Official fluff for Pirate Army book/list

The Orcs of Hells Teef are different to the ones in the Old World in many ways. One of the most obvius is that they actually may build buildings and ships which may last, and that they have a form of money system. One piece of Gold(the biger the more worth they are), are worth 2 grogs, 2 grogs are worth 1/50 of a ship(but that may vary with the size and cannons of the ship). Were normal Orcs prefer to attack the enemy up close with choppas, many pirate orcs prefer to use blackpowder against the enemy(that is one of the reasons that Gunna-Bosses are so important). But still many Pirate Orcs prefer to use the good old choppa, though. The body of the Pirate Orcs is identical to the normal orcs(they usually have a pistol tucked somewhere in their clothes, though), but many them have more flamboyant clothes than the ones in the Old World. They also have some different words in their language(matey and arr are some examples).

One of the other, is that an orc may be respected for their knowledge(most often the Brewa-Bosses and Gunna-Bosses). One of the things that a Pirate Orc may do almost anything to get is grog, and it is most often to find a crew of a succesfull raid in on of the many grog-shops in Hells Teef. Therefore the Brewa-Bosses are respected(no brewa-bosses, no grog), and they usually have a lot of gold.

The goblins are filling almost the same job as the ones in the Old World, but a goblin who are cunning or smart enough may become a Goblin Merchant or a Gunna-Boss. The goblin merchants are filling an important role in the Pirate Orc sosiety, that they may keep money to buy parts for the ships and supplies(without just but grog). The Gunna-Bosses fill an equal important role, they may repair war-machines(without that it blows up the first time it is fired) and the most smart may even invent something.

At the top are the Adm`ruls and Kommodore`s, which may command two or three ships(but Kommodore`s usually have one). The ships of Pirate Orcs are very different to the ones the Empire and other nations use, namely that a orc Adm`rul or Kommodore may stuck it together with other ships. So the ships of Pirate Orcs may be parts of two, three or more ships.



What about that?

Chris

This post has been edited by Chris on Jan 7 2006, 10:05 AM

It`s a good start, but I think focusing on these orcs "obsession" with gunpowder is important. So can you angle it a bit more towards that? That some of the orc pirates almost shun combat cause they think shooting the enemy into small bits is even more fun than bashing them with a choppa. And that`s the reason for swivel gunners, bombas and gunna bosses - and of course the use of pistols and handguns.

talast,
Red

edit: so can I make you an official fluff writer for this then Chris?

This post has been edited by Red Skullz on Jan 6 2006, 07:23 PM

I added something about that many Pirate Orcs prefer Black powder weapons.

Yes.

This post has been edited by Chris on Jan 6 2006, 08:59 PM

How come your incharge of the pirates Skulls the last time I checked Snottie was doing it

Garbag: I thought that Kurgan was in charge actually, only yesterday I heard that Snotstaff started it all. But I wouldn`t say I`m in charge, more of an organizer you can call me - just trying to help the best I can

Chris: Yes now it`s really starting to get somewhere, I like it a lot Perhaps something on how orc pirates are more flamboyant regarding clothing and such would be nice to add? What do you think?

Well, give me some time and i'll whip up all the fluff you want!

Krusty

That`s great Krusty
If you just PM Kurgan about it, if not we may doublebook something

Added something about that. Or are it that should Krusty write about the sosial structure of pirate orcs?

Chris

Krusty has offered to help, but as I said to him I think he should hear in with our fluff editor (Kurgan) on what to write about.

As far as I can see on the social structure it looks great, some typos and stuff but hey I ain`t perfect either (us norwegians ). Can you break the text up a bit that would be nice and more easy to read

talast,
Red

Did it. I also have added about ships.

Chris

Great work Chris

Use some more time to finetune the text, hopefuly someone else also have something to say on this so it`ll be even better.

Thanks. I have tried to fine-tune the fluff, but i still thinks that there are some wrongs in it.

Chris

PS: Should i write some fluff about anything else?

This post has been edited by Chris on Jan 7 2006, 01:37 PM

Can you look over what we got for the different unit types? Maybe we can do something more there. Especially the characters I think.

Yes, but were should i post it?

Chris

PS: Do you mean that i should trie to make fluff for alll the units/monsters/characters in the list(which havent got any fluff jet)?

This post has been edited by Chris on Jan 7 2006, 11:25 AM

Post it here I think, and yes making fluff for those that we don`t have anything on.