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Best pirate RPG?

Started by Trond, June 29, 2016, 12:48:42 PM

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Trond

June 29, 2016, 12:48:42 PM
The 7th sea thread made me wonder about this. With or without magic are both ok in this thread but not space pirates (it has to have, say, a 16-18th century feel)

JesterRaiin

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June 29, 2016, 01:56:17 PM
Quote from: Trond;905826The 7th sea thread made me wonder about this. With or without magic are both ok in this thread but not space pirates (it has to have, say, a 16-18th century feel)

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I've been participating in a few sessions of 50 Fathoms/Savage Worlds and I liked it, although I wouldn't consider it "best pirate RPG". ;)
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Krimson

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June 29, 2016, 01:59:52 PM
So many systems to choose for Freeport and you pick Pathfinder? :D
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3rik

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June 29, 2016, 02:06:06 PM
I quite enjoy what I've read of Cakebread & Walton's Pirates & Dragons. It runs on their Renaissance system, basically a black powder era version of OpenQuest. They also have a OneDice version of it available.
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JesterRaiin

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June 29, 2016, 02:13:52 PM
Quote from: Krimson;905837So many systems to choose for Freeport and you pick Pathfinder? :D

Fixed it for ya! :p



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3rik

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June 29, 2016, 02:25:42 PM
There's also Blood Tide, a pirate fantasy setting for BRP from Chaosium.
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Krimson

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June 29, 2016, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: JesterRaiin;905839Fixed it for ya! :p


Well I was just joking about the Pathfinder thing but yeah it's a great setting, though not really an RPG. I bought mine so I could use it with True20.

As for the OP's question, I don't know of any RPG specifically for that genre. In my experience the best pirate and ship based games were all run in AD&D 1e. A little searching and 7th Sea does seem to be the go to game for the genre without much in the way of competition.
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Matt

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June 29, 2016, 02:56:14 PM
The correct answer is Flashing Blades with the High Seas supplement, both of which are great and inexpensive and still in print at FGU's web site.

Runner-up: Pirates & Plunder, except there are no rules for ships.

Privateers & Gentlemen (also still in print from FGU) could easily be adapted for pirates.

Trond

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June 29, 2016, 03:02:07 PM
Excellent modules for other games or generic games are also ok. But yeah, a dedicated game about pirates would be cool.

Don't let me ruin it for anybody, but I am not a huge D&D/ Pathfinder fan as a GM. I would totally go for it if someone else ran it though. Is Freeport a "piraty" part of a bigger setting?

Trond

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June 29, 2016, 03:03:33 PM
Quote from: Matt;905848The correct answer is Flashing Blades with the High Seas supplement, both of which are great and inexpensive and still in print at FGU's web site.

Runner-up: Pirates & Plunder, except there are no rules for ships.

Privateers & Gentlemen (also still in print from FGU) could easily be adapted for pirates.

Thanks! I sure would like to learn more about Flashing Blades. (and it is possible that this is indeed the correct answer :D)

Krimson

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June 29, 2016, 03:06:37 PM
Quote from: Matt;905848Runner-up: Pirates & Plunder, except there are no rules for ships.

So... land pirates?
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JesterRaiin

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June 29, 2016, 03:16:16 PM
Quote from: Trond;905849Don't let me ruin it for anybody, but I am not a huge D&D/ Pathfinder fan as a GM

Freeport features sourcebooks for d20/True20/PFRPG/Savage Words/FATE/Castles & Crusaders/AGE/ and system agnostic version (IIRC). :cool:

QuoteIs Freeport a "piraty" part of a bigger setting?

No. You can connect it to pretty much any similar setting or play on its own. Just imagine a city, part Port Royal, part Novigrad + fantasy races, magic and a long, quite detailed history and you're halfway there.

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DavetheLost

#12
June 29, 2016, 04:30:29 PM
I am a big fan of Pirates & Dragons.

Shipyard Locked

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June 29, 2016, 05:11:28 PM
Quote from: Matt;905848The correct answer is Flashing Blades with the High Seas supplement, both of which are great and inexpensive and still in print at FGU's web site.

Flashing Blades has good points, but there's too much table-referencing in its combat system for my tastes.

Christopher Brady

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June 29, 2016, 05:53:21 PM
Personally, I was more of a fan of PEG's Pirates of The Spanish Main myself.  But if you hate Savage Worlds, then I guess it can be a bit of a turn off.  But for me, the setting information with the real world locations but the ambivalent timeline (It's somewhere in the 1700s, who cares what the actual date is) made it fun.

Too bad there was only the core book released.
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