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Dark Caribbean Preview 4

Added 2024-03-01 05:25:02 +0000 UTC

Here is this month's new content for The Dark Caribbean!

The writing for New Providence Island and Nassau Town is now finished, and you'll see a new two page spread (currently p. 110 and 111) with What's Happening, Rumors & Hooks, and Encounters & Events tables. Expect to see a LOT more of these with each major port.
There is a fort blueprint map and 2-page spread for the haunted Fort de Rocher on Tortuga. (You can get the new battlemaps here.) This location has a LOT of undead. If your players sneak in on their own with no plan (like mine did) they might die (like one of mine did).
I've included the first draft of the new GM map. This has keyed hexes for Naval Combat random encounters, and also has pins for all of the "secret" locations that won't be on the player map: Necropolis (a.k.a. Skeleton City), The Fountain of Youth, El Dorado, the Abyss, and Atlantis. I've also added the Devil's triangle and a pointer for The Isle of Devil's (modern day Bermuda). There will be a lot more to come with the naval encounters, as the Dark Caribbean is a busy crowded place. Sailing ships will encounter LOTS of other ships, derelicts, sea monsters, events, etc.
You can see the new hand drawn Dark Caribbean logo above!

Other Updates

Of the 54 major NPCs in the Dark Caribbean, I have drawn all but 18 of them this year! As of today I have both the English and the Wretched NPCs all done, so I expect I will start writing the faction and NPCs pages for those NPCs soon.

In the Kickstarter, the NPCs will be available on playing cards (perfect for the Rapscallion class) and on reference cards with their art on the front and key details and stats on the back. I'm thinking about doing just the line art on the playing cards (black ink or red ink) and of course full color for the NPCs cards, but expect to see a poll about that at some point.

I also still have a YouTube video to share with you all, I just need to make a thumbnail for it, which apparently is actually just as important for the algorithm as the content...

I have lots more to share, but this is the stuff that is "ready" for you guys. Expect some polls and a livestream in the near future, and see you at Game On Expo in Phoenix and Gary Con in Lake Geneva!