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[seawarden]

CREWS & SHIPS

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This entry serves as a "Crews & Ships" ledger where we keep track and document all the player made crews. Island bases are also noted if they exist. Please note, we're only keeping up with the basic information. For more information about how crews work, refer to the Crews & Ships section of the Game Info. Here are the requirements to register for a crew:

• Limited to 5 player-made crews per armada. To keep from having too many from the start, we are limiting the number of player-made crews to 5 per armada for now. We will increase this once the game is more settled.
  
  
• Must have at least 3 members. To register for a ship and crew, there must already be 3 members part of the group. This is to prevent too many small crews to keep up with.
  
  
• Acquire a ship. Traditionally a ship can be obtained by collecting certain materials and offering them to their armada's leviathan to create their ship, but other methods in acquiring a ship can be done as well. Please comment here.
  
  
• Have basic information available. There will be a form on the Crew Application page that will need to be filled, and once accepted there will be a profile template players will need to fill and post in their character's journals.
  
  
• Help us keep information updates. While we will maintain a reference page for all crews, we will need the group to help us keep it updated by notifying us if there are any changes. We will ask for updates every Activity Check.

To acquire an Island Base, just comment with the request and have a doc or entry ready with information on what you'd like your island to be like. We'll look it over and once approved you can either create your own crew log for it or we can design one based on the information provided. Threads for this log will count 12pts each, but anyone not affiliated with the crew helping will only receive 4pts. Crews are also allowed to create their own quests that will be worth the same as General quests (4pts) for both crew and non-crew members helping them.

Players must register their crews on this page for it to be official and they must help us update it when possible.

To register your crew, fill out the following form and create a designated toplevel. This toplevel will be used for all updates regarding the crew. It is preferred that the player who is the "leader" of the group comments, but anyone can do so.

<b>Player:</b> <b>Name of the Crew:</b> <b>Ship Name:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Corsairs or Paladins. Even if the crew has members of both factions, must choose one to be under. <b>Characters in the Crew:</b> Include who is the captain and journalnames for all characters <b>Blurb:</b> Brief blurb about the crew, such as what they do, the kind of vibe they try to maintain, etc. INCLUDE LINK TO DW ENTRY IF HAVE ONE. <b>Items:</b> List of items given to the leviathan. If threaded, provide link(s) here. <b>Open to Join?</b> Indicate if the crew is open for joining or if it would need an invitation from the crew members. <b>Island base?</b> Does the crew currently have or will aim for an island base? <b>Optional:</b> Can include an image of the ship and note any other unique features of either the crew or the ship.

CORSAIRS

The Hideaway (The Enterprise II)

Captain: Cidolfus Telamon
Crew: Clive Rosfield, Jill Warrick, Joshua Rosfield, Dion Lesage, Eizen, Kaveh, Sorey, Benedikta Harman, Alhaitham, Midadol Telamon, Enterprise, Gale Dekarios, Rem Tokimiya, Alfyn Greengrass
Blurb: Adventuring the high seas, look for that relic that is involved with the rifts, kind of like a "robin hood" where they'll target bad guys and help others while willing to break laws.
Open to Join: Open
Island: The Roost
Etc:Crew post

The Raiders of the Lost Arts (Phantom Moon | 月幻影)

Captain: Dongfang Qingcang
Crew: Emet-Selch, Professor Turo, Ryotaro Dojima, G'raha Tia, Orchid, Reno, Karlach Cliffgate, Daria Morgendorffer
Blurb: Magic, Science, and all the ways they mix Research Team! There are a lot of forgotten relics, forsaken lands, and forbidden arts lost to the waves and time. The Raiders of the Lost Arts are dedicated to finding, researching, and potentially utilizing whatever they can find. Legal methods of acquiring information and research materials may or may not be followed.
Open to Join: Open
Island: No
Etc:Crew post

The Scourge (The Desert Wind)

Captain: Ganondorf
Crew: Reaper, Sidestep
Blurb: 'Traditional' powerhungry ruthless pirates. Skull and crossbones, boarding and raiding (and Dealing with resistance), they do the do that others don't do.
Open to Join: ICly, invitation/recommendation required. OOCly, give a prod!
Island: Eventually
Etc:Crew post

PALADINS

Avalanche (Seventh Heaven)

Captain: Cloud Strife
Crew: Tifa Lockhart, Zack Fair, Nanaki, Nimona, Lyney, Freminet, Kotori Iida, Denji, Miriam
Blurb: Look, this wasn't Cloud's idea. Tifa, Nimona, and Zack had all been messaging him about it. So now here they are. Just a silly crew that's more like family.
Open to Join: Invite
Island: N
Etc:Crew post

PLUS ULTRA! (Mighty Explosion God Ship Bomb!!)

