Seafarer's Pack

Introduction

A starting pack that favors the players who wish to call the seas of Idalos home. Be these Biqaj character’s looking to make the sea their home, players who wish to pursue a life of piracy, and everything in between.

Wealth Tier

Someone taking Opinion 1 of this package, has their starting wealth tier based on the Wealth Skill. If the player takes Opinion 2 will have their starting wealth tier based on their Wealth Skill +1 Wealth Tier (Example, if you start in wealth tier 2 and choose opinion 2. Your starting wealth tier is 3)
Note: If you take a ship, to better represent the finance struggle of owning and maintaining a ship that sails the open seas. A player must maintain their starting wealth tier for at least two cycles (Points maybe earned, but tier can not be surpassed).

Housing

Pick one of the following:

• Option 1- Captain Your Own Ship:

A small one-masted sailing Sloop (boat) with a mainsail and jib rigged fore and aft. This sloop has a small hold and living quarters under the main deck, enough room for a for a single bed, table or small writing desk, chair, storage chest, and shelf.

• 1 x Hammock or Bed
• 1 x Gangplank
• 1 x Small table or Writing Desk
• 1 x Chair
• 1 x Chest
• 6 x Plates (assorted)
• 2 x Eating knives
• 1 x Fish smoker
• 1 x Lantern
• 1 x Map (for the shoreline of one major city)
• Enough rope, rigging, maintenance supplies, etc for one Cycle.





• Option 2 - Crewing on an NPC Ship:

A player can choose to join a crew of a ship rather their have their own. This ship can be any on the price list or something similar. These ships are fully outfitted with Captain, First Mate, and Crew. Along with all the equipment and rations needed to sail and maintain the ship. This ship will need to be clearly described and detailed in a player's Character Sheet.



Note: This ship does not belong to the player. See below for NPC information on this opinion

Starter Items

You may have any items from your Wealth Tier or below upon startup

A Note on NPCs

For players that select opinion 2: You must fully create two NPC’s for the ship you are crewing. These two NPC must follow the NPC guidelines.

Note: These NPC fall into the Personal NPC category but with the following exceptions:

• 1.) Captain NPC can grant the PC seasonal “salary”.
• 2.) Captain NPC can grant the player rewards, if earned ICly (Example: Booty from a Pirate attack).

Ship Captain:
-Can have up to 150 skill points. Up to 40 points in one skill. All others No more than 30 and no less than 5 in one skill
First Mate:
-Can have up to 100 skill points. No more than 30 and no less than 5 in one skill

All NPCs from this Starting Package must be submitted to the Prophet Support Forum (PSF) and titled “Personal NPCs’ and mention in the thread that you are taking opinion 2 of the seafaring package.

Credits

Thanks to Jade for the image!