Set sail for One Piece!

>>9943091
for all /tg/'s hate on weeaboo, they sure seem to have it on the mind a lot
I've never seen one piece, but from what I've heard of it, your basing your opinion on the sole fact that both settings have pirates.
if you don't have a legitimate opinion to make, go suck a weeaboo dick to get all your rage out

>>9943139
>go suck a weeaboo dick to get all your rage out
>get all your rage out
>implying the other poster is mad and not you

>>9943139
>all /tg/'s hate on weeaboo
>all /tg/
An obnoxiously vocal and paranoid minority != all of /tg/.

>>9943159
you're obvious disregard for the other points of my post just reinforces the notion that you can't defend your position

>>9943204
>you're

THOU FURIOUS.

>>9943186
except it is all of /tg/
any weeaboo thread posted here is nearly always posted by trolls and gets immediately flamed.

>>9943204

>>9943139
>I've never seen One Piece, but since it's Japanese it can't be good. Furthermore, I'll make assumptions based on hearsay, and pass them off as facts.

fucking hell, stop it
so what if it's weeaboo, or one piece
who fucking cares
oh, you do? well post some stories and ideas to try an cleanse our tainted setting, by all means. Otherwise, don't bother posting.

>>9943248
There's no cleansing a setting made up largely by shirtless Neckbeard

>>9943229
It's funny because the part about the comma is full of comma splices and run on sentences.

>>9943264
then why bother posting at all
let us wallow in our shitty setting
hide the god damn thread and let it b

>>9943232
learn to fucking read
I never said that it sucked, I've never seen it
I just said that it's nothing like this setting

>>9943275
>hide the god damn thread and let it b
>let it b
>b
>/b/
go back to >>>/b/

>>9943313
>I've never seen it
>I just said that it's nothing like this setting

This is why you fail.

"Ah. Lieumaux, his name is.

Jean Claude Lieumaux. Nary a more hedonistic man to be found in even the great town of Louisport. A sane man, however. More sane than ol' Jean? That ain't hard to find."

The man's teeth were bared in a scurvy grin, his wind-battered features tinted a faint orange by candlelight as he lifted the brim of his stein to his scarred lips.

"Phillistine, libertine, bastard, murderer. Take yer pick, they all describe ol' Jean. Ne'er missed an opportunity to kill every damn member of his crew as soon as he's done chasin' down his next fortune."

The old man snarled, spitting out a globule of disgusting, rank liquid from his mouth. It was a dull brown colour, mixing in with the dirty wooden table.

"Sure as my deadlights, I survived, though."

That's a cheap intro to a character based on a few other pirate characters I've played in the past.

Jean being the character, of course.

>>9943341
from what I've heard of it
I don't watch anime intently, but I have friends who do and I've seen clips and things
fuck, it's more like PoTC anyway

>>9943380
awesome
anymore?

fuck, why is everyone super wired today?
it's like the entire world just got in a bad mood and started shouting piss poor arguments back and forth.

>>9943504
it's like this everyday

>>9943534
Dunno, it seems particularly bad today.

Or maybe I'm just not on enough during the day.

>>9943417

"But if there's one thing I know about Cap'n Jean, s'that he ain't all talk like those fops that call themselves Barons."

The old man raised a greying eyebrow and shifted his weight onto the wooden peg that had replaced his foot, the weight on the floor was reassuring.

"Took my leg. That saber of his ain't for show, neither's the pistols at his waist, put a bullet in you as soon as look at you, Cap'n Jean will."

He let out a coarse laugh, his mouth splitting into a mirthless grin. Several of his scurvy teeth had been replaced by silver filaments and his gums were black with decay.

"Barwench, 'nother stein of grog an' hop to it." he spat venomously to a passing maid, dressed as scantily as a seaside tavern would allow. Business was good.

"You think you're up for signin' up to Lieumaux's crew? May aswell sign yer own death warrant, kid."