Captain: Izuku Midoriya
Crew: Katsuki Bakugou, Shoto Todoroki, Rody Soul, Roxas, Ranma Saotome, Toge Inumaki, Son Gohan
Blurb: They are HEROES and want to go on quests that help people or take down giant beasts.
Open to Join: Invite
Island: The crew currently has a small homely cottage on Elah. (so, N)
Etc:Crew post

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Comments

SHIP REQUEST

[seawarden]

Looking to get a ship? While the "proper" way is to embark on a quest to get materials and have their armada's leviathan create it, there are a few other different ways and we allow players to be creative! We just also need to keep tabs on who's doing what where and if there will be any potential consequences or fun things that come as a result. So if you have a crew in the making and looking to go for a ship, fill out this form and reply to this comment.

Note: You should also fill those form out even if the attempt will fail so we can keep track of things and potentially use the incident for future things!

Players: All players involved
Characters: All characters involved with journal names
Armada: Primary Armada affiliation but note if mixed
Method of acquisition: How do you plan on acquiring the ship? Leviathan creation quest? Or some other method?
Success/Fail: Will this attempt be a success or failure?
Requests: Any particular requests or suggestions you may want to happen during this attempt.
Questions: Any questions you may have.

<b>Players:</b> All players involved <b>Characters:</b> All characters involved with journal names <b>Armada:</b> Primary Armada affiliation but note if mixed <b>Method of acquisition:</b> How do you plan on acquiring the ship? Leviathan creation quest? Or some other method? <b>Success/Fail:</b> Will this attempt be a success or failure? <b>Requests:</b> Any particular requests or suggestions you may want to happen during this attempt. <b>Questions:</b> Any questions you may have.

Re: SHIP REQUEST

[ramuhs]

Players: FFXVI cast (Laena, Cheska, Kassie, Mich, Sheila, Ryn)
Characters: Cid (ramuhs); Jill (tilfrosset; Clive (gruffier); Joshua (phoenixdominant); Benedikta (garudas); Mid (inventuring)
Armada: Corsair
Method of acquisition: STEALING because that's the best way
Success/Fail: Hopefully success
Requests: None but open to obstacles or challenges that could come up 👀 Our current idea is they will be targeting a specific ship from a shipyard. Said shipyard may or may not be damaged. May have special guest Dion to represent Paladins. We're still kind of working it out and things may change once we get started but that's the general idea.
Questions: /spins in player vs mod chair

Success!

[seawarden]

Congrats on your ship! Please reply with your crew name and ship name so that it can be properly recorded.

Let us know if there's anything you need us to assist with in the heist (NPCs, brainstorming, etc.).

[ramuhs]

Wahooooo

Crew name is The Hideaway with the ship The Enterprise II! /goes to make toplevel

Re: SHIP REQUEST

[partybabysitter]

Players: Jans, Rema, Phenn
Characters: Astarion subigito, Fenris unshod, Xenk partybabysitter (unknowingly!)
Armada: Mixed! Though it'll be registered to the Corsairs because Xenk is not happy with Paladin bureaucracy.
Method of acquisition: Forgery! Astarion's past as a magistrate, a level 12 Rogue, and his 200 years in Baldur's Gate means he's an excellent forger, and can produce documents for just about any ship that would make even a Paladin admire his penmanship! Thus he plans on repossessing a perfectly fine ship that the Paladins had confiscated in the first place! (Maybe a cult ship? Maybe a Corsair ship? Up to you!) You'll find that his paperwork is all in order, officer.
Success/Fail: Success! I think it'd be funny if he gets it because it's not your usual theft -- this one uses the Paladin's love of protocol against them. And Xenk would have no idea it's stolen/the papers were forged, so he'd insist that everything is above board. Truly a win-win in the shenanigans department.
Requests: I think Astarion should have to open the Paladin-equivalent of an LLC and start a shell company (pun intended) to acquire the ship. The shell company can be their cool new crew savings account. I don't know! It could definitely piss off whoever's ship (that was repossessed) it actually was, but it's also a real legal gray area because it wasn't the Paladin's ship originally? Let me know if this makes sense or if I'm being too silly.
Questions: If you want this to fail or for the crime to become immediately apparent then I'll have to make Xenk do a normal crew quest. But if I roll good, can we still get it? It'd be funny.

