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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9774084" data-attributes="member: 6906980">Aargh, pirates are a scurvy lot of no-good scum who deserve to walk the plank or hang from the yardarm! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />A true pirate is going to be evil, something I'd be cautious of.  It's certainly going to work for some people of course, but be sure to ask your players.  Personally I would twist things around a little bit and make them privateers, people who hunt down pirates.  You aren't exactly the royal navy, you get most of your gold from the pirate ships you defeat. In many ways it gives you more options - you aren't just looking for any ship on a trade route that might be carrying riches, you're hunting down Smokebeard the Black. Some random ideas <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Smokebeard the Black ran into trouble a little while back and had to bury his treasure to lighten the load.  Can you get to it before he has a chance to get his ship fixed?  Is there something on the island preventing people from retrieving the treasure?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You're hunting for a ship reputed to be haunted, the figurehead contains the spirit of a ghost.  It gives the ship a significant advantage that no ship can stand against.  So if you see the ship, the best option is to run.  But how did it come to be haunted? Is the ghost there of their own will or trapped in which case perhaps you can set the spirit free?  Now you've got a mystery to be solved and adventure(s) to free the ghost? But will she happily pass on to the other side?  Who knows!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barnacle Billy escaped the noose, there's a generous reward for his return.  Plot twist is that he really was framed and the magistrate that was going to hang him is corrupt, the only reward you'll see is a watery grave.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A conch shell washes up onto the beach whispering something in a language no one can understand, so the islander who found it is happy to get rid of it for a few gold.  You manage to interpret the message via comprehend language or some other option and it's coordinates to a sunken prison.  Can you find the prison and release what's trapped inside?  Should you?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A fog shrouded island only appears when the moon is full and the planets are aligned.  It's said to hold the wreckage of a legendary fleet (you aren't above going after a bit of salvage).  Unfortunately the undead crew has other ideas and the characters soon realize they'll also be trapped if they can't get out soon.</li> </ul>There are a lot of other options available of course, it depends on what kind of campaign you enjoy running.  I tend to build in political entanglements and intrigue with different groups vying for power which could mean that you get hired to hunt down a rival pirate's ship, or there's conflict brewing between rival factions do you choose a side or try to broker peace?</blockquote>

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