Pentallion

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399681/Pirates-of-the-East-Isles-Vol-I?affiliate_id=374806

UPDATE: a review by El Runeblogger:  https://elruneblog.blogspot.com/2022/06/review-of-pirates-of-east-isles-vol-1.html

Great idea for a setting.

Just to clarify, I'm not sure where Runeblogger got the misconception that the Darklight is carrying 40 people. It does not come with a reservoir of extra characters to draw from as he seems to think in his review.  Don't want potential buyers to get the wrong idea.

Other than that, I loved his review. well balanced and fair as always.

East Isles are very polarized.  Stasis - gods. Movement - antigods. Illusion - antigods. Truth - gods. Orlanth is definitely seen as Bitador and thus an antigod.

So I'm not so sure that Andins are trolls.  Also, the GtG describes them as manifesting as rapacious spirits. This is confusing because the guide also describes them as island inhabitants and one as a very powerful fighter who was only bested in combat by Dech Oru, an Arandinni. The Arandinni are described as a type of Andin that are larger and stronger than humans.  So again, not a spirit.

Andins, therefore, seem quite problematical. Are they spirits or are they flesh and blood?

17 hours ago, Darius West said:

That isn't how the rules for passions work.  You don't lose any passion on a failed roll, only on a fumble (-1d10% removed from Passion).  The reduction in skill for a failed passion is a very temporary -10% on skills.  It helps to actually read the rules before criticizing them imo. They're pretty good rules for the most part.

I specifically started my thread by saying "I've noticed plenty of examples in the adventures released where if someone fails a passion roll, they lose 1D6 (or some appropriate amount based on the situation). " I'm not trying to call out specific adventures so I'm not giving examples, plenty can be found. I'm only saying it's probably not a good precedent to set to have passions reduced on failed rolls based upon the mathematics I explained above.

I've noticed plenty of examples in the adventures released where if someone fails a passion roll, they lose 1D6 (or some appropriate amount based on the situation). However, to go up in a Passion requires a successful experience gain roll. This is mathematically problematical.

Say I have 60% Loves Banana Pie.

I'm on a diet.  I'm trying to avoid Pie. Over the course of ten gaming sessions, I roll ten times on my Loves Banana Pie. On average, I succeed 6 times and fail 4 times. Six times I ate Banana Pie. I get six experience rolls. I will go up in Loves Banana Pie 40% of those rolls or 2.4 times. At 3.5 average increase per 1D6, I on average go up 8.4% in Loves Banana Pie. But what about the four rolls I failed? Stuck to my diet. Went down 4D6 for an average of 14%. Net LOSS of the passion of 5.6%.

That means a starting passion at 60% is going to go down on average @0.56% each time you roll against that passion.

And it will start steamrolling downhill once it passes the 50% barrier.

Automatic passion loss for a failed passion roll is perhaps a bad idea? Perhaps have an Inverse Experience roll where they must roll higher than their passion for it to go down? If you're passionate about something, even if you stray now and then, you're unlikely to lose your passion for it.

I'll always Love Banana Pie.

the man who brought me my favorite game system of all time, gone.  It's a sad day.  However, it's safe to say Steve rolled 01 and critted his life.  My condolences to his family.

11 hours ago, Martin said:

what is that?

A really poor joke.

Don't forget the forked staff.  She's particularly fond of that one.

On 6/30/2021 at 2:44 AM, davecake said:

Nils says one full year, not cumulative. 

A few of us are already working on an East Isles book, if you’d like to compare notes. 

I pm'd you.

On 7/16/2017 at 4:52 AM, Akhôrahil said:

I'm reading ahead here (p. 302):

"Alanthore: This  Seer  and  Prophet  has  been roaming around the Redlands and the lower Arcos River, spreading his new cult of the Red Sun. The Red Sun  encourages  human  sacrifice,  and  protects  those cities which set up temples from Pentan raiders."

Blood sacrifice and suns of non-standard colour? This certainly sounds like Ignorance.

I'm reading around here too and I found a couple of interesting tidbits.

"Livia Tarinda, Bloodheart High Priestess,...from Lunar Empire...has become the high priestess for Bloodheart, the name given to the goddess from her homeland....taught to Andins...Livia Tarinda also teaches otheres how to set up an altar and make the sacrifices to keep the Andins away.  "

That isn't Ignorance, that's Lunar.

And the other thing?  "Dech Oru sends Modu and Solumdar...sail around the East Isles...setting up altar's to Bloodheart where ever they go."

But get this:  In Revealed Mythologies it says the same thing almost verbatim with one tiny difference:  "Dech Oru sends Modu and Solumdar...setting up altar's to the Red Sun everywhere they go.

The Red Sun is definitively the Red Moon, the Red Goddess.

Ahh, so Mokato sacrificed for all the East Isles.  Thanks.

Ok.  I was leaning towards the latter anyways.  

But now I have two more questions:  where does it say the Mokatoans took the curse to avoid the closing?  And how can a curse that permanently land locks you "avoid" the closing?

That's like cutting off my arm to avoid having my arm cut off.  Haha, can't cut off my arm, I beat you to it.

Think I am missing something important here.

I'm just double checking cuz I want to write something for the JC.

It has major ramifications so it needs to be correct.

If the former, then Mokatoans would annually leave their island to avoid the curse.  

If the latter, then all Mokatoans are land bound.  This probably means the curse is what ended the Eastern Sea Empire.

The choice has significant ramifications.

The GtG says "no one who has spent an entire year on Mokato can ever leave the island or (else)".

Does that mean one solid span of a years length (example Earth 10, 1620 to Earth 9, 1621) or does that mean cumatively one year so if I spent half a year in 1620 followed by half a year in 1625, I'm now cursed?

I'm going to do Pirates of the East Isles for Jonstown Compendiun and need someone who feels up to the task of drawing Pirate Town on Pregezora.

Obviously, there will be ample opportunity for more work.

PM me if interested.

Or the Yelmalion Light Orchestra?

Hey there Mr. Blue (sky)

It also refers to a Maran Gor saying.  "Good Earth is hard to find, but...."

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Spirit combat is going to take a LOT longer that way. 

Is that the correct way of doing it?  I though in an opposed roll, if both got the same level of success, the high roll won it?

All I can say is when your Trickster wants to seduce Orgonvale don't say something flippant like "Yeah, right, if you 01 your charm......"

Tying an opposed roll five times in a row...that's 1 in 100 each time, ten zeroes....10 billion to one!

It could be that giant walktapi guy mentioned in the East Isles.....ka...ka...*Cthulhu*..excuse me.  Had to sneeze.