Success!

[seawarden]

Colleen here! "It'd be funny" is the fastest way to get me to agree to anything in RP...

Congrats on your ship! Please reply with your crew name and ship name so that it can be properly recorded.

Let us know if there's anything you need us to assist with (playing quest NPCs, brainstorming, etc.). Otherwise, have fun with the forgery and enjoy the ship.

[partybabysitter]

Thank you!! The crew name will be Tidebringers and the ship is called the Eventide.

I'm setting up an info post here: https://partybabysitter.dreamwidth.org/3366.html

[seawarden]

You're welcome! Also, don't forget to fill out the following form and post it in a new top level to officially register the crew:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Name of the Crew:</b> <b>Ship Name:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Corsairs or Paladins. Even if the crew has members of both factions, must choose one to be under. <b>Characters in the Crew:</b> Include who is the captain and journalnames for all characters <b>Blurb:</b> Brief blurb about the crew, such as what they do, the kind of vibe they try to maintain, etc. INCLUDE LINK TO DW ENTRY IF HAVE ONE. <b>Items:</b> List of items given to the leviathan. If threaded, provide link(s) here. <b>Open to Join?</b> Indicate if the crew is open for joining or if it would need an invitation from the crew members. <b>Island base?</b> Does the crew currently have or will aim for an island base? <b>Optional:</b> Can include an image of the ship and note any other unique features of either the crew or the ship.

Re: SHIP REQUEST

[yuezun]

Players: Autumn, Jade, Ruka
Characters: Dongfang Qingcang yuezun, Rem Tokimiya vermilloci, Kimmuriel Oblodra psionicmolotov
Armada: Corsair; will be open to recruiting a mixed crew, but will be based out of Nogard until we can get an island base
Method of acquisition: Leviathan creation quest
Success/Fail: Success!
Requests: The crew is focused on pursuing various magical research objectives (such as traveling to ports and islands potentially related to the Tombstone, or investigating magical materials and phenomena), so if possible, we'd like to incorporate items and materials related to that goal:

One or more magitech items (Kimmuriel's interested in researching more of this and Rem is familiar with airships so some tech would be appropriate for her); possibly something that translates to lighting and plumbing, as they would be excellent especially for incorporating the eventual research workshop!

Black Jade (in Dongfang's world, the color black is associated with the element of Water within the Chinese Five Elements and Jade is considered the 'purest' conductor of four of the elements' energies with the color determining the element affiliation, hence: black jade;) to provide the ship with an inherent 'affinity' for water and potentially give it some small protections against the wrath of the sea (it doesn't actually have to do that, but Daqiang would still feel better knowing it was built with Black Jade included)

Stainless Steel (Rem wants the space they will eventually turn into a ship-board workshop via upgrades to have stainless steel finishes); also having the hull reinforced with steel would would allow for some durability in rough waters.

One Dragonfly (to influence the ship's design and because dragonflies are associated with both water and air, so it should bring good luck!)

Questions: none of them know how to sail, so we just want to be sure it's okay to have an assumed NPC crew backing us up for the day to day sailing needs and their pay would be part of the usual ship upkeep

Success!

[seawarden]

Congrats on your ship! Please reply with your crew name and ship name so that it can be properly recorded.

Let us know if there's anything you need us to assist with (playing quest NPCs, brainstorming, etc.).

To answer your question: Yes, it's absolutely okay to have an assumed NPC crew. They aren't the Best of the Best SSS Tier sailors, but they're competent enough at what they do.

