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Apparently this is going to be a flop, but it still makes me want to play an RPG focused around whaling. Or just being on a ship in general I guess, but hopefully whaling. Are there any systems that can make a good game of this? The setting doesn't seem to be able to carry the same feel as most RPGs.
>>44080818
>this is going to flop
Isn't that the Moby Dick movie? You're going to see it and fucking like it, this is the movie of The Great American Novel. Ergo, it will be the Great American Film.
>>44081553
Reviews are saying it's just kind of boring and predictable, but I hope to like it. Moby Dick is amazing. Makes me want to whale in an RPG
>>44081553
No, it's the 'real' incident that inspired Moby Dick. Take that as you will, I take it to mean it won't be anywhere near as good.
>Ron Howard
>>44080818
>>44081553
>Actually shot on the ocean, thus subjecting itself to the Great Seascape Curse
>About 18th-century sailors, but not heart of oak sailors
>Singularly American experience, so it has no worldwide appeal
>About commiting the greatest holocaust ever commited by man
It's going to flop.
>>44081907
This does NOT give me hope for the Ron Howard adaptation of Tiger & Bunny.
Don't you mean its going to be a splash?
>carlose.jpg
>>44082496
Brother! I just want anything Tiger and Bunny at this point.
>>44082461
Great Seascape Curse?
>>44082461
>About commiting the greatest holocaust ever commited by man
You lost me.
>>44082461
There was no fire involved. Did you mean 'genocide ' ?
>>44083428
That means the opposite!
The idea of an RPG solely about whaling is perhaps a bit optimistic. Is there one that allows you to play a crew on a ship at least? Whaling could be a side adventure
7th sea?
>>44080818
GURPS low tech has some pretty nice stuff for sailing.
>>44083878
Period movies shot on the ocean almost never make their money back. Pirates of the Carribean is the one exception to this rule. It costs a ton just to get the ships out there, never mind renting them or buying them, setting them up with cameras, the constant retakes, waiting for the right weather, etc. That's partly why Master And Commander flopped.
>>44083797
http://pastebin.com/KmajvgrM
Summary of The Sound of Tiger & Bunny and the OVA that was played during it.
>>44083907
>>44083886
Whaling was the systematic murder of billions of sentient cetacean beings. I was going to go with Genocide but I figured most people don't know what that means so the easiest parallel that most people will instantly understand is The Holocaust.
>>44086944
Seven Seas? I hear bad things about it. And there's Rogue Trader, which you can homebrew into blue-water navy shit.
>>44087829
It's why we don't have Alan Lewrie movies when we really, really should.
>>44087846
>whaling is murder
Bait so lifelike, I can almost smell the patchouli on that post.
>>44087873
I really want a Master And Commander sequel.
>>44081715
pretty much
>>44081715
>'real'
Are you claiming the sinking of the Essex was made up?
>>44087846
Sentient just means they are aware of their surroundings. I think you mean salient, which can't be proven.
The problem is, every time people try to adapt Moby Dick (yes I know this is about a
The true tale blah blah blah), they forget that half of the fucking book was comedic satire with the author poking fun at MAN VERSUS NATURE I SURVIVED THE WILDS narratives complete with utterly innacurrate descriptions of real whales and whaling and tons of homosexual subtext
>>44088370
*sapient, not salient. Fucking phone
To actually answer your question, OP, 7th Sea is all about high sea fantasy adventure
>>44087846
>being this sententious and pretentious
>people wont know what genocide means
Holy shit, you're a special kind of arrogant.
>>44087893
While I wouldn't call it murder, whaling is still unbelievably stupid. What the hell does anybody that isn't living in the Arctic Circle need whale for?
The Japanese catch a shit ton of them yet nobody wants the meat for anything.
>>44088407
Kek. You almost had me with that whale sized bait.
>>44080818
OP, sailor here. I hate to burst your fun bubble but sailing is mostly very very boring. 70% of the time you either cook, clean, steer or sleep. If your capitan happens to be a bro or you have the right papers you might be on navigation duty, which in turn is mostly basic math and drawing straight lines
>>44088899
Being locked in a metal box for yonks really does a good job of making math interesting.
>>44088910
you dont know the half of it mate, allthough i mainly play chess and read in my free time on a ship
The Japanese want to go whaling because no matter what we do, the ocean is going to have a massive amount of extinctions in our lifetime. Whales, Sharks, coral, etc are all going to be gone as the oceans heat the fuck up and kill the food chain. It's inevitable and irresponsible
>>44083907
Nah, you burn whale oil, remember Dishonoured?
>>44091348
Man, Dishonored and Black Flag are like the only two ways to explore whaling in games. Maybe 7th Sea
>>44087030
>>44088438
What can you tell me about 7th Sea?
>>44082461
>>44087846
Jesus christ, at least /pol/ are open about their anti-semitism. Fuck you forever.
>>44096895
What? Not him but just what?
Do any traditional RPGs allow for boating? I know Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd edition at least has rules for crewing a ship.
>>44087846
>billions
>figured people didn't know what genocide meant
this is some next-level bait
>>44099295
I think you're looking at this the wrong way.
You don't want a system that has tons of rules regarding the operation and maintenance of a boat. The fun you're looking for is entirely in the way you run the game. This means you want a system that encompasses things like MANLY MEN KILLING ANIMALS. Otherwise you end up with something like
>Make your boating roll
>I fail
>The boat sinks
>>44088370
to be fair, whales and elephants are currently the top contenders for human-level or near-human-level sapience.
I was going to see if there were 3.5 shaking rules, but I think I've found something even more interesting.
>>44099855
God forbid someone wants to play an anthropomorphic TOOTHED whale! Not in *my* 3.5
I'd rather play a Master & Commander game.
>>44099736
Interesting point. Hmm.
Okay, in light of that, can anyone think of activities that can take place on a ship? Being stuck at sea for session after session kind of confines the playing area to a small space.
>>44100841
That'd work too. Which system would you use?
>>44102679
Probably Poison'd.
>>44101501
Sodomy.
>>44099372I'll be here all week!
>>44099736
>>44101501
That's not entirely true though. If you made a >>44100841, you'd probably only make rolls or knowledge checks when you're doing something with the boat, like trying to tack properly or figure out where you're actually sailing without the aid of a clock.
