with a degree of knowledge on the subject, sometimes even an expert, especially if he is talking to someone who doesn’t know better.
• Reading the Mark: Whenever you hope to get something from someone, especially if you intend to take advantage of them, it helps to have a talent for reading their mood or reactions. Charles may not be a mind reader, but he can pick up on body language to warn him when he is losing a mark and needs to change tact.
• Stealth: Sometimes it’s just not enough to hide in a closet until the husband has left the room for Charles to quickly climb out a window and descend a wall or to simply run away very quickly. Charles has learned much of the fine art of moving without being seen. He can’t run silently or vanish completely into a shadow, but he can creep with the best of them and knows well the importance of timing and misdirection, key factors of the other half of this particular talent, pickpocketing.
• Fencing: Charles is a skilled swordsman, a talent that has helped him escape the vengeance of many a husband, fiance or other suitor, as well as protective kinsman. He favors the rapier over all other style, though he has little difficulty adapting to other weapons. He isn’t a master fencer, and less proficient with other weapons than his favored rapier, but he is more than good enough to deal with most of riff raff.
• Carnality: Charles has gained some infamy as a seducer, and skill at wooing a woman to bed is of little use unless he knows what to do once he has her there. The less said, the better.

Weaknesses:

• Condemned to Slavery: For his many and various crimes (larceny, forgery, counterfeiting, impersonating officers, impersonating clergy, debauching novices) Charles has been sentenced to a life in chains and shipped to the New World to be sold. Even if he should find a way to slip his bonds, bounty hunters would like fetch a fine price for returning him to bondage...
• Debts: … or selling him out to his creditors, who are as numerous and varied as his crimes. Clothing, furniture, wine, he owes money for virtually every kind of expense he has had over the years. These are men who are eager to regain their money. Very eager.
• Addicted to Finery: Charles knows that he can’t afford the life he wishes to lead. Unfortunately for him, this doesn’t stop him from trying to anyways. Wine, silk and women are his largest addictions, but he is hard pressed to avoid society entertainment such as balls when they are in the offering.
• In Chains: Charles starts the adventure as a slave to be sold in the new world. Since a slave trader can afford to lose a third of his stock during the transit and still make a profit, the slaves in the hold are treated rather cruelly. He starts with only 8HP and the Malnourished trait, which will persist until he can find a way to supplement his currently meager servings.

Current Effects: Malnourished
Other Info: (Optional) (Anything else I should know)
Bio: (Optional)
Theme Song: (Optional)
RP Example: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=31294777#p31294777
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[NightWing]

Name: Shoney “Shrimpy” Casey
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Accepted

Name: Thomas "Tom" Hall
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As long as Arya is okay with another member of the Sea Odyssey, Accepted

Name: Elizabeth Bristol aka John Kingsley
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Accepted

Name: Charles Finley

Known Aliases:
• Charles Albon
• Lord Gilroy MacAlister
• to be added

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Too many powers, not enough weaknesses.

Did I miss anybody?

[NightWing]

Name: Chase Oliver AKA The Doctor
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Once you get a ship name, Accepted

[Dragonarya]

Name: Thomas "Tom" Hall
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As long as Arya is okay with another member of the Sea Odyssey, Accepted

I'm good with it.

[WhatsamattaU]

Hi, NightWing. Thanks for Accepting my Character App.

Now that the App is accepted, I would like to add that she speaks English and Irish. Is that okay?

Will this game center around the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, or will this include the waters of the entire world, or is this some fantasy world?

[Jarnheim]

Tagging. Anyone need another shipmate?

[WhatsamattaU]

Tagging. Anyone need another shipmate?

My character is on a merchant ship, "The Faerie Queen".