Edited to add: Don't forget to register your crew by filling out the following form and posting a top-level in this post:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Name of the Crew:</b> <b>Ship Name:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Corsairs or Paladins. Even if the crew has members of both factions, must choose one to be under. <b>Characters in the Crew:</b> Include who is the captain and journalnames for all characters <b>Blurb:</b> Brief blurb about the crew, such as what they do, the kind of vibe they try to maintain, etc. INCLUDE LINK TO DW ENTRY IF HAVE ONE. <b>Items:</b> List of items given to the leviathan. If threaded, provide link(s) here. <b>Open to Join?</b> Indicate if the crew is open for joining or if it would need an invitation from the crew members. <b>Island base?</b> Does the crew currently have or will aim for an island base? <b>Optional:</b> Can include an image of the ship and note any other unique features of either the crew or the ship.

Re: Success!

[yuezun]

Brainstorming on what kind of magi-tech items we could get away with offering to nogard for this would be really helpful!

[makoglow]

Players: FFVII Cast + 1 ( Ser, Sheila, Mish, Agatha, CS... and Xae )
Characters: Cloud ( makoglow ) | Tifa ( starshower ) | Zack ( activatingcombatmode ) | Nimona ( pinksidekicking ) | Nanaki ( feralhumanity ) | Aerith ( everblooms )
Armada: Paladin
Method of acquisition: Leviathan method
Success/Fail: Success
Requests:
- Some kind of spell that will help with Cloud's motion sickness
- Separate cat room for any/all warrior cats. Full equipped with toys and scratching posts. Everything that cats need
- Special bed for Red/Nanaki
- If Nimona can adopt a dragon then the cat room gets to have little dragon perches
- maybe a space for flowers for aerith?
- Cloud refuses to be the captain This request is going to be denied
Questions: Please help I am being bullied into this byasdfasdfasdfasd

Success!

[seawarden]

Congrats on your ship, Captain Cloud! You did specifically request him to be captain, right?

Please register your vessel by making a top level to this post:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Name of the Crew:</b> <b>Ship Name:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Corsairs or Paladins. Even if the crew has members of both factions, must choose one to be under. <b>Characters in the Crew:</b> Include who is the captain and journalnames for all characters <b>Blurb:</b> Brief blurb about the crew, such as what they do, the kind of vibe they try to maintain, etc. INCLUDE LINK TO DW ENTRY IF HAVE ONE. <b>Items:</b> List of items given to the leviathan. If threaded, provide link(s) here. <b>Open to Join?</b> Indicate if the crew is open for joining or if it would need an invitation from the crew members. <b>Island base?</b> Does the crew currently have or will aim for an island base? <b>Optional:</b> Can include an image of the ship and note any other unique features of either the crew or the ship.

Let us know if there's anything you need us to assist with (playing quest NPCs, brainstorming, etc.).

[fullgauntlet]

Players: Mich, Mog, Cytes, CS
Characters: Izuku Midoriya faullgauntlet, Katsuki Bakugou callmekacchan, Shoto Todoroki heir_conditioned, Rody Soul anhonestsoul
Armada: Paladin. (preferably paladin only crewmates)
Method of acquisition: Leviathan creation quest or purchasing and/or refurbishing
Success/Fail: Success.
Requests:
- Anything that has to do with rescuing or saving
- They would not be wanting in dealing in any shady business
- They are HEROES and would want to go on quests that help people or take down giant beasts.
- Researching or uncovering relics and magic artifacts
- Maybe their ship can be a reward for doing something grand or helping
Questions:n/a

in which Colleen is the slowest mod on earth, I am so sorry u_u

[seawarden]

Congrats on HERO SHIP!

Please register your vessel by making a top level to this post:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Name of the Crew:</b> <b>Ship Name:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Corsairs or Paladins. Even if the crew has members of both factions, must choose one to be under. <b>Characters in the Crew:</b> Include who is the captain and journalnames for all characters <b>Blurb:</b> Brief blurb about the crew, such as what they do, the kind of vibe they try to maintain, etc. INCLUDE LINK TO DW ENTRY IF HAVE ONE. <b>Items:</b> List of items given to the leviathan. If threaded, provide link(s) here. <b>Open to Join?</b> Indicate if the crew is open for joining or if it would need an invitation from the crew members. <b>Island base?</b> Does the crew currently have or will aim for an island base? <b>Optional:</b> Can include an image of the ship and note any other unique features of either the crew or the ship.

