The Pirate Contest ENTRY THREAD!

[Roland St. Jude]

Pirate Contest

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Gather round y'bilge rats and beauties and put down yer grog long enough to make yer' entries! In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day later this month (Sept. 19), I present to you -- The Pirate Contest.

The contest begins with the posting of this thread and will continue until midnight, October 1st (Eastern US Time, which makes it 4 a.m. GMT October 2nd). Please remember, as always, to follow the general contest guidelines.

The Rules:

1.) You will be creating a pirate, his sidekick, his booty, and if you like, his ship & crew.

2.) Your entry must include the following:

1. A pirate (be sure to give your pirate a “trademark” pirate phrase!)
2. The pirate’s sidekick, who may be an animal companion, henchman, follower, or whatever really.
3. The pirate’s treasure.
4. (Optional) The pirate’s ship (including crew)

3.) Entries should be for D&D only and not specific to any particular setting (e.g. Forgotten Realms or Eberron.) Try to avoid referencing non-core books if at all possible, but do what you have to do. For those statting out the ship and crew you may find texts such as Stormwrack helpful, if not downright necessary (that's why it's optional). All items will need to list the relevant details as per standard descriptions, including magical aura, CL, feats & spells required for construction and cost as appropriate for the item.

4.) The character and creature descriptions should include, in addition to the description and history, a stat block containing all relevant details per standard descriptions.

5.) Each new entry should be started on a new thread here on the Contests board, dedicated to just that set of items and the discussion of it. Put the tag [Pirate] in front of the title of that thread. Any thread without this tag will not be officially entered.

6.) Post a link on this thread to let the mods know that you have completed your [Pirate] entry. We'll try to keep a post with all the entries listed in one place for easy reference.

7.) If this is your first time entering a design contest here and you say so, you're eligible to win the First Timer's Entry Award.

8.) Categories of voting and judgment will include the following:

• Best Overall
• Best Pirate
• Best Sidekick
• Best Ship (Optional!)
• Best Booty
• Funniest Overall Entry
• Funniest Single Item (The single item you found most amusing; having this a separate item allows you to include a single amusing element without going for a whole funny concept.)
• Best First Timer's Entry
• Roland’s Choice Award (Staff Award).

This should provide plenty of opportunity for both serious and not-so-serious designs with a balance of crunch and fluff. Good luck!

So when your entries are complete (and not before) post a link to your entry thread here!

[The Demented One]

Blind Draega's Crew is ready for action!

[Rolaran]

It be time for Martin Wennekamp to set sail! (He wishes!)

[Fax Celestis]

Ten Thousand Days (Malcolm and his Men) are now (largely) complete. Expect some edits over the next few whiles (especially in the areas of treasure and characer bios), but it is mostly complete.

EDIT: Commentary and critiquing would be helpful and appreciated.

[Dareon]

Darkfate, One of Many is here for your women! And your cheese.

...Hardest part? Coming up with his booty. Even considering both the pirate and his sidekick were three types of character I've never tried building before.

[Carmichael]

The entry for Julian Mawles, the pirate-cleric who is interested in bringing all his fellow seafarers under the authority of his god -- whether by word or by force -- is finished!

Meet and vote for Julian Mawles, Inquisitor of the High Seas.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Captain Ydani, the Nymph Pirate-Queen, and 1st Mate Haruhi await an unsuspecting merchant ship in their vessel, the Beauteous Lure!

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Bosun McGee and his parrot Crackers stand at the ready ta sail with any Captain who can stomach his unsavory habits. From findin' an' capturin' merchies ta plunder, ta findin' deserters, ta meetin' out punishment, th' Bosun 'll do th' job in rare form.

Here's a really bad egg... drink up, me hearties YO HO!

[MandibleBones]

Mandible Bones, the Worst Pirate Ev-arrr be ready to commandeer (nautical term) another ship and crew in his hunt for the Dragon at the Heart of the Ocean.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

So all night long
Their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinklin' foam
Then down from the sky
Came the wooden shoe
Bringing the fisherman home

'Twas oh so pretty
A sail it seemed
As if it could not be
And some folks thought
'Twas a dream they'd dreamed
Of sailing the beautiful sea...

The Ship That Dreamed

[The Glyphstone]

Most of Allie Basha and her Forty-Eight Thieves are finished, save the increasingly long backstory I'm filling in.

[Vaynor]

The Pie Rat


This entry is complete, please PIE. ;)

[palcosmo]

Avast,
Drake Bellamy & A Robot Monkey Ninja be ready. (I think.)

[foXXtail]

Yes! Yes! Don Raphael Villa Lobos Rapine is ready to take to the skies and fly about in a frightening and wholly scary-type-manner.

[Gorbash Kazdar]

The Songbirds are here to take your treasure!

[nathkry]

http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yabb...num=1158031277

Shiel-Kah and Sekolah's Wrath is ready to plunder the surface dwellers!

[Haarculaneaum]

Admiral Geoffrey Quickbeam and the crew of The Scarlet Shard are ready to take your ships, your women, and your booty! Surrender while you still have breath!

Haar

p.s. If you could tell me how to make that link pretty, I would also appreciate it.

[The Demented One]

Hoping I can squeeze in The Floating Fortress of Fei Long, as I wasn't here yesterday.

[Roland St. Jude]

^ You're in. In fact, you've got about 7 more hours to whip up another entry. ;) Contest closes at midnight.

^^ The "pretty link" is just

 Whatever

[Goff]

“Step aside! Step ye ASIDE! Gufi the Dreadful is coming aboard! Any of ye who aint a-feared, you're a braver man than I. The only prisoners we be takin’ are dead.”
~Firstmate Keslar as he boards a hapless trade-ship.
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This is my first ever design contest entry, and I'm pretty happy with it. I encourage any questions, comments and corrections. Enjoy.

[HealytheHealslime]

http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yabb...num=1157856533

Well, here's Rez Driftgood; not as done or as funny as I'd like it to be, but that's what you get when you wait till the very end of a deadline to get things done.

[Mike_Lemmer]

Nicole the Harpy is ready to pillage a treasure fleet or two.

[Rimx]

Not as well done as I would have liked but here's the
entry

[Elvaris]

Hide the trust fund, Tal Aladon, corporate pirate is on the loose.

[Roland St. Jude]

This Contest is now CLOSED! Expect the Voting Thread in a few minutes!