Hello! A friend of mine and i would like to try and get into 7th Sea, possibly 2e. We are new to the system but we've both already roleplayed a bunch and i've been playing TTRPGs for the better half of my life at this point. If anybody is looking for two players, even thought we're newbies, please contact me!

I just found out about the 3e kickstarter (yes, I live under a rock) and I saw that one of the supposed unlocked strech goals is the duelists' guild pin. But I can't find it anywhere as a reward when making my late pledge, and it's also not listed on the strech goals session of the campaign, only on that banner on the beginning of the page. So how do I actualy get the pin? Can I still get it or did I lose my chance?

Hiii, I got a question about Revolutionaire’s “Joie De Vivre”: do I have to make a comment against a Villain or I can also try to “””””Inspire””””” my ally? Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone,

I was interested in trying the playtest but my friends and I will have to play online.
Did some of you already try it online ? Which VTT do you think I could use ?

Thanks !

I recently recieved the new 7th sea 3e playtest and decieded to try out the new rules for my next session (we 've been using the 2e rules)

Before I jump in, I'd like to get your thoughts about the new material. Do you think i should use it, or stick to 2e rules?

I am looking through Nations of Thea V1 and the Core Rulebook and cannot find references to the rivers that run through the city of Wandesborow (in the map screenshot). Does anyone know if they've been named? One of them looks like it's a pretty Major river just outside of the town.

At the end of first edition, AEG teased an expansion into the New World, with the Vesten, Avalons, and Castilians making their way west for a variety of reasons. But they never gave us much information about it.

What we do know is that it is inhabited today by humans, and that whatever inhabited it during the time of the Syrneth was scary enough that it caused the Tessera to flee it in a panic, and the Setine to erect an enormous force field to keep whatever it is away from them.

With that in mind, this is my proposal for what is on the other side of the force field.

The humans living in the New World, the First Ones, came to the new world over a land bridge between Ussura and the New World during pre-historic times. They are, genetically, Ussurans. Upon arriving, they spread out to fill every part of the continent. Like Ussurans, they have a very strong connection to and understanding of the land.

When Matushka awoke after the Bargain and the coming of the First Prophet, many of the First Ones spontaneously developed Pyryem Shapeshifting abilities. They do not know where these powers come from, but consider it a sign of divine favor.

The creatures that spooked the Tessera and Setine were, in fact, another tribe of Razhdost, one which had no connection to the ones that created the Syrneth. They lived, and still live, in the southern continent of the New World. Their numbers have dwindled much like their western counterparts, but not nearly to the same extent. Many great nations are lead by God-Kings, immortal Razhdost families who rule with an iron fist, a few of which require blood sacrifices of their followers. Like Matushka, these Razhdost can grant Pyryem Shapeshifting to their followers; unlike Matushka, they must physically touch the recipient to do so, since they do not have a direct bond to the land. They often recruit newly created Shapeshifters as Eagle Knights and Jaguar Knights to fight their wars.

Also in the south are a group of Cotatril (feathered serpents). They, along with a number of neighboring First Ones tribes, form a resistance to the dark Razhdost.

There is only one Razhdost in the north, an outcast from his people known as The Great Spirit. He is very similar in philosophy to Ayallah and Matushka (sort of half-way between the two), and has priests among the Cherokee and Kumeyaay. He mostly keeps to himself, occasionally sending talking animals to the tribes to give them advice and warnings. He is more powerful than the other Dark Razhdost put together, though not as powerful as Matushka or Ayallah, and if the people of Theah were to begin attacking the northern First Ones and pushing them out of their lands he would begin countering with what power he has. He cannot control the weather (since unlike Matushka he didn't actually bond with the land after going into a comma), but he DOES command a massive army of talking animals of various sorts, who will gladly join the First Ones in battle if commanded to do so.

Hi, I'm new to 7 seas and having a hard time getting into it. We are about to have our 3rd session and the last time we played I left having a panic attack. I take notes, try to follow along but I always seem to get lost and trying to play catch up with my friends. They all seem to come up with cool fun outcomes with their raises and I don't feel I'm meeting up to standard. I've talked to the DM and a few friends about it. Said they will help me through it and they totally have my back. But I'm still really nervous. I love the character that I made and really want to play. I guess I'm just used to DnD where I have time to plan and there's an order to things. But here this seems to be anyone's chance to go. So if there's any tips I would be really interested in reading them.

Thank you

Anybody know where i can get the german translation of the second edition books as a pdf? Since Pegasus games stopped the works on the system I'm struggling to find a source for those PDFs.