Let us know if there's anything you need us to assist with (playing quest NPCs, brainstorming, etc.).

Re: SHIP REQUEST

[menaceunleashed]

Players: Toni, Leo, Shiny, Cirrus, poooooooooooossibly Ser
Characters: Ganondorf/menaceunleashed, Reaper gr1m, Sidestep telepathicignorance, Reno general_affairs, & possibly Alastor passimclamoribus
Armada: Corsair
Method of acquisition: Theft of the ship & everything not nailed down.
Success/Fail: Ideally success?
Requests: Ganondorf will be sending a phantom of his to remotely assist in the theft, and Ranma/Wahoo catsgothistongue will also be assisting [though not crewing]. They're looking for something fast and easy to make a getaway with; likely a sloop or cutter.
Questions: I figure we can do a log for the theft, and if we know the outcome we can probably self-regulate some shenanigins in it [but mod running is fine if ya want]. I'm also fine with a bounty being placed on the return of the ship, and/or the capture of those involved.
So just an idea of what loot they could get - assuming this succeeds - would work!

Success!

[seawarden]

Congrats on your ill-gotten ship and related booty.

Please register your vessel by making a top level to this post:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Name of the Crew:</b> <b>Ship Name:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Corsairs or Paladins. Even if the crew has members of both factions, must choose one to be under. <b>Characters in the Crew:</b> Include who is the captain and journalnames for all characters <b>Blurb:</b> Brief blurb about the crew, such as what they do, the kind of vibe they try to maintain, etc. INCLUDE LINK TO DW ENTRY IF HAVE ONE. <b>Items:</b> List of items given to the leviathan. If threaded, provide link(s) here. <b>Open to Join?</b> Indicate if the crew is open for joining or if it would need an invitation from the crew members. <b>Island base?</b> Does the crew currently have or will aim for an island base? <b>Optional:</b> Can include an image of the ship and note any other unique features of either the crew or the ship.

Let us know if there's anything you need us to assist with as you all set up the log and get things going.

[menaceunleashed]

Just confirmation whether the log's gonna be fully player run (in which case an idea of booty would be awesome) or modded!

[seawarden]

The log will be fully player run. We're available to answer any questions you all might have as you get it running, but we trust you all can cause some fun havoc without our having to run it.

As far as what's on the ship to steal, there won't be anything terribly unusual aboard it. Food, other provisions and equipment, weapons, some dubloons and jewels, really nice linens in the captain's quarters, etc. Some of the original ship's crew can also be convinced to stay on with enough convincing (and/or intimidation).

THE HIDEAWAY

[ramuhs]

Player: Laena
Name of the Crew: The Hideaway
Ship Name: The Enterprise II
Faction: Corsairs
Characters in the Crew:
Captain: Cidolfus Telamon | ramuhs
Everyone else: Clive Rosfield | gruffier; Jill Warrick | tilfrosset; Joshua Rosfield | phoenixdominant; Midadol Telamon | inventuring
Blurb: Adventuring the high seas, look for that relic that is involved with the rifts, kind of like a "robin hood" where they'll target bad guys and help others while willing to break laws. Have an entry here.
Open to Join? Open to join!
Island base? Not yet but will one day 👀
Optional: Ship image.

UPDATE: CREW MEMBERS

[ramuhs]

Dion Lesage | dragoonoflight (Paladin)
Eizen | verboaten (Corsair)
Kaveh | empyrean_mirror (Paladin)
Yuffie Kisaragi | materiahunting (Paladin)
Sorey | historiology (Paladin)

CREW UPDATE & ISLAND REQUEST I GUESS

[ramuhs]

Whether she wants it or not, Benedikta Harman (garudas) is being penciled in as part of the crew.

