Welcome to the Deep OOC

Silvern · 2025-01-27T04:08:01Z

Welcome to the Deep OOC Welcome, sailors! This OOC thread is where we'll have most of our discussion, sign-ups, some general information, and character banners. ~ World Information ~ anchor This is an alternate history storybook! As a result, we are not necessarily constricted to the true order of events-- for example, you might have noticed none of the cities named in the storybook description existed in our 1793. My thinking is that much of the geography of the area has been named (ex. the Bering Sea, the Cascades, Vancouver Island), but territories, provinces and states don't exist yet (ex. no British Columbia or Oregon Territory). The cities are anachronously there to possibly give our crew interesting places to visit! anchor On a similar note, don't feel like you have to know a ton of history for this SB-- I'm no historian either! Because things are flexible, feel free to weave around history if you have an idea for something: try not to give your character a cellphone, of course, but if you want an invention from our 1830 to exist here or for an event in our 1760 to have happened more recently, just let me know and that should be cool. anchor The crew is likely going to be quite diverse, as these pirates have probably come from afar and all over. Naval powers like the English, Spanish and Russians, as well as local Indigenous and First Nations groups like the Coast Salish, Tlingit, and Chinook come to mind, but there's no reason your character has to be limited to any of those. anchor Magic exists! Isn't that neat. Your character might have a power, or they could have a magical artifact that grants them an ability-- or maybe they have neither and just pirate around the old fashioned way. The strength of the Siren's Fleet comes in part due to giving mages the autonomy that helps them serve their crew in the way they feel is best. On the flip side, magical beasts and sea monsters-- some of which pirates from far away are not familiar with-- can be a pain for sailors. ~ Storybook Information ~ anchor This is a moderately-paced storybook. I would love it if we could put out one post a month, but what's more important to me is that we all enjoy the story and make sure to have fun! anchor If there is interest, I can set up a Discord server for communication, as well as a place to store plot ideas, writing quotes, character art, and so on. anchor Here's a little guide to the seven roles: Captain - commander of the ship, leader of the crew First Mate - second-in-command, reports to captain Quartermaster - head planner, usually in charge of supplies Astronomer - lead navigator, sets course using the stars and creates maps Master Gunner - in charge of artillery/cannons, leader in fights Medic - sees to wounded, acts as surgeon, may be a magic healer Battlemage - a mage who uses their magic to fight in clashes with other ships anchor You may have noticed I am not claiming the role of the captain even though I'm the DM! This is a role open to anyone who has the character inspiration for it. There's probably going to be some extra plotting and planning with me and whoever takes this role as this story plays out. anchor Did I say have fun? Have fun! ~ Banners and Dividers ~ Timeskip Divider - [center][fimg=100,100]https://i.imgur.com/v7lRz3q.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/v7lRz3q.png Character Banners - [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/x3Dx2Ds.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/x3Dx2Ds.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/8EnX6CP.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/8EnX6CP.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/wM2aA79.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/wM2aA79.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/cHKMti2.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/cHKMti2.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/TmqbwE0.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/TmqbwE0.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/irjI6vd.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/irjI6vd.png

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:08 pm

Silvern says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:08 pm

Awesome! @RangerofIthilien and @eulogy, you have a post in the works that it might be good to plan this around for — would 9:00 EST on Saturday be late enough for you, Ranger? If so, it’d be neat if we could write up to Cear and Yong-Nam joining Nikola and Kyro, and I think more people who haven’t responded yet would be free to join us on a weekend evening, but if not we’ll pick sometime on Sunday afternoon!

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:17 pm

Ranger says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:17 pm

Potentially? I’m really not sure when I’ll get back since I’m MST lol but I’ll try to be there!

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:47 pm

avimoon says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:47 pm

I should be able to join on Sunday, though I might not be able to be in the pad that late.

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:19 pm

Silvern says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:19 pm

We can always do Sunday afternoon instead! Would 2pm PST/5pm EST work?

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:20 pm

Ranger says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:20 pm

Yep, that should work for me hopefully!

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:26 pm

Spearmint says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:26 pm

that should also work for me!

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:05 pm

herb says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:05 pm

works well for me!

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:14 pm

Leya says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:14 pm

Works for me! :D

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:21 pm

avimoon says... · Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:21 pm

Should also work for me

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Fri Jul 04, 2025 12:51 am

Silvern says... · Fri Jul 04, 2025 12:51 am

Okay! Winter has said they could possibly join late so we’ll do that time— can’t wait to see you all!

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Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:01 pm

Silvern says... · Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:01 pm

In the pad now!!

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Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:22 am

herb says... · Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:22 am

ohhh my god i completely forgot i'm sososososo sorry 😞

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Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:36 am

Silvern says... · Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:36 am

No worries! @eulogy and @RangerofIthilien, maybe it'd be better to schedule a time that works for the two of you well rather than picking a time for everyone, since you two have a post in the works?

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Mon Jul 07, 2025 2:49 am

herb says... · Mon Jul 07, 2025 2:49 am

yeah that might work better...

since i'll be out of town this weekend (except sunday) we could either aim for ab earlier weekday (mon-wed) or sunday?

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