Head back to base to refill on men.

I will also head home to recriut some more men.

Following the trend - let's bolster the crew

Still have one player to hear from, I believe.

I'll head back to refresh the crew as well.

Well that makes things easy to moderate:

Round 3 results--

Everyone returns home and refills their rosters.

theanalogkid:

Redbeard the Pirate

Cleverness: 10
Seamanship: 10
Combat: 10

crew: 100
p8: 0

manchine:

Ghost Pirate

Cleverness--6
Seamanship--10
Combat--14

crew: 100
p8: 8,000

Grinner:

The Dread Pirate Cummerbund

Cleverness - 13
Seamanship - 8
Combat - 9

crew:100
p8:11,000

Space Jawa:

Swift-Mouth Lee!

Cleverness 14
Seamanship 5
Combat 11

crew: 100
p8: 100,000

Antipathy:

Redheart.

Cleverness--10
Seamanship--13
Combat--7

crew: 100
p8: 19,000


ROUND 4 missions:


Attack merchant shipping:
base chance of success: 80% + Seamanship
expected loss if successful: 2 crew
expected loss if unsuccessful: 1-6 crew
expected loot if successful: 200-2000 pieces of 8 (p8)


Loot the port of Tortuga:
base chance of success: 65% + combat
expected loss if successful: 5 Crew
expected loss if unsuccessful: 6-33 crew
expected loot if successful: 2000-20,000 p8

Attack the Spanish treasure galleon:
base chance of success: 65% + seamanship
expected loss if successful: 3 crew
expected loss if unsuccessful: 2-12 crew
expected loot if successful: 3000-11,000 p8

Fight 2 giant snakes to obtain a pair of priceless emeralds:
base chance of success: 25% + combat
expected loss if successful 3-18 crew
expected loss if unsuccessful:5-50 crew
expected loot if successful: 150,000 p8

Visit the gambling den on Nassau:
base chance of success: 50% (no attributes or crew losses apply)
expected loot if succesful: DOUBLE your current p8
expected loss if unsuccessful: LOSE all your current p8

Fighting the 2 giant snakes to make up for lost time.

Going for the Port of Tortuga

Let's go after the Spanish (and lose less crew )

Yar, I be feelin' fairly safe in me lead, even with Redbeard after the Emerald.

I'll be taking the following:

Stop following me. You know the only reason you got that last gem was because I killed off all the guys.

Eh, you followed me last time, if I'm not mistaken.

Still waiting for one pirate to post.

Only 30 minutes till the deadline. tick--tick--tick--tick.

ROUND 4 RESULTS:

Redbeard (TAK) tries to take on the giant snakes, but fails and loses 10 men.

The Ghost Pirate (manchine) successfully loots Tortuga, losing 5 men but netting 12,000 p8

The Dread Pirate Cumberbund (Grinner) is unsuccessful in his attempt to loot the Spanish treasure galleon. He loses 7 crew without gaining any profit.

Swift Mouth Lee (Space Jawa) also tries to take on the port of Tortuga, but fails and loses 29 guys.

Redheart (Antipathy) stays in port and gets drunk.

theanalogkid:

Redbeard the Pirate

Cleverness: 10
Seamanship: 10
Combat: 10

crew: 90
p8: 0

manchine:

Ghost Pirate

Cleverness--6
Seamanship--10
Combat--14

crew: 95
p8: 20,000

Grinner:

The Dread Pirate Cummerbund

Cleverness - 13
Seamanship - 8
Combat - 9

crew:93
p8:11,000

Space Jawa:

Swift-Mouth Lee!

Cleverness 14
Seamanship 5
Combat 11

crew: 71
p8: 100,000

Antipathy:

Redheart.

Cleverness--10
Seamanship--13
Combat--7

crew: 100
p8: 19,000

This is the worst I have ever done in a Kal game. Next time I will be avenged!