Populate a 17th century galleon

[lensman]

Help fill a Galleon of the high seas with crew, passengers, guests, secrets, spirits, cargo, companions. The age is that of 17th century earth with an undercurrent of mystic menace.

So far...
A baby Kraken in a jar.

The Cook

A one eyed, one legged, swarthy man with bad teeth. Able to produce edible food from just about any ingredient no matter how badly it was preserved. Also has unspecified combat skills and an agenda of his own.

The Vampire in the Hold - He's traveling in a wooden crate. By day he remains inert (appearing dead to anyone who happened to discover him). By night he turns to mist to escape the crate and wander the ship, snacking on the occasional unwary sailor or passenger.

The Ship's Cat

The figurehead isn't. Its place was taken by something else, now in disguise.
The Rat On A Stick Vendor would make a great deal of money in late stages of a long voyage.

An exotic Turkish princess on the run from something, incognito. dressed as a sailor.

[alexraccoon]

http://www.greatgridlock.net/Sqrigg/galleon.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hind

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/th...-hind-ship.htm

THE GOLDEN HINDE
Length 37m
Hull 31m
Waterline 23m
Displacement 300tons
Speed 8Knots=14kph
SHIP WEAPONS
Poop Deck x2 Petras (small cannon)
Fore Deck x2 Petras
Focsle x2 Falcon (Two Pound shot cannon)
Stern x2 Falcon
Gun Deck x14 Minion (Four Pound shot cannon)
Personal weapons Armoury
Crossbows,Long Bows,Polearms,
Swords,Daggers,
Muskets(Arquebuse)
Crew 16th century
x20 gentlemen officers
40 to 60 crew members

[Vestnik]

A baby Kraken in a jar. Its mother wants to know where it is...

[Curufea]

The Cook
A one eyed, one legged, swarthy man with bad teeth. Able to produce edible food from just about any ingredient no matter how badly it was preserved. Also has unspecified combat skills and an agenda of his own.

[sinanju]

The Vampire in the Hold - He's traveling in a wooden crate. By day he remains inert (appearing dead to anyone who happened to discover him). By night he turns to mist to escape the crate and wander the ship, snacking on the occasional unwary sailor or passenger.

[teh bunneh]

The Ship's Cat

[L. Marcus]

. . . The figurehead isn't. Its place was taken by something else, now in disguise.

[Vestnik]

O am getting a distinct Edward Gorey feel here.

[Cancer]

The Rat On A Stick Vendor would make a great deal of money in late stages of a long voyage.

[Vestnik]

Cabin Boy on a stick!

[L. Marcus]

Ooo ooo! The captain is a big-bearded, legless maniac!

What? Has that been done already?

Well, shoot . . .

[Beast]

large and scared whale is following the ship

[Curufea]

large and scared whale is following the ship

As well as a ticking crocodile of huge size.
And a kraken missing a couple of tentacles.


BTW - this looks like a similar deal to Populate a Creepy Hotel over in the Dark Champions forum (and on my wiki were I wrote a random hotel populator) - it's a great idea.

[Vestnik]

An exotic Turkish princess on the run from something, incognito. dressed as a sailor.

[Susano]

. . . The figurehead isn't. Its place was taken by something else, now in disguise.

Heh...

I found this miniature over on the Reaver website.



I'm not sure of the figure's real history, but I am working on a character sheet for it, based on what I see and some ideas of my own. The figurehead is from a ship built by a sorcerer-adventuerer. He used it to travel and trade among many lands but eventually was ambushed by pirates. His crew dead, his ship in flames, and mortally wounded, the sorcerer put the rest of his magical energy and life force in the figurehead, willing it to life. The figurehead tore itself free from the ship and then slaughtered the pirates to a man, eventually hacking the bottom out of the ship and sending it to the bottom.

I am developing the stats and such for the figurehead, but am wondering about ship's timbers on her "back". Ablative armor? Extra BODY that doesn't "recover"? Extra "limbs"? Stretching? The rough basis for the character will be the Wood Golem in the HERO Bestiary.