Pirates Roleplay Planning Topic

one more thing what year should it take place in? i'm thinking 1735?

Germany at this time was Prussia, ok in RP you are a person who plays a imaginary role, you can do things, in this one you can fight in battles, command ships, find treasure, stuff like that. You'll need to come up with a name for your character, he can have some basic equipment that a pirate might have.
We are planning this roleplay, they have rules so nobody gets to overpowered, if you follow along it should be easy. rp actions just go like this *moves* if you wanted to shoot a gun say *shoots gun* 
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I don't think the exact year really matters, so I think we can just say the early 18th century or so. More specifically from around 1700 to 1726, as that was the golden age of pirates.

Sure I'm sure! I can be Russia. They did have a minor role in our historic tales. After all, Spain made the California colony for fear of Russia. Besides, I won't have to worry about people attacking me in the winter, as shown by Napoleon's epic fail attempt.

Hm. This system works great for the great empires of the world. (i.e., England, Spain, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands) But the Pirates should have a different system that's based more on recruitment from taverns and the like.

On most of the non-European islands, there should be Pirate strongholds that provide safe harbor and rest for Pirates on the run. Each stronghold has a set number of able-bodied seamen in it at any given time. Pirates can sail into harbor, go ashore, and spend a portion of their recently plundered loot to hire a fresh batch of sailors. Each one would have to be paid a regular share of loot after each successful attack. (Something like 5% per man) Taverns in European colonies also have sailors, but they are few in number and more expensive.

Pirates run the risk of getting caught in any European town. There should be some element of chance associated with this. For example, an unknown deckhand from the crew of a relatively unknown pirate captain won't be recognized by the guards and arrested. But a well-known captain will be spotted and arrested at once. The more famous a pirate is, the easier it is for him to be caught by the town guards.

There should be an random weather cycle as well, based on a random number generator of some sort. Results should include storms, clear days, windless days, strong winds, and high seas. Storms can either remain where they are, move, or dissipate. The direction in which they move would be determined by the wind direction, which is also randomly generated.

As for wind: if you are traveling with the wind, travel one day faster. Against the wind: one day slower. Neither: usual travel rules.

There should be tropical storms/hurricanes. (Once every season or something like that.)

The natural resources of an island should be noted. Merchant-like characters can set up mining/harvesting operations for a considerable fee paid to the colony that owns the island if there is no such operation in place. NPC Galleons from the European powers set sail from the richest islands at the command of faction leaders regularly with shipments of the materials on the island. Prices for the most commonly sold items (gold/silver, jewels, tobacco, cotton/cloth, rum/sugar) at the time should be determined and followed. If the galleon reaches the open ocean and returns to the mother country, faction leaders receive a certain number of army points based on how much gold they would have made off of the shipment.

We could consider adding in Mesoamerican/Caribbean native civilizations like the Aztecs and Incas to oppose European powers and provide large sources of loot.

In terms of scale, we can easily make this the biggest RP on the boards. It's gonna be awesome.