The Pitch
It’s Fantasy adventure in the open sea! Go back to a time where the world was still not fully discovered. Magic and swashbuckling rule the waters. Find your flag and show your true colors.
The Foundation
Overview
The Celestial Sea is a High Seas High Fantasy adventure that will take players on a journey of worldly and self-discovery. To stay in the spirit of the touchstones, this campaign will be a very joyful and camp adventure.
| Tone And Feel | Themes |
|---|---|
| High Seas Adventure, High Seas Fun! | Call to Adventure, Unexpected pairings, Anachronism, Wideness of the World |
Touchstones
Character Guidance
For players to understand how to best interact with the world
Player Principles
Lean into Camp
We are unserious pirates! If you have a choice pick the most fun one
Be Confident to Take Bold Action
Players should be encouraged to take risks to make exciting play. This will be a high risk, high reward form of play. We can work together to define what the line of appropriate impact might be for failed rolls (removing character death for example)
Link to original
Interpersonal Dynamics
Try to roleplay friction across the crew (including with other PCs), but alway aim to resolve your differences by the end of the “episode”.
GM Principles
Establish A Diverse World of People and Places
Aim to be Narratively Satifying
While there may be high emotional drama the goal should always be to land on an emotionally satisfying conclusion across an arc.
Campaign Mechanics
Boat stuff
Session Zero
Build Map
Secret to the players is that the sea is a very large pool surrounded by land in all but one semi large inlet to the Northwest. The sea is known to be so large that most people who try and map the space never return.
LOL well hiding spoilers isn’t as easy as I thought here 😅
This part of Session Zero will consist of Mapping out your home base of an island and other known and rumored points of interest across the sea.
Inciting Incident
How might the crew have come together, this could be played out in the first session or we can pick up the start as a fully formed crew.