Also, because I epically failed and...didn't make an official place for island quests /swts would like to request a quest for the crew to try and find an island to call home for January! Preferably something that's closer to Eltrut to make it easier for everyone to come and go without suspicion huhu. Doesn't have to be too large, but preferably with fertile ground for fields/gardening and enough space for living quarters and crafting. Forests because I like forests. Maybe some cliffs? Mountain? Something with a good view (and high perches). As I ponder if Cid would want to move back into some caves again lmfao WELL another option would be a rocky mountain type island where the only entrance is through a secret cove of sorts and there are pockets of green and such inside.

Open to pretty much anything, with fighting, exploring...and perhaps if Cid could maybe somehow befriend or some "recruit" any native creatures that might be inhabiting said island so thy don't have to go full on massacre, aha.

UPDATE: CREW MEMBERS

[ramuhs]

Remove:
Midadol Telamon | inventuring
Yuffie Kisaragi | materiahunting

Add:
Alhaitham | indispensable

UPDATE: CREW MEMBERS

[ramuhs]

ADD:
Rin Nesidri | maiestas

BIG CREW UPDATE

[ramuhs]

ADD:
Midadol Telamon | midifications
Enterprise | lucky_e
Gale Dekarios | netherese
Rem Tokimiya | vermilloci
Alfyn Greengrass | apothecarry

REMOVE:
Rin Nesidri

ISLAND BASE:
The Roost

THE TIDEBRINGERS

[partybabysitter]

Player: Jans
Name of the Crew: The Tidebringers
Ship Name: The Eventide
Faction: Corsairs
Characters in the Crew:
Captain: Xenk Yendar | partybabysitter Co-captain: Astarion | subigito, First Mate Fenris | unshod
Everyone else: Gale Dekarios | netherese; Halsin | goodberries; Karlach headhunt; MORE TBD
Blurb: Entry here! Dissatisfied with Paladin bureaucracy? Want to join an adventuring party on the high seas, and maybe do some good along the way? Xenk will stay home for any crime missions, but they're not entirely off the table.
Open to Join? Invitation! For now.
Island base? Not yet, but Astarion's house is kind of their base at the moment.
Optional: Ship link!

CREW UPDATE

[partybabysitter]

Daria Morgendorffer standingonmyneck

The Raiders of the Lost Arts

[yuezun]

Player: Autumn
Name of the Crew: The Raiders of the Lost Arts
Ship Name: Phantom Moon | 月幻影
Faction: Corsairs
Characters in the Crew:
Captain Dongfang Qingcang yuezun
Researchers Rem Tokimiya vermilloci, Kimmuriel Oblodra psionicmolotov, Emet-Selch emet_sulk, Professor Turo fractales
Cook Toge Inumaki cursedwords
Mercenary Jarlaxle Baenre acheat
Blurb: Magic, Science, and all the ways they mix Research Team! There are a lot of forgotten relics, forsaken lands, and forbidden arts lost to the waves and time. The Raiders of the Lost Arts are dedicated to finding, researching, and potentially utilizing whatever they can find. Legal methods of acquiring information and research materials may or may not be followed.
DW Entry
Items: Magitech items (tbd), Black Jade, Stainless Steel, One Dragonfly
Not yet threaded
Open to Join? Please poke a crew member for an invite!
Island base? Will be aiming for one
Optional: Picture

Crew Update

[yuezun]

Because I've been editing the comment instead of replying (oops), I'm going to include all crew members added after the original three in case the edit notices were missed:

Emet-Selch emet_sulk
Professor Turo fractales
Toge Inumaki cursedwords
Jarlaxle Baenre acheat
Ryotaro Dojima detectiveforhierophant

Crew Update

[yuezun]

G'raha-Tia afflatusexarch

Crew Update + Upgrade Update

[yuezun]

Misaki Yamazaki torinoko

Upgrades (just to have listed here)
Workshop +

Workshop Upgrade: Size

Workshop Upgrade: Equipment (Magical Research)

Crew Update

[yuezun]

Remove:
Misaki Yamazaki torinoko

Add:
Cyrus Douglas ligero
Mycroft Holmes conclusively

Crew Update

[yuezun]

Please Add:

Orchid xiaolanhua

Crew Update

[yuezun]

Please Remove: Toge Inumaki

he's gone to Plus Ultra already!