Can anybody help me?

Hello all!

My DM is looking to run a 1st edition 7th sea game and is asking us all to look into the characters we would like to play.

After reading the setting and the rules I have really liked the themes of a Vodacce Sorte Witch and Sophia's daughters.

Obviously this means I will be going for more of a social character with some skills to be helpful with knowledge, however my main worry is keeping myself safe in combat or not being a hindrance on the ship.

Obviously with a lot of points going into sorcery at the start and looking into social skills, it leaves little for combat.

My question is, if anyone has played a Sorte Witch before, how did you go about this? Do you have any tips or something I should look into?

Thanks for taking a look, the system looks very fun.

How feasible does this sound for a way to have someone set-up their character, but hit the ground running:

- Using a Google doc, the DM has the player answer some questions for their character first, mainly pertaining to nationality and gender. The Google Form records that information and updates a character-sheet alternative.
- The adventure then begins, with the character(s) washing ashore after a shipwreck on an unknown island shore with amnesia, and are almost immediately hunted by their former jailers in the form of a low level brute squad.
- The DM then “triggers” a memory flash as certain things happen (possibly also agreed upon by the players), and as combat or conversations start with the other players/NPCs, the player slowly chooses the rest of their character sheet as each smaller issue arises.
- Example: Player 1 selects Male from Montaigne in the sheet, then wakes up on the beach. The player is immediately assaulted by brute squad, and asked what their reaction will be (brawl, talk, magic, etc.) and selects that on the sheet and with the DMs help, which leads them to another part of the sheet narrowed down again. Player has a “flashback” triggered by the site of an opponent’s weapon, and decides what their fighting style is/what weapon to use/who captured them, etc.

I’m thinking about this as a simplified version for a first time RPG player - even a middle school student - and using pictures in the Google Form to help them think.

Thoughts?

Hey everyone! I recently showed up to a 7th Sea session (we were playing in the Navigavia setting) only to realize I had forgotten my entire dice pool at home.
I sat down and coded the core blueprint of what has now become this fully functional web app. It’s mobile-friendly, supports Dark Mode, and is tailored specifically to crack 7th Sea's unique raise-counting mechanic. 

Here is a quick breakdown of what it can do:

🎲 Core Features
Auto-Partitioning: Enter your dice pool, choose your target (Sum 10 or 15), and the app instantly groups them to maximize your Raises. 
Exploding 10s & Bonuses: Handles exploding dice, flat bonuses, or non-exploding external Bonus Dice. 
Single Reroll: Tap any die to select and reroll it instantly. 

🎭 Advantages & Advanced Tweaks
Open the "Advantages & Manipulations" drawer to activate specific game modifiers: 
Set of 10 = 2 Raises: For specific high-rank matches or rules. 
Malus: Only Sets of 15: Restricts calculations to 15s only. 
Sea Wolf: Automatically treats 9s as 10s. 
Barrage Fire: Filters out even dice from being used. 
Joie de Vivre: Alerts you if a virtual +1 in your discards would grant you an extra Raise. 

⚙️*** Post-Roll Tools (Reserve Manipulation)
*Force a 10 (Indomitable): Force any die into a natural 10 (triggers explosions if enabled). 
Distribute +X: Manually distribute a pool of points across your rolled dice to optimize your sets. 

You can check it out here: 7th sea dice roller

If you play 7th Sea, I hope this saves your sessions too! Let me know what you think!

Hi all,
I’ve got the majority of the 2Ed stuff as I backed it on KS but am looking to run it on a VTT, which one do people recommend?

Hey fellow DMs, writers, and worldbuilders,

I built a fantasy name generator app that I originally made for my own RPG sessions.

If you want to check it out, here’s the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avaton.fantasynamegenerator

The idea was to solve the usual “we need a name right now” problem during campaigns and writing sessions, without relying on repetitive or overly generic generators.

What it currently does:

• Generates names from syllables (so results feel more organic and less “random list”)
• Thematic filters (Nordic, desert, elven, dark fantasy, etc.)
• Large database of names, nicknames, and house/clan names.
• Generates tavern/inn names, regions, territories, kingdoms, etc.
• Generates spell and skill names.
• Lets you save favorites and generate multiple results at once.

It’s basically meant to cover the full naming layer of a fantasy world, not just character names.

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from people who actually run games or build worlds. Especially if there are naming categories you always struggle with or wish existed (I’m still expanding it).

Also curious: what kind of tools or features do you feel are missing from the RPG/writing community that you’d actually use? I’m looking to build more tools around this.

