Buccaneers of Freeport : deadly corsairs of the city of adventure

Set Sail for Adventure! If Freeport is known for anything, it's pirates. Sure, the city has a history of attracting criminal groups, corrupt merchants, and politicians—to say nothing of subversive cults dedicated to insane and dreadful gods—but it's the pirates who infest the city and prowl the Serpent's Teeth that give the City of Adventure its dubious reputation. From its first founding as a haven for buccaneers and cutthroats, established on the pirate's code to attain an uneasy peace between voyages, Freeport has evolved from a filthy little town to a sprawling city of thousands. Yet in that time, pirates remain the most common and most popular of its citizens. Buccaneers of Freeport returns to Freeport's roots and examines the colorful and disturbing rogues that roam the seas around the City of Adventure. Describing eight pirates, many new, some infamous, in lavish detail, each entry explores the rogue's history, his or her goals and agendas, while hinting at the curse that keeps them at sea and the treasures they guard. In addition, the pirate's key crewmen receive extensive attention, presenting them in all their cunning and brutality to breathe life into the thrill-seeking corsairs. Finally, the pirate ship, allies, and enemies round out the chapter, culminating with a campaign framework to help you build adventures centered on these various characters. The buccaneers described in this sourcebook include: • Three Sheets Kimbal: An adventurous and courageous corsair famed for his curious relationship with Lady Luck. • Scarbelly: The dread orc captain of the Bloody Vengeance, despised and feared by all for his brutality and viciousness. • Alfhild: A renegade warrior-maiden turned pirate to escape an arranged marriage and the duties of her homeland. • Flynn the Quick: An ambitious privateer that seeks redemption by wiping out piracy in all its forms. • Get o' Yarash: A disturbing ship filled with crude and violent mutants and exiles dedicated to the bloodthirsty god Yarash. • Aesha Algosiél: A beautiful but cruel elf maiden who scours the seas for lost relics of occult power. • Xian-Lei: Driven by vengeance and saddled with a dreadful curse, Xian-Lei prowls the seas waging war on those he blames for the death of his order. • Scevola Hest: Cursed to sail the seas for all time on the ghostly vessel named the Black Contessa, Hest and his spectral crew strike against any they please. Buccaneers of Freeport is a game sourcebook designed for all roleplaying games. Free from mechanics, its contents can be adapted for Green Ronin's True20 Adventure Roleplaying or any other popular RPG, ensuring this sourcebook is useful no matter what campaign setting or game system you use. Francisco and Drac may have planned great things for Freeport, but the City of Adventure has always been and shall ever be the port of call for pirates around the world. Find out their wicked deeds and heroic exploits in Buccaneers of Freeport! Buccaneers of Freeport (PDF) Authors: Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Rodney Thompson, and Robert Vaughn Format: 144-page fully-bookmarked PDF (10.1 MB download) ISBN: 1-932442-97-9 generic pirate (Freeport) Cover 1 Credits 2 Table of Contents 3 Introduction 4 Using this Book 5 Chapter I: Three-Sheets Kimbal 6 History 6 Legends and Exploits 6 Goals and Motives 8 Buried Treasure 9 Allies 10 Enemies 10 Curse 11 The Crew 12 Organization 12 Recruitment 13 Membership 13 Symbols and Signs 13 "Leftenant" Drake, First Mate 14 Syncapit, Ship's Bosun 16 Nash the Crag Gnome, Ship's Lookout 17 The Crimson Wind 18 History 19 Features and Defenses 19 Key Locations 20 Using Three-Sheets Kimbal 20 Beginner Adventure 20 Experienced Adventure 21 Advanced Adventure 21 Endgame