Pirate Borg
A scurvy-ridden, rules light, art heavy tabletop RPG. Inspired by history, fantasy, horror and rum. Your cutlass & flintlock won’t save you from the hordes of skeletons, the Kraken, or even your own crew. Find a ship. Recruit some crew. Raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer your weasley black guts out. Get a bigger ship. Kill some things. Upgrade your ship. Sneak into a fort. Raid a port. Acquire treasure. Bury said treasure. Become infamous. Search for someone else’s treasure. Flee in terror from unfathomable creatures from the deep. Drink all of the rum. Die on the high seas. Roll a new character and do it all again.
Originally created by Luke Stratton
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How to play Pirate Borg
PIRATE BORG is a self-contained rules-light RPG for running swashbuckling campaigns. Character creation is optimized for random generation (though not required), and during combat all rolls are made by the players: enemies don’t roll to attack, instead PCs roll to defend. Pirate Borg is fun, easy to learn, potentially deadly, and perfect for OSR/NuSR style one-shots and for campaigns that focus more on player agency and smart decisions and less on character optimization and “what’s on my character sheet”.
Pirate Borg map makers
Limithron
Limithron has created a large assortment of maps for use in your Pirate Borg games. They have created maps of ships, dungeons, lairs/hideouts, cities, taverns, and more! Free versions are available, or they have alternate versions of them on their Patreon.
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Brute
When you're not bashing, smashing, slashing, or crashing, you're... well, that's all you really know how to do. You can’t use Arcane Rituals, but your muscles are basically "magic."
Rapscallion
A sneaky, cutthroat scallywag good at backstabbing, breaking & entering, stealing, cheating, and escaping. Found in taverns, shadows, and shallow graves.
Buccaneer
Skilled trackers and survivalists. Expert sharpshooters, especially with muskets & rifles.
Swashbuckler
A brash fighter, with bravado & swagger.
Zealot
A clergy member, cultist, shaman, or believer.
Sorcerer
An eldritch occultist, frail and enigmatic. They are conduits for meddlesome natural spirits and devious necromantic entities.
Haunted Soul
A possessed, infected, cursed, troubled, or undead individual.
Tall Tale
An optional class that allows you to play as a merfolk, aquatic mutant, or sentient animal.