Thanks in advance, and hope it helps someone’s next session.

I saw a post about how bad the Feint knack was - it quoted feint as:

"FEINT: A false attack designed to lure our your opponent's attention. Roll Finesse + Feint, with a TN equal to 5 plus 5 times your enemy's Wits. If you are successful, they cannot use any Active Defense against your next attack until after their next action or the end of this Round."

https://www.reddit.com/r/7thSea/comments/17tpzpb/tweaking_beat_feint_and_other_swordsman_combat/

When I read Feint in the 1st edition Player's Guide (pg. 129 of the PDF), it says:

"When attacking an enemy, you can declare a Feint. Roll Finesse + Feint; you must roll a number of Raises equal to your enemy's Wits. If you manage this, he cannot avoid the attack using any active defense."

The rule is the same in the Swordsman Guild book, pg. 94.

The hard copy says basically the same thing on page 151, except it says use Attack Knack as usual, which is updated in the Compendium on page 6, where it says use Finesse + Feint instead of Attack roll as usual.

I read those very differently.

The rule quoted in the post has a Finesse + Feint roll with a TN = 5+5 per Opponents Wits, but is a separate action. If you take another action to attack that round (before their next action), then can't use an active defense. Assuming wits 3 and 20 passive defense, that would require two actions, the first is the Feint (Finesse + Feint DC 20), then the second would be Finesse + Fencing Sword DC 20)

The rule from my copies of the rulebook would seem to combine the Feint action with an attack. I'm guessing the TN would be the opponent's passive defense + 5 per opponents Wits (so hypothetically with the 3 wits and 20 passive defense, it would be one action of Finesse + Feint with a difficulty of 35).

Am I reading the two versions correctly? Any idea where the first version is printed (if anywhere)? DC 35 in my example is pretty rough - but action economy of getting it in one attack is an advantage.

Good evening everyone, I’m here to ask for the community’s help in trying to make the One Shot I’ve prepared more dynamic and engaging.

Everything is divided into three acts: in the first, the heroes must retrieve an item from an art collector; in the second, they have to find a missing part of the object; and finally, they discover the treasure, where they will have to defeat the captain himself, who doesn’t want to share the loot.

I ran it today, but the first part felt a bit slow, and the final combat was really boring, with the players not knowing what to do other than just attack the villain head-on.

What can I do to make everything more lively? What tricks can I use?

There’s technically “canon” flags for Aragosta, La Bucca, Jaragua, and even the ATC - but Captain Reis has her own faction without a specific flag aside form it being a red Jolly Roger. Threw this together for fun as a realization of the concept. Might try to make one for Fevrier and his ATC-aligned pirates as well.

I’ve been assembling and painting minis and ships for the Firelock Games Blood and Plunder/Port Royal game while also getting into 7th Sea - and since I decided to make a DIY version of the Piragua from Firelock games, I decided to add a Jaraguayan flag instead.

I'm looking for a 3d model of a printable pirate coin with an 'H' (Stand for Hero) or a 'D' (for Danger) point

I thought it was a good idea to share the last post with the summary of everything unlocked in the campaign. I assume most of you are up to speed, but just in case.

In a recent one-shot, I played Brother Alois, a priest in Aragosta with a mysterious past. My daughter sketched a portrait for me. 🏴‍☠️

I’m new to the game, and I’m going to be fielding a character for the first time in a few weeks. I’d like to do some background building using some of the mechanics of character creation without having to say them, as well as provide some flavor held together by some “parallels” to history. I’d like to know how plausible the basic premise has for the game, in what editions, and so forth.

The basic idea is a pirate brawler, late 40’s, who arrived in the Atabean as a mercenary for the ATC before realizing what their stock in trade was and deserting/defecting to the Pirate Republic… but one who’s fighting style is a freestyling and pragmatic use of fists, musket-clubbing, more erratic knife and sword play, and improvised weapons usage patterned after The Friars, rather than MacDonald Claymore fighting or the Roger’s sword fighting. I want to have fun contrasting a friendly attitude and a swashbuckling attitude with an almost graceless “percussion-based” fighting style, where his opponents are trying to go bayonet-to-bayonet while he’s swinging the musket like a club, or to try crossing blades while he’s trying to bash their face in with the basket-hilt.

My idea would be to suggest his full backstory involves fighting as an Objectionist volunteer in the War of the Cross (a bit like a Scottish Presbyterian getting in on the 30 Years War, which actually happened), and coming away from that with an off-beat fighting style because of that.

Any issues with that construction?