Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

For the discussion of general topics about the game.
User avatar
Harroghty
Staff
Staff
Posts: 9695
Joined: Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:38 pm

Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Harroghty » Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:30 pm

My building time has taken some real hits lately between work and Jr, but I am plugging away on a few projects now. I am looking for some help in ideas for a custom merchant or two in Dawngleam. This merchant will service the docks which connect many of the Inner Sea ports and so I was looking at baldrics and bandannas. These would have some color and design options.

Likewise, any nautical objects (which would not be custom merchant objects, just sold by a regular merchant) you might want to see are welcome suggestions.

Thanks for any other suggestions you might offer.
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
User avatar
Gwain
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 2354
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:25 pm
Location: Waterdeep

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Gwain » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:05 pm

Post them here or pm them to you?
Justice is not neccesarily honourable, it is a tolerable business, in essence you tolerate honour until it impedes justice, then you do what is right.

Spelling is not necessarily correct :)
User avatar
Harroghty
Staff
Staff
Posts: 9695
Joined: Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:38 pm

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Harroghty » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:06 pm

Here is fine
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
User avatar
Terageld
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 372
Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:56 pm
Location: Westgate

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Terageld » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:14 pm

Custom compasses would be fun. You get to put your birthstone in it or something. Custom frock coats would be nice too. They're like the nautical version of those popular pocketed long coats.
"There is nothing more invigorating than challenging the elements. The feel of wind and spray on one's face and the deck pitching beneath one's feet is the greatest feeling in the world."
And cats. I love cats.
User avatar
Aishe
Sword Journeyman
Sword Journeyman
Posts: 130
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:25 am
Location: Waterdeep

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Aishe » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:26 pm

Terageld wrote:Custom compasses would be fun. You get to put your birthstone in it or something. Custom frock coats would be nice too. They're like the nautical version of those popular pocketed long coats.
Nautical COATS! Genius!
Obstacles are those dreadful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Tyeslan
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 496
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:55 am
Location: Canada

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Tyeslan » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:38 pm

Sextants, compasses, and telescopes.

Tricorn hats, or sailor caps, would be another possible one to make custom.
User avatar
Lirith
Staff
Staff
Posts: 1867
Joined: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:37 pm

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Lirith » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:13 pm

I'd like a t-shirt that says "HELLO SAILOR" on it, please and thank you.

Also, eyepatches of different colours/gems (a la One-Eyed Willy), telescopes with different finishes (bronze, gold, silver). Shuffleboard might be fun but not very portable.
Melusine
Staff
Staff
Posts: 1975
Joined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:40 am
Location: The Moonwood

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Melusine » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:48 am

So here's a few ideas to throw out there:

-Customizable ship flags
-Astrolabe
-Hooks, for lost hands
-Peg legs
-Star charts
-Hardtack
-An oar (that is really a club)
-Quadrant
-Crosstaff
-Barrel of Water (Lots of water, but also very heavy)
-Harpoon
Anastacia Syria, Truescar of Loviatar
User avatar
Danik
Sword Apprentice
Sword Apprentice
Posts: 77
Joined: Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:11 am
Location: Washington - USA

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Danik » Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:36 am

Some sort of rudimentary spy glass would be cool.
Yemin
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 1589
Joined: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:08 pm
Location: On the back of castle oblivion

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Yemin » Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:17 am

I have it on good authority that Oars are used as greatswords... ahem.

Customizeable eye patch - Stiched, nitted, cured, various colors, embroidable like the westgate kerchiefs for added personal flare.
Swordbelt that holds swords. For that daring captain who doesn't care about cutting his leg open on deck. Or bandolier that act like sheathes.

Hammock / hammocking material instead of bedroll
I trained up double-edged bananas because the uber-plantain of doom I scored from the beehive quest was the best weapon in the game. Now it's being treated like a bug and they have gimped its damage! That's not fair! My character is ruined!
User avatar
Terageld
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 372
Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:56 pm
Location: Westgate

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Terageld » Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:11 pm

I kinda want a "two crossed bandoliers" item that either acts as a quiver or holds things like a normal container but much bigger. The bandolier item in game can't hold more than a four throwing knives.
Also, +1 support for a hammock.
"There is nothing more invigorating than challenging the elements. The feel of wind and spray on one's face and the deck pitching beneath one's feet is the greatest feeling in the world."
And cats. I love cats.
User avatar
Woror
Sword Novice
Sword Novice
Posts: 43
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:47 am
Location: The road

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Woror » Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:25 pm

Bulky anchors to be used as weapons.

Tattoos.
User avatar
Aishe
Sword Journeyman
Sword Journeyman
Posts: 130
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:25 am
Location: Waterdeep

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Aishe » Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:22 pm

Marlinspike as a dagger, maybe with a bit of sail line hanging from the 'hilt'
Obstacles are those dreadful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
User avatar
Gwain
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 2354
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:25 pm
Location: Waterdeep

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Gwain » Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:52 pm

Wearable peg leg over layer item.
Justice is not neccesarily honourable, it is a tolerable business, in essence you tolerate honour until it impedes justice, then you do what is right.

Spelling is not necessarily correct :)
User avatar
Alitar
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 1103
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:40 am
Location: Canada

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Alitar » Tue Nov 03, 2015 11:37 pm

Gwain wrote:Wearable peg leg over layer item.
Now this I can really get behind.
"The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armour. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time."
~Frank Miller
User avatar
Gwain
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 2354
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:25 pm
Location: Waterdeep

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Gwain » Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:56 am

If they are still hardcoded in game (Not sure if they are)

Pea shooters and blowpipes used to be a weapon type until as late as 2005ish, not sure if they are still in the code.
Justice is not neccesarily honourable, it is a tolerable business, in essence you tolerate honour until it impedes justice, then you do what is right.

Spelling is not necessarily correct :)
hasryn
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 255
Joined: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:18 pm

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by hasryn » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:02 pm

a bifold hat or however the proper calling of them is! I love the idea of bandana's, waist coats/long vest, hook hand(dagger or brawling weapon), peg legs, varying nautical tools like others have said, casks of rum and mead, Justacorps for the fancier mariners out there! That's all I can think of off the top of my head! Thanks harro for this!
hasryn
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 255
Joined: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:18 pm

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by hasryn » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:02 pm

a bifold hat or however the proper calling of them is! I love the idea of bandana's, waist coats/long vest, hook hand(dagger or brawling weapon), peg legs, varying nautical tools like others have said, casks of rum and mead, Justacorps for the fancier mariners out there! That's all I can think of off the top of my head! Thanks harro for this!
User avatar
Gwain
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 2354
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:25 pm
Location: Waterdeep

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Gwain » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:31 pm

Spittoon
Justice is not neccesarily honourable, it is a tolerable business, in essence you tolerate honour until it impedes justice, then you do what is right.

Spelling is not necessarily correct :)
User avatar
Larethiel
Sword Grand Master
Sword Grand Master
Posts: 910
Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:10 pm
Location: Mt. Whateverest

Re: Feedback Please: Nautical Nonsense

Post by Larethiel » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:33 pm

Flying Dutchman Pet/Minion.
Last edited by Larethiel on Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Weit in der Champagne im Mittsommergrün,
dort, wo zwischen Grabkreuzen Mohnblumen blühn,
da flüstern die Gräser und wiegen sich leicht
im Wind, der sanft über das Gräberfeld streicht.
Locked