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[Remuthra]

More northernish(but not icy!), Human, and seasonal hunters and fishermen(with semi-permanent campsites and lodges)

You'll want the northwest, then, probably in some seaward coastal region in the less populated northern areas, with a warm current to keep things less icy. It would probably be relatively tree-light up that far, and would likely be similar to the Russoslavic steppe areas of Europe.

The semipermanence would be accounted for by the coastal region, which would encourage fishing. The coastal settlement would probably be inhabited by a subservient people which would pay the nomads for protection, in a sort of symbiotic relationship. Emphases would be hunting, riding, and archery. Flavor could be inspired by the Sarmatian and Scythian peoples.

I'll make lore later for this sort of thing if you wish, but here's the basics. How good are you at riding and archery?

[Rolepgeek]

Oh yeah, and as long as I can justify it as making sense for one of my bonus feats, it can be anything that would fit, right Remuthra? Some stuff isn't in there just because it's no in the specific supplement, after all.

[tryrar]

Well, so-so. My char was more fascinated by the boats than horses, so she picked up ropes and knots, and sailed out at the first opportunity(though she did have to prove herself to her clan before they let her go!)

but, yeah, that sounds good

Edit: Also, thanks for giving me an idea on what to spend the rest of my gold on! While my char is built around utterly murdering faces with a sword, there are timesa when that's just not practical. So, a light composite crossbow would come in handy for those times...

[Grek]

@Grek: I can't tempt you back to the dark side at all?

Sure. Things are pretty flexible at this point, and it's not that big of a change to go from "All of these murders seem so pointless, maybe I should try doing something meaningful with my life. How about becoming a hero?" to "All of these murders seem so pointless, maybe I should try doing something meaningful with my life. How about kidnapping the Princess?" It all depends on who's ship makes the best case for joining.

[Rolepgeek]

And hopefully who needs your skillset more? :p

[Grek]

Would be a plus :{

[GreatWyrmGold]

Oh, I'm sorry. I must've made a mistake. I thought the EVIL team would want to be EVIL and slaughter the villagers and take their stuff. Pardon me waiter! I appear to have made a mistake. Please put this kitten in the tree so that the EVIL PIRATES can help it down and maybe afterwards they'll make cookies for the homeless and donate 50% of their income to the village I had pointed out for slaughter...

Do you get my point?

Evil is not dumb! Good is! Evil, they'd only slaughter kittens if they profited somehow.
What you described was basically destroying a village for no reason. The profit from doing so is basically meaningless compared to the wealth a bunch of level 6 pirates would have, there is no reason to destroy it (as opposed to simply raiding it and letting it build up more wealth for us to raid later), it would be easier to demand "protection money" and more sustainable long-term, and destroying villages is the kind of thing that gets the heroes to bug you way more than you'd like.
My point is, you don't have to be either a Heroic Crusader or a cackling villain.
You earned these TV Tropes links.

[Rolepgeek]

The funny part is, 70% of that was dark yellow instead of bright yellow. Aka; I've seen it all before. XD

[Harbingerjm]

You don't. You kill him, she, having hidden herself at his behest, leaps from the shadows to attack one of you when you kill him. She will let slip something about "X of utmost importance!" and you kill her because why not?

Selling to slavers, and/or "interrogating" her for more information. And that's assuming you are there murdering the village instead of taking all their stuff and leaving them to wallow in their misery.

Also, I'm stuck on my shitty backup laptop without all my books, so this is going to take a bit longer than hoped (plus, I need to figure out my mythweavers password, joy). Working on it, though.

Also, on the previous topic of positions, there are a lot of them mentioned in Stormwrack, including suggested skills, duties, rankings, etc.

[Taricus]

Well, we have less hands on deck compared to the good guys. Both teams have more than a few beatsticks though (Not that more is a bad thing). We also have a dedicated staff on-hand to sort through most of the book-keeping and having everything in check, regardless of the source.

We also offer a legitimate source of income (Though the illegitimate sources are not only more lucrative, but also funner), and cheaper armour and weapons.

@Harbinger: What books did you need> I could supply a few if you need. Also while we may seel people to slavers, we don't touch the merchandise like that, ruins the value you see

[Weirdsound]

We can't kill everybody guys. We need some survivors to run around telling their story. I think we have two characters with classes that flavor-wise call for fearsome reputations.

Also it is 'Honorable' and 'Dishonorable', not good and evil.

And honestly I would rather start in civilization than right in the heart of the action.

[Harbingerjm]

@Harbinger: What books did you need> I could supply a few if you need.

I've been getting them myself, thanks, it's just slower.

Also while we may seel people to slavers, we don't touch the merchandise like that, ruins the value you see

Those were separate possibilities. If you do consider someone to be worth interrogating for information, you're unlikely to then sell them on to spread that information around, are you.

Also it is 'Honorable' and 'Dishonorable', not good and evil.

Quite so.

[Taricus]

Fair point. Guess it's more a lawful-chaos thing then. And Harbinger, that depends on if we think their info is valuable. Though Remuthra, what's the average travel time between the isles here? I may have to adjust some costs because of it.

[TealNinja]

Guess it's more a lawful-chaos thing then.

Not even that.  One can have no honour and yet still abide fully by the law, and one can be quite honourable but care not at all for the law.

[Grek]

So, for the Evil Pirate Crew, why not do the traditional pirate plan of "Own a Ship. Find Another Ship. Board Second Ship. Enslave Crew. Own Both Ships. Repeat."