Crew Update + Open to Join Update

[yuezun]

Please remove:
Rem Tokimiya
Jarlaxle Baenre
Cyrus Douglas
Mycroft Holms

Rem has joined The Hideaway, Jarlaxle was swept at AC, and Cyrus & Mycroft have dropped


Please change:
Open to Join? Open

ISLAND REQUEST

[yuezun]

The Raiders of the Lost Arts are looking for an island to make their safe harbor come June!

We would like it if you would come up with an interesting quest for us to conquer the island!

About it:
An island shrouded in mist and volcanic smoke where something floats just above the volcano and glows unnaturally through the cover. It is often avoided by sailors because of the eerie feeling it gives many. The seas it lay in are also avoided due to the underwater volcanoes that erupt without a warning and super-heat the waters, sometimes even forcing sea water to burst skyward like a geyser.

The island is actively volcanic with the volcano being the remains of a much larger (now underwater) volcano, of which the above-sea level caldera edge forms the majority of the island. If looked at from above/the highest point on the island, it looks crescent moon shaped due to the much higher volcano mountain side vs the much, much much lower bay entrance side. There is only one easily accessible beach along one of the crescent ends while the rest of the island drops into the water with sheer cliffs. Because it is volcanic and on the remains of an older volcano, there are lots of old lava tunnels along the inner rim that create various hidden grottos. The largest of which was once used by the long-dead/abandoned civilization that used to be on the island before the ~catastrophe~.

Above the broken mountain that remains of the former height of the civilization is a strange magical calamity that looks like a black sun, around which broken pieces of one half of the broken mountain float unnaturally in the sky. Whatever caused this to occur was the ~catastrophe~ and how it occurred has been lost to time. When this catastrophe occurred is also in question - be it before the flooding of the world or in the centuries after.

On the broken mountain - on both sides, climbing up the outer face of it and burrowed a bit into them - are the ruins of the former civilization waiting to be explored and eventually renovated into a working base/palace. This could possibly have the crumbling remains of an old library from which only a few texts might be saved, or perhaps some old and forgotten magitech that is barely functional (if at) that may give a clue about the former inhabitants of the island. At the juncture of the mountains remains a great bridge that crossed the expanse of the only lake on the island that then cascades down in a great waterfall into the bay, further adding to the smoke and mist with it's thunderous spray.

The 'island's floating around the magical confluence in the sky are uninhabited, not connected, and largely empty of anything but the now verdant plant growth and occasional stream that falls off their edges. Birds and some animal life exist there, but mostly it's the plants.

The island is a deciduous and very verdant - it sits in an eternal spring/summer due to the heat of the volcano and the seas. Most of the fauna of the island are strangely mixed with flora - hearkening back to the catastrophe that they have since evolved from. Birds have petal- or grass- 'feathers'. Small rodents have fur that ranges from yellow to green and grows baby's breath or dandelions or other small bursts of color. Larger mammals have grass for fur and brightly colored flowers, while predators might have thorns hidden in their coats. Bugs might look like tiny seeds and sticks or mushrooms that burrow quite well into the ground. Some animals may be smaller than their non-plant counterparts due to their plant influence, while others might be much, much larger.


Visuals/Inspiration for island idea: <href="https://yuezun.dreamwidth.org/5405.html">HERE

We don't have a name for it yet, but we'll get there!

Re: ISLAND REQUEST

[seawarden]

All this info looks great!! For the quest, that is actually an oversight and we meant to remove it from the Game Info, sorry! We realized it would be easier if we let players come up with their own logs so they can cater it for their own group much more easily.

However, we are happy to help to give ideas for direction! What are some things you'd like the crew to do with the island? Did they learn about it through research and is there a special treasure or item that could be found there? How difficult will it be to take the island? You can incorporate cool creatures here if you want!

Re: ISLAND REQUEST

[yuezun]

First Thing: Can you link me to a code source for what you use for the logs so I can set it up all pretty?

Brainstorming but input for ideas would be welcome:
I think it should start out as a tip and/or notation in some of the older port-records about the island being difficult to get to because of being in the middle of the 'fever sea' (superheated and occasionally boiling sea due to the underwater volcanic activity around it) but that more than an incidental amount of ships who managed to get close to it noted that it had an eerie and unnatural feel to it where it sat covered by smoke and fog. Getting to it will require following the miniature seaweed-whales because they live in and around the waters of the bay and can navigate the underwater thermals successfully. And once they get there, they'll decide that it's worth settling in for the long-term to explore and study at length. Probably even getting a small port-village set up to allow for resupply and news every few months for whatever team stays 'on the ground' at the island to help clear out the ruins.

