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Pirate Adventures in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Web DM

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20 Comments

@WebDM Creator 8 years ago Pinned

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@strangething77 8 years ago

Now I'm imagining a beholder with an eyepatch.

@ardinhelme687 8 years ago

Soooo... About those Spelljammer encounter tables...

@TheCaptainstupendous 8 years ago

A pirate walks into a tavern with a ship's wheel attached to the front of his pants. The barkeep asks
"What's with the wheel?"

The pirate responds
"Yaaarrr, it's drivin' me nuts!"

:-D

@Rankerquat 8 years ago

Developing that ship is the main draw for me! My table and I could spend hours going through like "and this is the wizard's quarters and it looks like this and here's what our flag looks like and we all have matching tattoos!"
That way the ship becomes like its own character you wanna protect!

@XOSkel10 8 years ago

Extra curvey driftwood?

@Kashanta 6 years ago

You can also alter land-based creatures to fit the style of the campaign. I was in a swashbuckling campaign that had palm tree treants. :)

@okayestdm6826 8 years ago

Sid Meier's PIRATES! is another great game to go to for inspiration.

@Syrkyth 8 years ago

Don't forget the piracy eras on the Mediterranean. Pirates during the era of the Crusades were rampant, preying on all sides, acting as freebooters or mercenaries. Or go even further back and dip into the piracy that plagued Rome and Egypt.

@Ramschat 1 year ago

Fun fact: historical Pirates often made decisions by vote, unless there was no time to vote, then the captain makes the call

@CrazedGM 8 years ago

So apparently Matt Colville just announced a pirate ship stronghold as a stretch goal for his Strongholds and Streaming kickstarter. Could be a 5e resource to use, once it's out.

@agriphalalbion115 8 years ago

In classical times there were entire nations devoted to piracy that were eventually put down by the Romans. They sailed around in fleets of small mobile Hemiolia extorting tribute from coastal towns and trade fleets. Namely the Illyrians and Sardinians. Imagine a pirate capital city would be an excellent hub for trade in rear magical items, exotic creatures, meeting strange alien foreigners and many unusual quests for competing pirate factions.

@vikashv1 8 years ago

Not enough seamen jokes!

@HoundofOdin 8 years ago

The Shackles on Golarion is the best setting I've ever seen for a pirate campaign. It's basically the Caribbean Sea, ruled by a pirate lord called the Hurricane King, with a perpetual hurricane going on off the coast. Lawless ports, unexplored islands, cyclopean ruins, backstabbing smugglers, murderous sahuagin, unpredictable weather, an Asmodeus worshiping Queen's Navy to beware of, and DINOSAURS. If that's not reason enough to at least give Pathfinder a try, nothing is.

@alexanderchippel 5 years ago

What I Wanted: Pirates of the Caribbean.

What I Got: Muppet's Treasure Island.

@cheddar_boss 6 months ago

I truly miss these guys

@izukurinnvarris7797 5 years ago

“"Nyarrggh!" 🐱 🏴‍☠️”- my tabaxi pirate captain, 2021

@pixelbomb97 8 years ago

I basically ran a one piece campaign, taking inspiration from all the situations and Islands, but not the characters. It worked because none of my players knew about one piece and I basically took them from Alabasta to Enies Lobby before someone outside the group recognized the names when she was sitting in for a session and almost ruined the end of the current storyline and we stopped after that one.