Another coarse laugh, shooting the table's other occupant a mellow, yet threatening stare. One eye was a pure, milky white and the other was a jade green.

"Sure as the crow flies, kid, yer better off dying now than joinin' up with that blackguard."

>>9943221
No it's not. Stop being a fuckfaced retard.

>>9943573
>>9943380
great
go ahead and post it in the wiki when you're done writing and making any amendments.

>>9943605

Right-o, bud.

>>9943602
/tg/ hates aldar, tau, akavir, anime in general
fucking open your eyes

>>9943638
>implying /tg/ is one person.
>implying /tg/ is even a single demographic

>>9943638

>tau

>anime

>>9943675
>>9943671
>implying
>implying

>>9943671
>>9943675
>>9943693

>implying
>implying
>implying

>>9943693

GOD DAMN IT, STAY ON TASK

>>9943738
So the place where a lot of projects run into a wall is crunch. Is the general intent of this whole thing to provide a setting to drop into whatever system you want, or should a whole separate one be made?

Of all the ones I've seen, this one seems like it'd be the most system-agnostic.

>>9943671
>>9943675
>>9943693
>>9943720
>>9943727
thisthreadissupergreen.jpg

>>9943757
I feel like it could be put into any system
we didn't really lay down any limitations and one of the goals I had in mind when we started was to keep it as free as possible.

>>9943834
meaning, if you wanted to, you could slip in fantasy civs, technologies, steampunk, magic, anything, really... not so much high fantasy, but I think that's more or less covered. It really is very versatile.

>>9943872

Judging by the fact that the setting is endless islands and whatnot, hence the name, anything could show up.

>>9943882
yea, so what I'm saying is that, unless there is a great deal of interest, I don't see us making our own system. Really, all we're still doing is collecting names, places, stories and whatnot. It's less about the setting, at this point, and more about legends, places and people.

you know
I'm ok with the egregious historical inaccuracies and the blatant disregard for the troubles of pirate life
hell, it's not half as bad as other romanticisms.

>>9943995

It's a setting devoted entirely to pirates, pirate life will probably be alot easier as opposed to real life cases.

The fires down below burn hot
will never reach us briny lot
two more turns on the bowline knot
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', a-nd other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

We're demons, thieves, beggars and cads
and I'd be damned if any ye lads
don't tow a pair of iron nads
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', a-nd other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

sink a ship and kill her men
send them home once again
past the port and devil's den
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', a-nd other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

Our shirts and shoes are all at port
and here we are, a mile short
soon to be the soggy sort
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', a-nd other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door
sing with me!

>>9944073
this is a god song

>>9944073

Did you just come up with this now?

If so, maximumbrofist.jpg

>>9944193
we did most of it in the previous thread
I did almost every verse, but someone else came up with the chorus

working on wiki adjustments
just thought I'd give 'er a bump

so, anyone have an interesting tale they want to share?

>>9944073
woah, fuck
awesome chantey, bro

>>9943573
>>9943380
are you going to put this in the wiki or should I?
also, I'm thinking of making a separate page for pirates of note, but can't think of any times that I can link to them often enough so people don't skim over it.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Endless_Isles
to anyone that saw it before, how does it look now?
better?

bump

so what about "lies" and "rumor"
they're a pair of something which are supposed to be synonymous with the Odyssey's Scylla and Charybdis.
I doubt they would be a pass, as the sea is vast and endless, but then what are they?
ideas...

>>9945735
um...
I dunno
maybe they could be ghost towns or something

>>9945735
er, two mountains raising gallantly from the sea. They are of such size that it takes a man four days to reach its peak. Atop Lies is a grand monolith, commemorating forgotten religions and gods and on Rumor is a volcano.

>>9945995
aye, twin peaks
that sounds awesome

who put the monolith there?

