Plot

The world of Hoist the Colours is based loosely on that of Pirates of the Caribbean. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to bring your character from their own world into Disney's. Well. Tia Dalma's going to do most of the work for you - the rest is all down to how you play it.


Gameplay:

So how exactly are we going to work this? We'll be using the Pirates of the Caribbean world, but only aspects of the plot. These aspects, and characters, will be introduced as play progresses and numbers increase. Each of the Pirates characters will be in charge of a ship and a crew - minimum of ten, maximum of thirty (also subject to increase). Once we have two ships, crews will be chosen by lot - and there will be events every month or so in which the crews will be redrawn.


Posting:
Characters will make posts to the ship's record, which can be found in the main community (colours_rp). Each of the ships have a charmed record book given to them by Tia Dalma, and are linked together - so any entry is visible by any character, regardless of which ship they are on (for example, Jack Sparrow writing in the Black Pearl's log can read and comment on an entry written by Will Turner on the Flying Dutchman.) However, despite the books being charmed and interesting, characters will still be writing in pen and ink, and entries cannot be filtered, encrypted, or hacked. So be mindful of what you write down~!

Please put the following information in the subject line and tags:

Subject: (Ship, Player, Post Number - preferably in this order!) The Black Pearl, Captain Jack Sparrow - One.
Tags: captain jack sparrow, black pearl

Action logs will be posted to the log community (colours_logs), and it's fine to copy and paste AIM logs if you use them. However, please make sure you follow the posting blueprint, which will be available here.


Events:

There will be several types of events - in addition to the pirates' standard treasure hunts and poor weather conditions, Tia Dalma will throw the occasional bit of magic your way. Ships will pull into Tortuga every month or two to resupply, and these will coincide with the activity checks and crew reshuffles. If numbers grow enough, positions for new captains will be open at this time.


Captains:

Sadly, captains cannot be applied for in the same way as normal characters. There will be a degree of responsibility involved with playing a captain, and ideally we would be looking for active, experienced players to play them. The captains will aid in the smooth-running of the game, and in some cases, be responsible for mini-events aboard their own ships. They would essentially become part of the moderation team, and will be required to submit two applications - one for a position as a mod, and a second character application for their chosen captain. These will be available for players to vote on. More information about this will be available as gameplay progresses.

Items:

Tia Dalma will leave your character a set of suitably piratey clothing, a small bag of twenty dubloons, and a cutlass. They may carry either three large or seven small grenades when off-ship, and these will come from the ship’s stores. Characters may buy a second weapon, but they may not carry any more than these two.

You may sell items - weapons will sell for higher prices than clothes, but please remember that you may be at a disadvantage if you only have grenades as an armament. Make your choices carefully!

Remember, while you're out pirating there may be opportunities for you to regain some of your trinkets from your old life... if you feel like forfeiting your share of the plunder, that is. If there's anything you're after in particular, drop a comment here, and we'll see what we can do~!

Ships:

You'll find images and information about the ships here.

Current ships:
The Black Pearl


Questions?
Leave them here and we'll answer them.