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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 11:56 AM
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Help - need some pirate names and pirate ship names
The players in my ongoing D&D campaign will be off on a bit of a sidetrek in the coming weeks, which includes a visit to a pirate haven that is home to over 1,000 pirates.

I have two main ships already named - the Dark Gloryand the Red Wake.

However, I want a few more ship names and a few more pirate captain names, so I can say something like "Arr, I'm dirty Jack Rackham from the Revenge, the meanest pirate in these parts..."

Thanks!
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:00 PM
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1. May I suggest
You seek out real pirates: http://www.myspace.com/thepiratescharles
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:06 PM
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13. Is that the latest...
...FreeCreditReport.com commercial?
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:02 PM
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2. Well, there's Barnacle Bill the Sailor Man
But that's probably not what you're after. :P
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:10 PM
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4. Not to mention
Captain Feathersword from "The Wiggles"
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:05 PM
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3. May I be the first to suggest Honus Wagner and Roberto Clemente?
We can get that out of the way.
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:33 PM
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23. Oops! I didn't see your post! Sorry...
...Great minds think alike. Hey, how about "Big Poison" and "Little Poison"? Those are pretty good swashbuckling names.

I've got my Clemente 1972 baseball card right in front of me as I write this. My hero.
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JoDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:17 PM
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5. Some real ship names
"Queen Anne's Revenge"
"Adventure Prize"
"Black Joke"
"Sudden Death"

Find more, along with names of real pirates at:
http://www.geocities.com/captcutlass/Ship.html

Scroll all the way to the bottom.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 04:58 PM
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31. thanks
maybe I can pirate a few of them!
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coyotespaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:47 PM
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6. Have you checked out the Swashbuckling Adventures series
for v3.0? Better yet, you could pick up the 7th Sea role-playing game that S.A. was adapted from. Tons of piratey goodness in there.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:59 PM
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10. I think I have one of the books
i'll have to dig it up and check it out.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:50 PM
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7. The Dowdy Lass
This was the name of "our" vessel in a glorious cinematic game my wife and I played in. Pirates are not all blood and thunder 24/7--their grim and/or bawdy sense of humor should shine, too, especially in buccaneers ("on me buckin' 'ead, that's where") confident enough not to have to be scary all the time.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 12:52 PM
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8. Dirty Sam
The cook.

Mess is his calling.

:P
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 01:10 PM
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9. When I was doing a silly comic strip that involved pirates they sailed on the The Bloody Lip.
:)

I also managed to make a funny anecdote out of a typo I made... in one panel I referred to a pirate as 'Black-Eyed Bill', and in another as 'One-Eyed Bill'. So I made up a story about how he refused to eat citrus and got scurvy, which is why his name went from 'Bill' to 'Black-Eyed Bill' and then eventually to 'One-Eyed Bill'. :P
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:03 PM
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11. Capt evil Angelo Mozilo from the ship Countryside.
Well, you said you wanted pirates.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:19 PM
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14. Not to mention
Pirates Ken Lay and Bernard Ebbers...

and also starring George W. Bush as Lord Cutler Beckett.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:05 PM
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12. Biggie Smalls Biggie Smalls Biggie Smalls
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:21 PM
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15. Need new reading glasses--read that as
Biggie Smells Biggie Smells Biggie Smells


:rofl:
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:25 PM
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16. Roberto Clemente and Honus Wagner.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:05 PM
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18. Willie Stargell, too
and, Barry Bonds was originally a pirate.
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:29 PM
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22. I remember! Back when they were in contention...
...Actually, Barry Bonds is not a bad pirate name. A better pirate name, however, is "Mudcat" Grant.

Bill Mazeroski is not a very good pirate name, let's be honest. Yet he was one hell of a Pirate!
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 02:26 PM
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17. Air Force One
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:28 PM
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21. Commandeered by Spurious George and Slick Dick
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 04:41 PM
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28. Arrrggghh
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 05:04 PM
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32. Haha! So he DOES have hair!
:rofl:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 06:42 PM
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35. Only when Lynne needs a fantasy acted out
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:22 PM
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19. A few to choose from
Bartholomew Roberts and the Royal Fortune
Charles Vane
Blackbeard and Queen Anns Revenge
Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind
Stede Bonnet and the Royal James
Benito De Soto and the Black Joke
George Lowther and the Happy Delivery(added points for starting out a slave ship)
Edward England and the Cassandra
Thomas Cocklyn and the Bird Gallery.
Captain Kidd and the adventure Galley
Henry Avery and the Gang-i-Saway
Howell Davis and the King James

In the mean time, if anyone has any interest in some limited edition Gold leafed Antiguan banknotes with pirate ship designs, drop me a line
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:00 AM
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38. Thanks
I'm sure I could modify a few to fictionalize them.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:25 PM
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20. I have a pirate name and ship name that I use for pirate games that you can use.
The captain is Mistress Skylark Blackheart and she sails the Midnight Breeze.

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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:45 PM
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27. good one, thanks
after all the jokes, it's nice to have a few good ones to pick!
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:35 PM
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24. How about Cheney's Bucket of Blood
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:37 PM
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25. C'mon folks, women have been pirates too...
How about Lady Killigrew? Anne Bonny? Mary Read?
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 03:45 PM
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26. Thanks for pointing that out
I specifically kept it sex-neutral, as there are plenty of opportunities for women pirates here.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 04:57 PM
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29. I did give a female pirate.
:P

:hi::hug:

How arrrrrre ye?
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 05:13 PM
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33. Yay!
:hug:
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 04:58 PM
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30. Cockpuncher
I watched Onion The Movie last night and that's the first thing that came to mind.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 06:03 PM
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34. A few possible ship names
Lady Tantalus
Wing of Tartarus
Acheron’s Fire
Harbinger of Orcus
Cold Fury
Midnight Nemesis
Raptor of Vengeance


Give me a bit of time and I'll think of some pirate captains to go with them.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 06:50 PM
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37. Thanks - good ones
I like Midnight Nemesis quite a bit.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 06:46 PM
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36. Ted. n/t
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