Dungeon World: the Pirates, first session and character generation
Oh man, just ran my first session with Inverse World playbooks and I am incredibly excited for the rest of this campaign.
We ended up going with sea pirates versus sky pirates, since I don't have the full Inverse World book yet and the players had a lot of ideas for the setting. So far I have:
- the Captain, Zuka, has abandoned her imperial post and seized a pirate ship for her own. Her crew has likewise abandoned the faraway empire, but they have quickly made a name for themselves.
- Brin is the Mechanic, who came above decks a few hours after Captain Zuka's new pirate ship was seized. The ship is his pride and joy.. well, besides the pursuit of liquor and booty. But he's not abandoning the ship just because it's changed hands to some pirates.
- Ada is a Survivor, who saw her town razed by the fury of the god Sola. She has quickly taken to Captain Zuka and means to protect her new family on board the ship.
- And Joan is a Lantern, who was there when Ada's town was destroyed and found his Light at that point. Her faith in Sola is uncomplicated and strong.
These two have a complicated relationship already and we haven't really established just what happened the day that Ada lost her home and Joan found her calling. But we'll be coming back to it, for certain.
For the rest of our brief introductory session, they ran into some pirates who had been allied with the former owners of Captain Zuka's new ship, the Scarlet Harlot. These pirates had a three-eyed kraken on their side, but - after shooting the emissary and finding he had a weird starfish thing on his head - they fought off the kraken and put out two of its three eyes. Brin was able to actually board the other ship and loot their treasure room, making off with an ornate golden mask and several strings of potentially pearl-filled oysters. Ada and Joan were already forced to work together to fight the kraken, as Captain Zuka directed her crew to dodge tentacles and fire the cannons.
At the end of the battle, their mysterious antagonist (apparently going by the name Greenbeard) and his ship were pulled underwater by their kraken ally. The pirates were able to sail into port, ready for some well earned carousing.
I am seriously stoked for this game. Characters are all so good. So many weird things that can happen. Yessss.
The bonds and playbooks led to some really awesome character dynamics right off the bat, and the players are already planning their future tactics for raids.
We ended up going with sea pirates versus sky pirates, since I don't have the full Inverse World book yet and the players had a lot of ideas for the setting. So far I have:
- the Captain, Zuka, has abandoned her imperial post and seized a pirate ship for her own. Her crew has likewise abandoned the faraway empire, but they have quickly made a name for themselves.
- Brin is the Mechanic, who came above decks a few hours after Captain Zuka's new pirate ship was seized. The ship is his pride and joy.. well, besides the pursuit of liquor and booty. But he's not abandoning the ship just because it's changed hands to some pirates.
- Ada is a Survivor, who saw her town razed by the fury of the god Sola. She has quickly taken to Captain Zuka and means to protect her new family on board the ship.
- And Joan is a Lantern, who was there when Ada's town was destroyed and found his Light at that point. Her faith in Sola is uncomplicated and strong.
These two have a complicated relationship already and we haven't really established just what happened the day that Ada lost her home and Joan found her calling. But we'll be coming back to it, for certain.
For the rest of our brief introductory session, they ran into some pirates who had been allied with the former owners of Captain Zuka's new ship, the Scarlet Harlot. These pirates had a three-eyed kraken on their side, but - after shooting the emissary and finding he had a weird starfish thing on his head - they fought off the kraken and put out two of its three eyes. Brin was able to actually board the other ship and loot their treasure room, making off with an ornate golden mask and several strings of potentially pearl-filled oysters. Ada and Joan were already forced to work together to fight the kraken, as Captain Zuka directed her crew to dodge tentacles and fire the cannons.
At the end of the battle, their mysterious antagonist (apparently going by the name Greenbeard) and his ship were pulled underwater by their kraken ally. The pirates were able to sail into port, ready for some well earned carousing.
I am seriously stoked for this game. Characters are all so good. So many weird things that can happen. Yessss.
The bonds and playbooks led to some really awesome character dynamics right off the bat, and the players are already planning their future tactics for raids.