Age of Sail

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Age of Sail Meme

Welcome to the high seas and the Caribbean, in the Golden Age of Sail—and Piracy! Hoist anchors and set sail, because there’s adventure—and treasure—on the horizon.




Roles:
Piracy
A. Ship captain, of course, would you be found anywhere else? Command and the sea, those are your callings. Along with, of course, plunder.
B. Quartermaster, elected representative of the crew’s interests, and with power to veto the Captain’s decisions whenever the ship is not engaged in battle.
C. Crew. You’re in it for the plunder, and can’t be bothered with those pesky decisions. Unless, just maybe, you’ve got a mutiny in mind.
D. Cabin boy. Lowest in rank and newest on the ship, without any sailing experience of your own, but you’ll work your way up.
E. Stowaway. Whatever ship you’re on, whatever reason you have for running, you’d better hope you aren’t found.

The Law
F. Pirate-hunter. Maybe you’re working freelance, taking bounties where you find them, or maybe you are an officer of a royal navy, but either way, you’re tasked with bringing those lawless pirates to justice. There’s money in it, and glory for you.
G. Governor. You are the law, in your little corner of the Caribbean. Troops from the homeland, money and resources are yours, but anarchy is just one mistake away, and the pirates are always threatening your ships and those of your traders.
H. Honest sailor. You follow orders and don’t ask too many questions about them. Or the cargo.
I. Innocent Passenger. Honestly, you were just trying to get home, or to your new home in the new world. But now? Pirates.

Land-Lubbers
J. Innkeeper or Brothel Madam. When the pirates and sailors come into town, they’re going to need food, drink, and companionship. You’re here to provide that.
K. Shipwright. Ships and repairs, it’s all your business. You’re willing to serve any customer, and you don’t ask too many questions.

L. Wildcard! Who would your character be in the Golden Age of Sail?

Mix and match, pirates and pirate hunters, raid a ship or follow a map to treasure. Go get that horizon!

Reposted from here, credit to marlowe_tops.

Comments

Horatio Hornblower | Hornblower Saga

[midship]

[did someone say the golDEN AGE OF NELSON'S NAVY or]

Rider (Francis Drake) | Fate/

[circumnavigates]

rider-fate/zero

[hellenization]

Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey

[thequitecontrary]

[A lady of a noble background, as per usual. Maybe she's a stowaway? Or was captured by some pirates?]

[lefey]

[FRIEND. WOULD HORATIO LIKE A PIRATE MORGANA? CAUSE WE TOTALLY LACK THREADS TOGETHER. YEAH. TOTALLY. HE CAN STILL BE A GOOD BOY. ;D]

Adam Parrish | The Raven Cycle | MM

[tenebrarius]

[Honest sailor: ship's navigator and/or ship's magician.]

Griffith | Berserk | M/M

[forakingdom]

[Ship captain, either pirate, royal army, or mercenary.]

Bodhi Rook | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | OTA

[onlyeverdoubted]

[Honest sailor defecting to the pirates seems like the obvious option...]

Leatherhead | TMNT IDW

[natures_plan]

[Runaway naval crewmate now pirate. Human au available.]

Morgana | Merlin / Arthurian | OTA

[lefey]

[Fond of the idea of playing pirate, but certainly open to suggestions.]

Jack Rackham | Black Sails | OTA

[calicojack]

_{[Well it would be remiss of me not to]}

Elenora von Meding | classic World of Darkness | ota

[safekeeps]

[.......well. The people on the ship believe that she's the spirit of the ship, crawling out at night in the shadows to guard it. She's preserved it in one way or the other more than once, after all, even if the details remain a bit fuzzy...

She's probably on a pirate ship, but could be on merchant one too. It might be the easiest to have a new person on the ship and have them try to figure out what's behind the superstitions of the sailors about this ship, but I'm up for anything :3]

henry dubois iv - the diviners

[ziegfeld]

[ He's the travelling musician on the ship, playing for his passage into other lands]

[midship]

[i'm not here i'm finishing my work clearly but
YES PLEASE??]

Georgia Mason | Newsflesh Trilogy

[choosetruth]

[Still a fucking journalist in any world. Skeptical of piracy but willing to come along for the ride to get a good story. Give her an interview. She'll protect her sources.]

Dipper Pines | Gravity Falls

[krmvgivv]

[He and his sister have gone to apprentice with their sketchy pirate DEFINITELY AN HONEST MERCHANT great uncle for the summer. They did not expect to have this interesting a time.]

Han Solo | Star Wars

[parsecs]

[Captain of the Millenium Falcon. It's a boat, obviously.]

Ben Wyatt | Parks and Rec

[mrknope]

[Accountant. Should not be here. Somehow ended up managing pirate treasure because NO ONE ELSE CAN MATH. Why is this his life.]

[adaptiveimmunities]

[This is a terrible idea, but George is into it, and Shaun goes where she goes, so here he is.]

Do I get to wear an eyepatch?

[choosetruth]

[She smiles at him sweetly. This is a great idea, what are you talking about.] Sure, if you're willing to lose an eye to get it.

[adaptiveimmunities]

..That is a terrible idea, George. I like having depth perception.

[choosetruth]

Guess you'll have to settle for a cool hat, then. Still piratey, but you get to keep all essential body parts. Acceptable?

Xander | Fire Emblem | OTA

[kingshaming]

[A pirate privateer for a much more navel Nohr, capturing other ships for their resources to supplement his failing country.]

crew? well technically anyway

[maligknight]

[Camilla couldn't just let her brother go out and pirate be a privateer without her. Even if it meant that their younger siblings were stuck in Nohr most of the time without them. It was better than letting them get caught up in this. If they were caught... Well. Nohr shouldn't give up all it's royal family, right?

Not that it was going to happen. The seas were relatively calm for the moment. It was a good moment to--]

Xander~

[Hope you weren't doing anything too important. Camilla is just going to barge right into her brother's room.]

They haven't sighted any Hoshidan ships in quite some time. [Her voice looses a little of it's cheerful tone as she closes the door behind her.] We really need to find one, brother.

[kingshaming]

[He looks up from his desk, the frown lines between his eyes even more prominent then usual. He was going over their current supply lists, so he had a feeling that he knew exactly what Camilla was talking about.

What they did could be considered cruel, or even evil. But it was this or watch their countrymen starve right in front of them. They lived and died by what the sea offered, and if the fish and whales were thin, then there was always... bigger prey. It was how they survived and Xander took no shame in it. At least they usually left most of their captured crews alive, killing only the Captain and Quartermaster as long as no one else resisted.

And if they took a few Hoshidan ships? What of it, they had plenty. But over the last months even they had been thin and far between.]

I know.

[He pinches above his nose, fighting off a headache from staring at the maps and writings for hours straight]

They must have changed their usual routes.