>>9946178
who knows, boy
some say there's remnants of an age old script from back before the Emperor's Folly and the age of man, that will allow you to read the glyphs etched into it. Some say it's an omen of time after man, the end o' the world, ye know.
course, people say alotta things.

>>9946214
alines, says I
tha bast'rds come down ta us e'ery once inna while ta thief 'or gloves 'n meals 'n sheep, I swers. I saw them me'self once, I di'; scari'st day o' me life, it was. ther gian' ship sunk from tha sky and took me skipper. prolly for eatin' or else jus' ta git me riled 'nd red. I' worked, too, ne'er saw 'im agin, I did. Mayhaps 'is soul found'r a new home in tha clouds, ya know. Alines, I say, 'nyways.

>>9946314
speaking of aliens stealing livestock
I want a pirate with a ship full of undead cats
tha cookey get it in his murky head that, if he could somehow teach his little kitty the final oath of ol' Torrieau, he wouldn't have to leave 'im back at port
well, he did it, but kept the cat a secret for a good while. It wasn't until the cat had a litter, was pregnant from a stop at one port along the way, he had about 6 or 7 kids. Well, there was no keepin them secret then. Eventually the crew caught wind and sent to the cap'n. Ol' Cable-eye Charlie wasn't the kindest o' gents, so 'e ad the cook's cats killed, e did. Well, they was in port a' that time 'nd the cook jumped ship, leaving 'is poor ol' kitties to ther fate, But, true as ever, the oath held its end, 'nd the mother musta taught the oath ter 'er kittins. The very next day, the cats walked the decks again. this time they had 'em thrown off the edge of the ship. So tha cats drowned in tha water 'nd the next day they were back. Soon their numbers exploded and the ship was overrun with cats that would never leave. Well, Charlie left his ship fer dead on an isle near the fringe. Many have found the ship and fallen pray to the same curse, the Charlies Cat's, they call it. By now I bet the isle is filled with the little shits. lucky they can't swim

>>9946552
this wasn't a formal writing, just hard to stay out of dialect at times
I might write it later

>>9946552
>>9946568
that's absolutely hilarious!
Cat Island, lol

oh god
I don't know if we need cat island
I can see that being warped in horrible horrible ways

bump for more ideas

herm
an island that looks like a wolf from the south
coincidentally named wolf island
home to the treasure of Pale Roger, the Royal Gill

>>9946766
...'nd I says ta tha cap'n, I says,
"Well, I don' know nothin' bout tha skipper's daught'r, bu' I'v bin sleepin wi' 'is wife!"
Ahahar, sent tha git fer quite a knot, ne'er 'eard from 'im agin.

>>9946919
what?

Bump

fucking shitsticks, /tg/
we need fucking pillars of fate up in the bitch
what's a god damn epic level artifact for us to be questin for?

>>9947187
The Good Emperor's Crown
boasts the power to drain the sea

Davy Jones' Saber
the blade runs red with Jones' own blood
he who plucks the saber from its murky grave will have the only weapon capable of killing and, therefore, threatening death with

>>9947187
Not an artifact, but you could always look for Torrieau.

Torriaeu's daggers
some say he lost them after his confrontation with death
each scattered to the edge of the fringe at the time, when reunited they will seek out their master.

bump

um
artifacts are hard because all the legendary pirates are still alive except torriaeu and jones.

>>9947719
well
the isles ARE endless, we could make up something
hell, you could just take a name out of no where and people would buy it

>>9947853
take what ye can, eh

>>9947853
more ancient civ ruins, then?

>>9948024
sunken city.

>>9948071
eh
too done through

>>9948095
well how about a fucking underground road that leads far past the fringe
now who've followed it into the unknown have ever returned, giving it the name "the devil's road"

>>9948237
I'm ok with this
not the name, find a new name
but the concept is nice and open ended

bump

arrrrgg

yo ho ho

>>9943757

I have no intention of working on crunch; at least, not for a good long time, and even if I did I'd be more likely to write a few "patches" to use this with proven systems like FATE3.0, Savage Worlds, or even 4e, than I would write a wholly new system.

