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 Poison'd PBP(Mature) 
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Post Poison'd PBP(Mature)
I really want to try out Poison'd. Anybody interested in playing? If you don't know, it's a game about pirates, sins, brutality, and ambitions. It is a mature themed game but if we watch ourselves, and follow the forum's rules for decency, I think we can avoid being cos'd. I'll run for a max of 5 players and will take newcomers(as this my first time myself) and veterans alike. Every game starts out the same:

In this the Year of Our Lord 1701, did end the bloody career of the pirate Captain Jonathan Abraham Pallor, called Brimstone Jack. He did not die on the gallows, nor by the sword, nor shot in two by cannon. He died of poison, administered to him by his cook, an assassin under the King’s orders. This is what happened next.

Drag forward the cook, the assassin Tom Reed, throw him to the deck. He’s spitting and proclaiming us dead men all, no captain no more, ship listing and hungry, and His Majesty’s Ship the Resolute even now hauls up its anchor over in Kingston Bay.


So let's make characters. If you've played before then you can make your character up to the outstanding bargins point. If not let me know and I will walk everyone through the process.

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Mon May 14, 2012 4:19 pm
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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
Oooooooh! I am interested, but if you get five folks who already know the rules, I'm happy to just watch.


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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
The game is dirt simple(20 pages or so), you have 6 stats and character creaion is all done by selecting items off lists. You sure you just wanna be on the 'maybe' list?

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Mon May 14, 2012 4:46 pm
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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
Put me down as good to go, then.

Eamon "Courthouse" Connolly, at your service. I'm the ship's lawman (read: Executioner and Captain's muscle).


Tue May 15, 2012 2:25 am
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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
Okay let start making your character. First off as you know every PC’s a pirate. So choose your character’s position under Brimstone Jack:
(here's the list from the book)
Boatswain (“bosun” – sails, rigging, anchor, cables; also the
day to day work of the crew)
Boy (light labor, service & training)
Carpenter (the soundness of the ship’s masts, yards, boats &
hull, patching holes under fire)
Gunnery Master (the ship’s cannons, powder & balls; the
gunnery crew)
Quartermaster (the ship’s purse, books & accounts, and the
provisioning & quartering of the company)
Sailing Master (navigation and steering the ship)
Sailor (manual labor, gunnery, fighting)
Surgeon (medical care of all on board)
X’s Mate (eg Boatswain’s Mate, Captain’s Mate, Carpenter’s
Mate, Cook’s Mate)

Next we have to determine Soul and Devil stats so which of the following sins has your character committed? Choose
none, one, any or all:
Adultery
Blasphemy
Idolatry
Murder
Mutiny
Rape
Robbery
Sodomy
You may count a sin twice, if your character’s commission of it
has been prolonged, repeated, excessive, and unremorseful, and
continues to be so even now.
Count it blasphemy if your character is a woman living, acting,
and dressing the man. Count it twice blasphemy only if she has
also somehow contrived to fuck women as a man.
Devil is equal to the number of sins you’ve chosen. However,
if you’ve chosen more sins than six, Devil is still 6, and if you’ve
chosen fewer than two, it’s still 2.
Soul is equal to 8 minus Devil.

From the description you've given, goatunit, I'd say your official job was quartermaster, as typically they were in charge of discipline, and assessing punishment for violators of the code. They also were in charge of leading the boarding parties and could veto the captain's orders when not in combat or chasing a prize. The description in the list was more for navy or merchant quartermasters.

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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
Also keep this in mind when choosing stats:

If you want your pirate to treat personal danger casually and
without fear, choose a higher Devil than Ambition.
If you want your pirate to prefer cunning, stealth, and deceit,
choose a higher Ambition than Brutality.
If you want your pirate to be ruthless, conscienceless and
violent, choose a higher Brutality than Soul.
If you want you pirate to endure punishment and torture
without breaking, or to be calm and skilled in chaos, choose a
higher Soul than Devil.
The greater the difference, the better your pirate will be at that
thing – but of course the worse your pirate will be at the thing
that follows.

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Post Poison'd PBP(Mature)
I'm in! Pirates are kind of my thing. Where do I pick up "da rulez" at?

Edit:
Never mind I found a purchasable PDF.

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You can buy the pdf for $7 at http://theunstore.com/index.php/unstore/game/3 and if you want the character sheet http://www.lumpley.com/pdfs/poisond-character.pdf

Edit: Oops didn't see your edit. Oh well maybe somebody else will want the links

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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
Next step in character creation is Brutality:

Which of the following has your character suffered? Choose any or
all, but at least one:
Accursing
Arrest
Attempted murder
Beating
Branding
Damnation
Disownment
Impressment
Imprisonment
Lashing
Mutilation
Rape
Torture
Mark an X next to any your character suffered at the hands of
Captain Brimstone Jack.
Brutality is equal to the number you’ve chosen. However, if
you’ve chosen more than six, Brutality is still 6; if you’ve chosen
only one, it’s still 2.

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Post Re: Poison'd PBP(Mature)
And the next step is picking your ambition stat:
From which of the following ambitions does your character take
strength? Choose any or all, but at least one:
To be captain
To own land
To be pardoned
To be revenged upon (here name another player’s pirate)
To be revenged upon (here name a man beyond your station)
To fuck (here name another player’s pirate)
To fuck (here name the daughter or son of a man beyond your
station)
To spit in the eye of God
To spit in the eye of the devil
To live forever
To be remembered forever
To be regarded highly by society
Ambition is equal to the number you’ve chosen. However, if you’ve
chosen more than six, Ambition is still 6; if you’ve chosen only
one, it’s still 2.

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