What makes a good sky pirate captain?

[domino]

I'm soon to be playing in an Ebberonish game where we're sky pirates. I'm the captain, playing a bard, obviously less fighty, but more talky, get the treasure without a major fight, etc...

What are the essentials, what suggestions would people have for neat trinkets?

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=57077 is my current character, for comparison.

 

[stonegod]

Widwright Captain from the Explorer's Handbook is great---if you're a half-elf member of House Lyandar. Dread Pirate from Comp. Adventurer could work.

 

[phindar]

A friend of mine had what I thought was a particularly brilliant tweak for a Bard pirate captain. Instead of singing to Inspire, his Perform skill was barking orders and acting like a captain. I liked that idea so much I ended up stealing it.

 

[domino]

I actually did something similar. Less the barking orders, more rousing and motivational speeches, but the same idea.

I'm mostly looking to stick with bard or bard-like classes, since at 6th level, I can fascinate the prey, then "suggest" that if they cooperate and show us where the treasures are hidden, we'll be out of their hair and nobody has to get hurt.

 

[stonegod]

I'm mostly looking to stick with bard or bard-like classes, since at 6th level, I can fascinate the prey, then "suggest" that if they cooperate and show us where the treasures are hidden, we'll be out of their hair and nobody has to get hurt.

I think Dread Pirate has inspiration abilities that stack w/ bard (though not the spell casting).

 

[dystmesis]

Warblade or Crusader with the White Raven school. And leadership.

 

[Darklone]

Boost your inspire courage with Song of the Heart and other stuff... Dread pirate rocks.

 

[Andor]

Being a House Orion scion is a good place to start.

The Marshal class might be interesting, or even the Dragon Shaman as different approaches to inspiring the crew.

Artificer with a focus on enchanting the ship itself is a possibility.

Lotsa cool stuff to try.

 

[domino]

Thanks for the advices. Song of the Heart I picked up, but I've decided to just stick with the straight Bard, for the Suggestion ability.