>>9945735

I thought these were straits through some kind of large reef system or something, deadly shortcuts famous for wrecking hundreds but still too tempting for some captains to resist?

I'm just going by what was mentioned briefly in thread 3, though.

>>9945556

Well done. Maybe move the stories to their own pages, too, and then include an index of them on the main page?

>>9947351

Maybe I'm just biased because I wrote his story, but I like this.

>>9947719

Just because a lot of the legends are still around doesn't mean that some haven't wound up disappearing, either into Deadwind or Fort Cross or otherwise. More importantly, the shadow'd jig doesn't take your possessions with you, so even though most legends should logically still be around that doesn't mean their awesome shit can't be out there for the taking.

In fact, that would be a pretty cool standard trade-off in this game for powerful artifacts... having the moment their original owner comes looking for them hanging over your head. And then again in a few months or years if you kill him. And again. And then he gets smart and starts trying to get his shit back with subtlety and betrayal instead of a fight...

>>9949910

>Last EI thread

I doubt it. If I'm gonna put work into that damn logo and a few alternate versions of how the Trick went down, you can be sure I'll be posting about it.

>>9949908
>I thought these were straits through some kind of large reef system or something, deadly shortcuts famous for wrecking hundreds but still too tempting for some captains to resist?
to be honest, that was when I was still stealing words out of Homer's mouth. I like the mountains better, really.

>Well done. Maybe move the stories to their own pages, too, and then include an index of them on the main page?
yea, I was thinking of a way to move them to different pages, but don't let them be skipped over. an index would be fine, I think

>>9950010

Cool, on both counts.

Now then, let's talk about that saber some more... one moment!

>>9949908
davy jones, a man afraid of death, stabbed death with his saber
it did nothing, of course, but it still beats with the rusty blood from death's veins.

>>9950102
or something like that

>>9950102
oh wait, that's changing up the story.
maybe he tried to fight death, for he was a strong willed man nearly capable of overcoming her, and to subdue him, she bound his fury into the blade and cast it to the bottom of the ocean. or not the ocean, maybe a mountain

>>9950088

Jan. 17th, 1475 Anno Mortis.

I saw her again, today. I must be starving. Why does she look so sad?

I have to find a way off this island. Have to find a way, have to find food.

>>9950180

Jan 18th (?)

Decided I won't be needing my belt any more. Leather boiled in brine is tastier than I thought.

Keeping the saber close. She seems afraid of it, leaves if I shake it at her and yell.

>>9950180
lol, we doing cat island again?
no, but go on
regardless of the feline density, I'm a sucker for journals

>>9950207
also, if you intend to put a saber in the logo, it can have a story

>>9950207

Jan 1475

Drank the last of the Rum. Didn't realize how bad it would effect me when I haven't eaten in days.

Ate most of my journal in the resulting haze. Guess I should back up for the sake of any poor bastard who finds this.

My name is Therin Sulliman, and I'm a Crusader. Or, at least I was. One of the best, so they say, but it's all a lie.

In the beginning, I was just another poor berk with a boat, setting out to clean the waters up a bit and try to get my leather to the tannery three islands over without having to deal with the Game and all those deathless cutthroats leaching off my trade...

>>9950283
.....................go on

>>9950283

...And, against all odds, somehow I survived that fool errand.

I hadn't understood the Game, the world at large, not really. I didn't deserve to live, and yet miraculously I did.

This is becoming a bit of a theme, if the pale face watching me write is who I think it is.

Anyway, after putting down a few ships full of Deathless dogs, I made contact with the Order folks. With their money, training, and their Fort Cross to bring my take, things suddenly went from desperately surviving against all odds to something resembling a fair fight.

And fight I did, for twenty years.

