The Pirates Arrr Coming!

Arrr! Spent a lot of time this week working on the Pirates of Penzantium skills. I followed the same structure as the WEGS 101 breakdown: 8 skills for Tricksters, Warriors and Rangers; 12 for Mages and Sages. The Skolars are starting with four fewer spells each, so total skill count is 48 new skills. The fun of creating these skills was in coming up with new ways to break the system and do new stuff with the dice. I'm even introducting a new skill type called the "spill". It's a Spante skill. Each Arketype has one of these skills and it is played during the Spante. The gimmick is that only one of these spills can be in play at a time and last only one inning. The expense for using a spill is 8 spoints. That's pretty expensive - the spoint fee is so high that it is beyond all Ark's Spell Point Strength (which sets their spoint spending cap). So, to use a spill other Arks/players have to "buy-in". If they do, they receive spill benefits, too. Up to 8 Arks can buy-in. Spills are going to energize the Spante and encourage all players to take a part. It's a team building mechanic, too. I think the results are top-notch - can't wait to see the new skills and spills in action!