Adventure 21 History 22 Chapter II: Captain Scarbelly 22 Legends and Exploits 23 Goals and Motives 24 Buried Treasure 25 Allies 25 Enemies 26 Curse 27 The Crew 27 Organization 27 Recruitment 28 Membership 28 Symbols and Signs 28 Aggro, the First Mate 29 Old Yellow-Eye 30 Fasyndren 31 Vilmar Rosecci 32 Typical Pirate 34 The Bloody Vengeance 34 History 34 Features and Defenses 35 Key Locations 36 Using Captain Scarbelly 36 Beginner Adventure 37 Experienced Adventure 37 Advanced Adventure 38 Endgame Adventure 38 History 39 Chapter III: Alfhild 39 Legends and Exploits 40 Goals and Motives 41 Buried Treasure 42 Allies 42 Enemies 43 The Crew 44 Organization 44 Recruitment 44 Membership 45 Symbols and Signs 45 Stellan Skallagrimson 45 Hrothwulf Eigurmorgi 47 Glyfmar Drakkensfyr 48 Guthrim Olafson 49 Ivar Egilsson 50 The Snow Queen 51 History 51 Features and Defenses 51 Key Locations 52 Using Alfhild 53 Beginner Adventure 53 Experienced Adventure 54 Advanced Adventure 54 Endgame Adventure 54 History 55 Chapter IV: Flynn the Quick 55 Legends and Exploits 56 Goals and Motives 57 Buried Treasure 58 Allies 58 Enemies 59 Curse 60 The Crew 60 Organization 60 Recruitment 61 Membership 61 Symbols and Signs 61 Fraya Kent 62 Cerric Steelsong 63 Delen Windwright 64 "Nimble" Jim Thistle 65 Typical Privateer 66 The Retribution 67 History 67 Features and Defenses 68 Key Locations 68 Using Flynn the Quick 69 Beginner Adventure 69 Experienced Adventure 69 Advanced Adventure 70 Endgame Adventure 70 History 71 Chapter V: Get o' Yarash 71 Legends and Exploits 72 Goals and Motives 73 Buried Treasure 74 Allies 75 Enemies 75 Curse 77 The Crew 77 Organization 77 Recruitment 78 Membership 78 Symbols and Signs 79 Cuyerl the Flayed 79 Gillslitter 80 Whitecoat 81 The Get o' Yarash 83 History 83 Key Locations 83 Using the Get o' Yarash 84 Beginner Adventure 84 Experienced Adventure 85 Advanced Adventure 85 History 86 Chapter VI: The Stormdaughter 86 Legends and Exploits 88 Goals and Motives 88 Buried Treasure 89 Allies 89 Enemies 90 The Crew 91 Organization 91 Recruitment 91 Membership 92 Symbols and Signs 92 Melindra Makavin 92 Skalla Fishkiller 94 Valus 95 Retai Temujal 96 Niobe Draskell 97 The Crimson Shark 98 History 98 Features and Defenses 98 Key Locations 99 Using Aesha 100 Beginner Adventure 100 Experienced Adventure 101 Advanced Adventure 101 Endgame Adventure 101 History 102 Chapter VII: Xian-Lei 102 Goals and Motives 103 Legends and Exploits 104 Buried Treasure 105 Allies 106 Enemies 106 Curse 107 The Crew 107 Organization 108 Recruitment 108 Membership 108 Symbols and Signs 109 Jiantao 109 The Empress 111 Yao Tzu Yi 112 Randos "Bai Wu" Rast 112 "Press Gang" Peng 113 The Hai-Lung 114 History 114 Features and Defenses 115 Key Locations 115 Using Xian-Lei 117 Beginner Adventure 117 Experienced Adventure 117 Advanced Adventure 118 Endgame Adventure 118 History 119 Chapter VIII: Scevola Hest 119 Goals and Motives 121 Legends and Exploits 122 Buried Treasure 122 Allies 123 Enemies 123 Curse 124 The Crew 125 Organization 125 Recruitment 125 Membership 126 Symbols and Signs 126 Andre D'Medicci 126 Tamelia Brune 128 Commodore Cosimo Ulisse 129 Lieutenant Nicola Sansaverio 130 Cuomo Darr 131 The Black Contessa 132 History 132 Features and Defenses 133 Key Locations 134 Using Captain Hest 135 Beginner Adventure 135 Experienced Adventure 135 Advanced Adventure 136 Endgame Adventure 136 Index 140 Buccaneers of Freeport describes eight notorious pirate captains, their ships and their crews in lavish detail. In this setting sourcebook GMs can learn about the history, exploits and current whereabouts of these scurvy dogs, and then use the provided adventures hooks to introduce them into any Freeport campaign. These scourges of the sea are now yours to command with Buccaneers of Freeport!