Setting

Theme

Discovering the Forbidden: Some secrets should remain hidden?

Style

Quasi-realistic, Pulp-style Action, with a bit of Monster Hunters flavoring. "Mystery-Thriller," not "Investigation."

Central Tension

Since the end of the War of the Quadruple Alliance in 1720, relations between Britain and Spain remain strained to the point of near-conflict, and will, once again, tip over into "limited" warfare in 1727. Or, at least, this would appear to be the Central Tension in the region, to the unaware…

Expectations

• Expect to encounter wildly-improbable underground "puzzle" architecture.
• Expect to encounter "real" supernatural creatures and events, both friendly and hostile.
• Expect to occasionally face opponents you can't possibly defeat in combat, and must outrun or outwit.
• Expect that you might have to surrender and be captured, due to the previous point.
• Expect to occasionally have to operate outside your existing skills and gear.
• Expect campaign rewards to come with strings attached.
• Expect some naval combat (though probably not until you have a better ship).
• Expect your ship to potentially be commandeered/pressed at some point by His Majesty's Navy.
• Expect to upgrade the ship at least once.
• Expect to be caught up in wars and rumors of wars.

Intended Features

• Skill Challenges
• Simplified voyage logistics, possibly using Action2 "Mission Planning"
• Investigations using MH2 "The Hunt"
• Sailing moments: day-in-the-life; mega-storms; racing; others…
• Action! moments: coach chase, others…
• Aggressive negotiations
• Jungle survival treks
• High-stakes scavenger hunting
• Going (more) mad

Tropes

Stiff Upper Lip; Wooden Ships and Iron Men

Reference

• Reference Language: English
• Reference Culture: Western

Economy

Historical Information

Rulers

• King George I of England
• Louis XV (The Beloved) of France
• William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces
• Philip V of Spain
• Pope Benedict XIII (Italian)

Measurements

• Fourteen pounds to the stone.
• Eight stone to the hundredweight [or cannonweight] (which thus is 112 lbs.).
• Twenty hundredweight to the ton (which thus is 2,240 lbs.).
• 252 gallons (of Bordeaux wine) = 1 ton burthen (burden).