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dragonfriend
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Italy
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 Posted - 14 May 2010 : 07:50:31
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Poll Question:
Just curious as usual 
Pirates and Corsairs are a great love for fantasy rpgamers. We Realms lovers are no different.
So, what is the best place to play an high sea campaign in the Realms?
(No Zakhara or Kara Tur).
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Cleric Generic
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United Kingdom
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dragonfriend
Seeker
Italy
65 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 08:19:02
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Come on friends, tell us why you prefer a sea over the others!My favorite is the Great Sea! I like the name [:-D] and the incredible lands across its coast. from the savage coast of Chult to lands of the serpents. Then you can see the flying ships of Halruaa and the bay of dolphins in the lands of the half-drows. Don't forget a great kingdom of lizard-folks. Halfling ports and 3 merchant nations. And why not, even far off Nimbral. Your ship could be attacked by its flying knights in cristal armor  |
Edited by - dragonfriend on 14 May 2010 11:28:09 |
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dragonfriend
Seeker
Italy
65 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 08:21:59
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Originally posted by Cleric Generic
Sword Coast, I'd say, although they're all brilliant. Sword Coast is at least somewhat bigger and with more islands and open water. AAR!!!
you are right! A lot of islands with hidden bays and lost towers!
can I travel with your crew ? |
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Jelennet
Learned Scribe
Russia
131 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 09:38:44
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| Sword Coast is my favorite reion so I'll vote for it. |
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Cleric Generic
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
565 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 10:33:08
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quote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
you are right! A lot of islands with hidden bays and lost towers!
can I travel with your crew ?
Aye matey, 'Course you can! So long as you've got an eye patch and an undead parrot anyone's welcome to crew the Karsus' Folly!
YARRR!!! |
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 10:36:10
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Arrrghe!
After Monkey Island I cannot imagine pirate. Sorry, for me pirate is past. There is no better pirate than Guybrush Threepwood, the mighty pirate. |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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dragonfriend
Seeker
Italy
65 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 11:33:46
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quote:
Originally posted by Cleric Generic
quote:
Originally posted by dragonfriend
you are right! A lot of islands with hidden bays and lost towers!
can I travel with your crew ?
Aye matey, 'Course you can! So long as you've got an eye patch and an undead parrot anyone's welcome to crew the Karsus' Folly!
YARRR!!!
I can see my PC, human from Amn. lawful neutral eyepatched 2nd level rogue/2nd level wizard/1st level cleric of Azuth with an undead bat as familiar |
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Cleric Generic
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
565 Posts |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 13:31:43
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Sea of Fallen Stars is my pick. Being able to visit a variety of places and include the Cormyrean navy...how could you not  |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 13:54:00
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| Sea of Fallen Stars, cause of all the cultures meeting there. |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
2285 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 14:20:55
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| ninjas along the sword coast....whoops pirates... pirates along the sword ghost. ARG! |
why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 14:49:33
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| The Great Sea... |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
2449 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 15:08:28
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I didn't vote, because I'm torn. I love the Sea of Fallen Stars, and especially everything beneath the waves (sea elves vs pirates!), but lately I've also been thinking a lot about Dambraii pirates raiding the Shining Sea, and coming down to Zakhara for a bit of friendly loot and pillage.
One thing's certain, though: a pirate campaign would be easier to run on the SoFS, because all the lands are so well defined. There's much less on the stuff to the south, and some parts of the coast (south of Var until you get to Zakhara) isn't detailed at all. So from a work perspective, SoFS would be easier. |
Doggedly converting 3e back to what D&D should be...
Sigh... And now 4e as well. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 15:11:24
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Sea of Fallen Stars for me!
You could go all around the coasts, into the Moonsea and have a wide variety of kingdoms to plunder..errr...adventure in. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 15:47:19
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| The Shining Sea would be my choice. Pulpish Pirates belong in hot regions and here you get corsairs,traders and pirates from both Zakhara and Faerun (with some Kara-Turans meeting). Plus I really like the sea-based Zakhara products. |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 17:03:25
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Arrr ye ol´ lads! For me it is also the Shining Sea. As Jorkens stated, it is just the climate for pirate settings. Search for treasures in the jungles and an oriental setting like Zakhara to sell your plunder is a must for me.
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 17:08:14
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Originally posted by Sill Alias
Arrrghe!
After Monkey Island I cannot imagine pirate. Sorry, for me pirate is past. There is no better pirate than Guybrush Threepwood, the mighty pirate.
Harhar! “I’m selling these fine leather jackets.”  Absolutely great!
or this one:
Guybrush: I’m looking for 30 dead guys and one woman.
Cannibal: I don’t think I want to hear any more about it.
and this one:
Haggis McMutton: Well, Haggis is only my nickname. My true name is ‘Heart Lungs And Liver Boiled In The Stomach Of The Animal McMutton’.
Guybrush: Oh, so your parents were expecting a girl.
Haggis: Aye.
Sorry for the off topic...  |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
Edited by - skychrome on 14 May 2010 17:26:46 |
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
729 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 17:21:13
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The Sword Coast! Get pursued by Northmen! Visit the Nelanther Isles! Fight with Northmen! Get pursued by fire giant-crewed longships from Tuern! Visit Luskan! Fight some more Northmen! Visit sahuagin, the Kraken society, and the Northmen!
Did I mention Northmen? |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 15 May 2010 : 19:27:35
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BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 15 May 2010 : 21:47:21
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Sea of Fallen Stars for me; I actually played in a "Pirates of the Fallen Stars" campaign shortly after the original 2E supplement (FOR3) was released.
That being said, the Sword Coast and the Shining Sea would be a lot of fun too... especially the Sword Coast, partly because thanks to my RL ancestry, I *am* one of the Northmen. I suspect Thauramarth and I would cross blades more than once...  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2010 : 07:16:56
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| I like the guys from Ruathim. |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 May 2010 : 07:58:14
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All of them, so I didn't vote...
But if I had to pick only one it would be the Sword Coast. |
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Edited by - Brimstone on 16 May 2010 07:58:42 |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2010 : 13:06:54
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quote:
Originally posted by Thauramarth
The Sword Coast! Get pursued by Northmen! Visit the Nelanther Isles! Fight with Northmen! Get pursued by fire giant-crewed longships from Tuern! Visit Luskan! Fight some more Northmen! Visit sahuagin, the Kraken society, and the Northmen!
Did I mention Northmen?
Ah, but that's a cinematic pulp-barbarian campaign. Separated from pirates this gives one the possibility of choosing two favourites! The Nelanthers are another question of course. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2010 : 08:00:30
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| I'd vote for the Sword Coast if it's my homebrew version which includes parts of Varisia, otherwise the area between Daggerfordd and Amn is kinda desolate. |
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