Pirate Borg: Something Buried, Something Due

Introduction

Content

Adventure Overview

The adventure adheres to OSR principles such as player agency and sandbox exploration. The players are dropped in a situation, not a plot.

It's grounded in real history and geography, but reimagined through Pirate Borg's Dark Caribbean. Fantastical elements are used more sparingly but arrive with a thunder.

The factions and NPCs have clear motivations and a shared history with one another. It's up to the players to decide whom to trust, whom to betray, and whose ear is most susceptible to lies.

THE SETUP

Don Pedro de Salazar is sailing for Maracaibo on what he believes is a quiet errand.

What he does not know is that pirates have been hired to assassinate him once he reaches Lake Maracaibo.

Can the pirates stay out of sight of the Spanish watchmen? How will they pass the fort that guards the treacherous channel? Might help be found among the many feuding factions of the peninsula, and if so, how might they be made to do the pirates' bidding, willing or otherwise?

And what happens when they learn that someone else has taken a keen and rather strange interest in Don Pedro . . . ?

Reward Tiers

DIGITAL: 

• The Pasha of the Sea zine as a PDF (spreads and pages).
• The Lost Sea-Man's Guide to the Caribean as a PDF (print and fold into pamphlet or share digitally).
• All other player handouts as PDFs (printable and digitally shareable): big map of the Maracaibo area, fort plan, wedding invitation, and other documents (may vary).

PHYSICAL:

• The Pasha of the Sea zine in physical format (saddle-stitched, uncoated paper) and PDF.
• The Lost Sea-Man's Guide to the Caribean as a PDF (print and fold into pamphlet or share digitally).
• All other player handouts as PDFs (printable and digitally shareable): big map of the Maracaibo area, fort plan, wedding invitation, and other documents (may vary).

PHYSICAL PLUS:

• The Pasha of the Sea zine in physical format (saddle-stitched, uncoated paper) and PDF.
• The Lost Sea-Man's Guide to the Caribean as a physical copy along with the zine, and as a PDF (print and fold into pamphlet or share digitally).
• All other player handouts as PDFs (printable and digitally shareable): big map of the Maracaibo area, fort plan, wedding invitation, and other documents (may vary).

DELUXE:

• The Pasha of the Sea zine in physical format (saddle-stitched, uncoated paper) and PDF.
• The Lost Sea-Man's Guide to the Caribean as a physical copy along with the zine, and as a PDF (print and fold into pamphlet or share digitally).
• All other player handouts as physical items along with the zine: A3 map of the Maracaibo area, fort plan, wedding invitation drenched in blood, and other documents (may vary); also as PDFs.

The Sea Shanty

The sea shanty from the Stretch Goals is completed!

It's about Mercy Jones, who went to sea at thirteen. Before long she started to carry four pistols across her chest (the "four black dogs") to protect herself against insults, unwelcome advances, and people touching her stuff.

Lyrics & melody: Christian Hyde Smith. Voice & instruments: Heyden Gary.

Listen to it here:

Stretch Goals

Creators

Something Buried, Something Due is an independent production by Merchants of Adventure. It is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is not affiliated with Limithron LLC. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License and the PIRATE BORG Third Party License. PIRATE BORG is ©2022 Limithron LLC.

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