Advice on running a >PIRATES campaign? Me and my friends

>>47497361
Let the half Orc fill the ship with rum

>>47497361
It's probably got to focus of mystery of treasure, uncharted waters where ghosts/mermaids try to lead them astray.
>Starting the players off as crew, then let them lead a mutiny against their cruel asshole captain and become the new leaders of the pirates.

>showing them how dickish the not-British-Empire is and making them want to sink the basterds.

>slamming filthy harbor prostitutes and getting into barfights with plenty of chandelier swinging and swashbuckling.

>massive seamonster that the players lose their first ship to, but eventually get revenge against when they upgrade to their newest ship.

>Read/listen to an audiobook of seafaring classics, my favorite is 'The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym,'

>rewatching PotC

>>47497361
Put on british accents
Bad guys speak in spanish
However you all speak in broken french.

Re-watch the first PotC movie.

Consider inter-imperial conflict and espionage as a theme.

Occasionally let the stupid, retarded plan work with a bonus.

Read Exquemelin. Should give you some good ideas for piratical antics

>go piratin'
>get captured
>"soon as we get to shore we're hanging your sorry ass"
>yeah nah
>bribe one guard
>shank another
>grab empty barrel and use it to float to shore
>immediately steal a fishing boat and a musket and get back to work

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Play Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Rogue.

P.S. Use anything but a d20 system.

>>47503288
This kind of depends on the tone of your game.

You can do it blockbuster Hollywood style like in these games, where a British warship shows up and you scoff at how #rekt it's about to be, or you can do it somewhat more realistically where you and your mates are in a speedy, smaller craft and you mainly pick on fishers and merchantman with an eye out to fucking skedaddle should anything vaguely military-looking pop over the horizon.

I think the latter might be cooler, as you could have interesting situations like that whaler you were all eyeing for that sweet, sweet ambergris dosh suddenly hoisting a RN flag and opening twenty gun ports once you get up close.

>>47497361
>Me and my friends are accustomed to 5e.
You have my condolences.

How would pirating in an Asian setting differ from one in a Western one?

>>47503534
You steal more spices and rice wine than furs and rum I guess.

>>47503211
The only fun inter-imperial part of any PotC was in the last one "Only god grants immortality kill everyone and break everything :^)"

>>47503288
>P.S. Use anything but a d20 system.
Any system you would specifically recommend, that do both swashbuckling and naval combat well?

>>47503360
Actually, a whaling campaign would be pretty cool. On top of all the dangers of the sea (pirates, weather, enemy navies, etc), you literally have to fight sea monsters for your livelihood.

>>47504123
I'd probably use one system for RP/swashbuckling and a naval wargame system for battles.

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