Pirate Borg -- any of you scurvy dogs have it?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have to say I also find it nice that the page count for TitT got bumped to 60. While there's also a "too much" in terms of content for me, I think that's a nice size for a short campaign.

Yeah, I think it's probably good that there will be multiple adventures available through Limithron that offer a variety of adventure lengths.

• The Battle of Dead Man's Cove can probably be completed in 90 minutes.
• Buried in the Bahamas is about a three-hour game.
• The Sinking of Cthagn is probably a three-to-four hour sandbox game.
• The Curse of Skeleton Point is probably two-to-three sessions.
• And now Trapped in the Tropics sounds like it's a good three or four sessions game.

So everyone can pick what works best for their introductory adventure.

 

[Scribe]

TitT

 

[Sir Brennen]

Their huge Kickstarter for Done Among the Dead fulfills later this year, but from Limithron on Discord:

The tariffs will hit us, Limithron, not you the customer.

Once things for the KS hit retail, though, prices will go up. So they’re encouraging people to pre-order.

And if you want to thank them for their generosity, I recommend joining the Limithron Patreon. You’ll get access to so much stuff, especially if you play online (though a lot of the VTT digital assets could be printed out for table top play, too.)

They’re looking at other fund raising ideas to offset tariff costs, which will almost certainly include some cool content, so be on the lookout for that, too.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If I was running Pirate Borg on Foundry, the Limithron Patreon, with its downloadable landing pages, etc., would absolutely be a must-get. Those are so good, they actually make me want to use a VTT.

 

[overgeeked]

Yeah, I think it's probably good that there will be multiple adventures available through Limithron that offer a variety of adventure lengths.

• The Battle of Dead Man's Cove can probably be completed in 90 minutes.
• Buried in the Bahamas is about a three-hour game.
• The Sinking of Cthagn is probably a three-to-four hour sandbox game.
• The Curse of Skeleton Point is probably two-to-three sessions.
• And now Trapped in the Tropics sounds like it's a good three or four sessions game.

So everyone can pick what works best for their introductory adventure.

How easy would it be to convert other modules for use with Pirate Borg? I know basically any sea- or pirate-based modules would be easier, obviously, but say a random DCC RPG module or other old-school module.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

How easy would it be to convert other modules for use with Pirate Borg? I know basically any sea- or pirate-based modules would be easier, obviously, but say a random DCC RPG module or other old-school module.

It depends on whether the monsters are already in Pirate Borg. Various skeletons, zombies, sailors/pirates and the expected aquatic monsters are already in the game and can be swapped in. Since the obvious adventures for converting to Pirate Borg are probably nautical, that should get you pretty far.

I'm not a super-experienced Borg DM, so I would probably end up using the "just use a bear" technique and reskin a monster to make bespoke options.

But I know there are Mork Borg bestiaries for standard D&D monsters and if you grabbed one of those, it should be pretty simple to convert/reskin anything in other adventures.

That said, every Limithron adventure I know of has multiple new custom monsters and my suspicion is that once one gets used to making new Borg monsters, it's pretty easy.

 

[Sir Brennen]

That said, every Limithron adventure I know of has multiple new custom monsters and my suspicion is that once one gets used to making new Borg monsters, it's pretty easy.

There’s also some tables in PB to design / randomly generate creatures. There are descriptions next to the values to give GMs an idea of what type of stats would be appropriate when converting creatures

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

They’re looking at other fund raising ideas to offset tariff costs, which will almost certainly include some cool content, so be on the lookout for that, too.

These guys are total class acts. I'm happy to do whatever to help out. Getting more fun content from them will be a nice bonus.

 

[RichGreen]

Quick update on my campaign – after spending seven sessions on Buried in the Bahamas, we spent another eight on Curse of Skeleton Point, three on Battle of Dead Man's Cove (with Captain Davies from Skeleton Point leading the raid, and the PCs on their own ship), and are two sessions into Cavern of Cursed Tears. I think we'll finish that next session, so will see what the players want to do next. I have Tangled in Shrouds, Trapped in the Tropics, and a few other options ready

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Quick update on my campaign – after spending seven sessions on Buried in the Bahamas, we spent another eight on Curse of Skeleton Point, three on Battle of Dead Man's Cove (with Captain Davies from Skeleton Point leading the raid, and the PCs on their own ship), and are two sessions into Cavern of Cursed Tears. I think we'll finish that next session, so will see what the players want to do next. I have Tangled in Shrouds, Trapped in the Tropics, and a few other options ready

I have been restraining myself from reading the preview PDFs for the new stuff, but I am super-excited to lay my hands on them.