Altering Dread Pirate for a Lake setting [Archive] - Wizards Community

Altering Dread Pirate for a Lake setting [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Cuindless
11-17-07, 02:27 AM I DM a campaign set in a town that is land locked except for a central lake. One of my PCs really wants to play a pirate-type character and has his eye on the Dread Pirate PrC. I've suggested that he look at something else because of the setting, but he won't budge.

Do you have any advice on how to alter the PrC so that it is more representative of a lakeside setting? I was thinking a "Longshoreman" type character, more focused on a useful knowledge of uneven combat and ropes.
Jaxgaret
11-17-07, 02:54 AM Avast ye, I am the deadly Dread Pirate... of the Lake!
tomersss
11-17-07, 05:01 PM it really dosnt matter whats ur char called,just wear pirate pirate clothes and ur all set,a fighter can be a pirate too...
Cartigan
11-17-07, 05:18 PM Long as he owns a 10k gp boat, I don't think it matters. Though "Scourge of the Lake" isn't really the king of thing that strikes fear in the hearts of men.
bkdubs123
11-19-07, 02:34 AM So... he wants to play a Pirate but one that doesn't sail, and in all likelyhood never has... I guess I'm wondering why.

The PrC really doesn't work at all for your setting, you've got that right, and if you have to adapt it to your setting you'll be changing it so much that it'll hardly resemble the Dread Pirate your player wants to play. I say continue to talk it over with the player and try to convince him/her that something else is likely more appropirate. Like a Swashbuckler or a Factotum even.
vorpo
11-21-07, 12:52 PM There has always been pirates in Chinese history that were not on the seas but on lakes and rivers. So, I don't see why not.
SolenVlos
11-22-07, 05:52 PM he can be a pirate stuck in a sealess land earging to return to the sea, or have an air ship.
Cuindless
11-24-07, 06:55 AM So... he wants to play a Pirate but one that doesn't sail, and in all likelyhood never has... I guess I'm wondering why.

The PrC really doesn't work at all for your setting, you've got that right, and if you have to adapt it to your setting you'll be changing it so much that it'll hardly resemble the Dread Pirate your player wants to play. I say continue to talk it over with the player and try to convince him/her that something else is likely more appropirate. Like a Swashbuckler or a Factotum even.

See, he's already playing a Swashbuckler/Rogue. We've already talked about how it doesn't really mesh with the setting, so he came up with a back story about a pirate who has a price on his head and decided to lay low in a landlocked area. The thing is, he likes the PrC. If I disallow it, I know he'll be disappointed.
bkdubs123
11-25-07, 12:00 PM Well, then... let him play it, but don't change any of the abilities or prerequisites. If he wants to play a pirate with shipfaring abilities who doesn't have a ship or anywhere to sail, then that's his business.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Cuindless 11-17-07, 02:27 AM	I DM a campaign set in a town that is land locked except for a central lake. One of my PCs really wants to play a pirate-type character and has his eye on the Dread Pirate PrC. I've suggested that he look at something else because of the setting, but he won't budge. Do you have any advice on how to alter the PrC so that it is more representative of a lakeside setting? I was thinking a "Longshoreman" type character, more focused on a useful knowledge of uneven combat and ropes.
Jaxgaret 11-17-07, 02:54 AM	Avast ye, I am the deadly Dread Pirate... of the Lake!
tomersss 11-17-07, 05:01 PM	it really dosnt matter whats ur char called,just wear pirate pirate clothes and ur all set,a fighter can be a pirate too...
Cartigan 11-17-07, 05:18 PM	Long as he owns a 10k gp boat, I don't think it matters. Though "Scourge of the Lake" isn't really the king of thing that strikes fear in the hearts of men.
bkdubs123 11-19-07, 02:34 AM	So... he wants to play a Pirate but one that doesn't sail, and in all likelyhood never has... I guess I'm wondering why. The PrC really doesn't work at all for your setting, you've got that right, and if you have to adapt it to your setting you'll be changing it so much that it'll hardly resemble the Dread Pirate your player wants to play. I say continue to talk it over with the player and try to convince him/her that something else is likely more appropirate. Like a Swashbuckler or a Factotum even.
vorpo 11-21-07, 12:52 PM	There has always been pirates in Chinese history that were not on the seas but on lakes and rivers. So, I don't see why not.
SolenVlos 11-22-07, 05:52 PM	he can be a pirate stuck in a sealess land earging to return to the sea, or have an air ship.
Cuindless 11-24-07, 06:55 AM	So... he wants to play a Pirate but one that doesn't sail, and in all likelyhood never has... I guess I'm wondering why. The PrC really doesn't work at all for your setting, you've got that right, and if you have to adapt it to your setting you'll be changing it so much that it'll hardly resemble the Dread Pirate your player wants to play. I say continue to talk it over with the player and try to convince him/her that something else is likely more appropirate. Like a Swashbuckler or a Factotum even. See, he's already playing a Swashbuckler/Rogue. We've already talked about how it doesn't really mesh with the setting, so he came up with a back story about a pirate who has a price on his head and decided to lay low in a landlocked area. The thing is, he likes the PrC. If I disallow it, I know he'll be disappointed.
bkdubs123 11-25-07, 12:00 PM	Well, then... let him play it, but don't change any of the abilities or prerequisites. If he wants to play a pirate with shipfaring abilities who doesn't have a ship or anywhere to sail, then that's his business.