>>9950391

These were hard days, always on edge, but glorious. Still it brings a tear to my eye to think of all the wretched bastards I stuck from the sea, never again to terrorize and destroy.

When I took down Gold Tooth Tannalzia, that was the height, my greatest moment, and the start of my downfall, for it was she who wore the saber.

STOP IT, DON'T YOU THINK I CAN SEE YOU OVER MY SHOULDER? WHY DO YOU NEED TO WATCH ME ANYWAY? TORMENT SOMEONE ELSE.

>>9950476

I knew it was special the moment I laid eyes on it. Took it as a trophy, cleaned it up.

That was when I found the inscription, simply "Davy Jones." I thought it was just hogwash, sea-rats bravado. Now I'm not so sure.

I kept on delivering some semblance of justice, then, but over the years I started to notice some strange things. Every time Death was near, whether I'd been cut, or sick, or running out of water... I'd see her, and somehow I just knew.

As long as I can stay conscious, wake up if she gets too close... as long as I can grip this saber, I don't have to die.

I didn't understand that it was fear that motivated her, then. Death, afraid? Who would believe that!

...But I did understand something else pretty quick. The Oath. It doesn't take many close calls before a man realizes just how much he'd prefer to keep on living ANY sort of life than to rot in the shallows like a pile of offal.

awesome

>>9950596

I started to sympathize with my prey, and that... well that's just an occupational hazard. On a ship, your crew is family, and they can tell your mind as surely as your own mother, given enough time.

Eventually, things finally spiraled out of control. My leg blown clean off in a firefight, I held the saber with a white-knuckled grip and survived blood loss that should have killed me twice over. I still don't know how I didn't black out, or how I'm sure that if I do it's all over. I just know.

The crew finally knew, then. They weren't sure WHAT I was, since a Deathless would've simply shadow'd at that point. Hell, for that matter, I'm not sure myself.

But they knew I was a lie.

So, they left me here. Maybe... a month ago now?

No food. No water. Just the Lady and I... and that cursed Davy Jones' saber.

that the finish?
so we assume death got to him and hid the saber away?

>>9950698

So, yeah. Davy Jones' saber, a quality weapon and the only thing, due to its history, feared by Death herself.

Most useful for the Unoathed seeking to tangle with the Deathless on a more even footing.

Rumor has it, it once belonged to a past Ivory Mask of the Order of the Wheel, who used it to extend his anonymous reign well into three hundred years.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Endless_Isles#Tales_from_the_Fringe
eh
I feel like a librarian
that sentence is so silly

>>9950825

Well, I had intended that to be the finish, yes.

If I were going to specify a more satisfying ending, though, as you suggest, it would involve him plunging the saber into his own chest in defiance of his delayed death-by-dehydration and Death's vigilance over him.

>>9950887
alright
my only gripe is that ending doesn't make the artifact very accessible, and were you looking for it, you wouldn't even have a hint to start from.
you could add a geographical feature or something, just to make it a goal

>>9950168
I actually really like this explanation

>>9950938

On the contrary.

>The party just found the saber skewered through a skeleton on a tiny desert island, that journal lying next to its outstretched hand.

>What do?

...presumably Death cannot touch or move the saber herself.

>>9950985
ah
I was thinking more of a "the one ring" factor, rather than it being lost

>>9950938

>make it a goal

Ah, missed that part.

I dunno. I wouldn't use the journal in that way... or if I did, I'd alter it to include the name of the man's first mate, who would be a figure we'd encountered previously in the campaign.

Party proceeds to hunt him down, maybe infiltrate the Order of the Wheel, to find out where they marooned poor Sulliman.

If the details are common knowledge, though, then it would make no sense that someone else hadn't already gone and sought it out.

>>9951062
I'd say as common knowledge as an old chantey that every wise old pirate could recite on a moment's notice should someone ask
not many do, but it never hurts to be prepared

thread archived, going to sleep
you might find less people replying now