Dongfang Qingcang will be looking to eventually 'bind' the volcano to his primordial spirit so that he can draw on it's power to augment his own, but also so he can treat the volcano and any of the network of underwater volcanos it's connected to as an extension of himself should he need to defend his new home. Making it so he can 'see' or sense goings-ons through them to a limited extent and potentially channel his own power through them to trigger eruptions on his command.

Orchid's primordial spirit is naturally inclined to start integrating with any plants she cares for and eventually any structures they renovate or restore will be covered with a garden that reacts to her emotions in much the same way fire reacts to Daqiang's.

Turo has expressed interest in having lots of variety for studying things and exploring ruins so maybe something to do with finding clues to the calamity that caused the island to become the way it is?


BRB; double-checking notes from discussions and talking to players

Re: ISLAND REQUEST

[seawarden]

We have sent over the code, and if you have any issues with it let us know!

As for what you've written, we think everything looks okay except for Dongfang's ability to control the volcano as it would be too unreasonable for one individual to be able to harness that much power on their own. He can definitely try, but it will be unsuccessful.

Perhaps some alternatives in using the volcano for defense could be eventually developing megitech weaponry that could draw from the lava (such as lava cannons), creating underwater sensors or even befriending/allying with the whales around the island for a warning system, or other means.

Crew Update

[yuezun]

Remove:
Kimmuriel Oblodra

Add:
Reno general_affairs
Karlach Cliffgate headhunt
Daria Morgendorffer standingonmyneck

[makoglow]

Player: Ser
Name of the Crew: Avalanche
Ship Name: Seventh Heaven
Faction: Paladin
Characters in the Crew:
Captain - Cloud Strife against his will ( makoglow )
Crew - Tifa Lockhart ( starshowers ) | Zack Fair ( activatingcombatmode ) | Nanaki ( feralhumanity ) | Aerith Gainsboro ( everblooms )
Blurb: Look, this wasn't Cloud's idea. Tifa, Nimona, and Zack had all been messaging him about it. So now here they are. Just a silly crew that's more like family. There is an info post here.
Items: Boquete of flowers, yarn, multicolored crystals, ginger/chamomile tea
Open to Join? Invitation
Island base? That's a future plan
Optional: Ship here with mood sails

Crew Updates

[activatingcombatmode]

- Lyney
- Freminet
- Kotori Iida

Crew Updates

[activatingcombatmode]

- Denji
- Miriam

[fullgauntlet]

Player: Mich
Name of the Crew: PLUS ULTRA!
Ship Name: Mighty Explosion God Ship Bomb!!
Faction: Paladins.
Characters in the Crew:
💣 Izuku Midoriya fullgauntlet
💣 Katsuki Bakugou callmekacchan
💣 Shoto Todoroki heir_conditioned
💣 Rody Soul anhonestsoul
💣 Roxas seasaltkeys
Blurb: Ship Post Here. (wip)
Open to Join? Open, invitation required.
Island base? The crew currently has a small homely cottage on Elah.
Optional: image.

Crew Updates

[fullgauntlet]

- Roxas
- Ranma Saotome

Crew Updates

[fullgauntlet]

- Toge Inumaki

Crew Updates

[fullgauntlet]

- Son Gohan

[menaceunleashed]

Player: Toni
Name of the Crew: The Scourge
Ship Name: The Desert Wind
Faction: Corsairs
Characters in the Crew: CAPTAIN: Ganondorf menaceunleashed
FIRST MATE: Reaper gr1m
CREW: Sidestep telepathicignorance

Blurb: 'Traditional' powerhungry ruthless pirates. Skull and crossbones, boarding and raiding (and Dealing with resistance), they do the do that others don't do. More info here.
Open to Join? ICly, invitation/recommendation required. OOCly, give a prod!
Island base? Eventually.
Optional: image. The ship is a bit on the smaller side, but extremely speedy, able to race against and catch up with most bigger, slower ships.