Friday, December 17, 2021

Corpsewake Cove

Corpsewake Cove is a Morg Borg compatible adventure written and illustrated by Madeleine Ember. While I didn't back the initial Kickstarter for this adventure, it's the one that got me interested in Mork Borg. Why you ask? It's because of bloody pirates! Here's the adventure's tag line:

FIGHT PIRATES, GET REVENGE, and STEAL THEIR FUCKING TREASURE!

I love pirates and nautical things. I think I've made that clear over the years, particularly with my talk of Freeport and Genial Jack

In the adventure the party must infiltrate a wretched hive of piratical scum and villainy, the titular Corpsewake Cove, and get revenge of the pirate kings. Well revenge is one motivation, the book also presents three alternate backgrounds to tie characters to the adventure. The book makes excellent use of the inside covers, presenting pirate vernacular and a few customize your pirate charts. In the book you'll find a description of the town, a timetable of events, details and stats for the pirate captains, the curse that afflicts them, and a massive bestiary. The pirate captains are all quite interesting. My favorite is the muscled lesbian captain, Cap'n "Sweetie Mae." She loves candy, carnage, and is looking for a good wife to spoil. There are several great monster stats in the book. A Frankenshark (it's exactly what it sounds like) hunts in the harbor. One of the pirate ships even has a figure head than can animate and duke it out. Throw in a manticore, undead creatures, various vermin, and a frothy sludge and you have quite the party.

I've not ran this one yet, but it seems like it would be a blast. There are several ways players can approach it and it seems like it would be full of memorable encounters. If you like Mork Borg and/or pirates, pick this one up. You can get the pdf here

Final note, this is a sidebar in the book and makes me like it even more. This is my opinion of folks welcome at my table. 

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