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?

Figured y'all might enjoy this https://suno.com/s/huJQSIPc4JTEMhHU

Let's just say I wanted to add a whole new country to the setting in a homebrew campaign. Is that considered gauche or just too much work compared to finding an existing locale that fits what the party and I want to do?

I have a question about 1e. The Player's Guide and GM's Guide both say that Cathay is 100% surrounded by the Wall of Fire, but the Cathay and Cresent books say that the path across the Mirror to Cathay is clear post-Cabora. However, I can't find any explanation of how or when that part of the Wall of Fire dropped. I've looked in the Montaigne Revolution book and several of the blue books. Is there an official explanation of this part of the meta-plot somewhere that I haven't looked yet?

I haven't found clear reference in the rules to how the styles interact with one another.

Do you have to pick a style to use if you have multiple? If so, how do you switch between them?

Do you get advantages from multiple styles at the same time?

I have a character with Aldana, Valroux, and Desaix.

Obviously Valroux and Desaix use the same weapons and basic stance, while Aldana a single sword with the other one the back. Obviously no adjustment to stance or loadout would be needed for Valroux and Desaix, and you would just put your hand with the dagger behind your back for Aldana.

Do you have to declare which style you are using each round? Do you get the benefits of other styles?

As apprentice in the styles it doesn't matter too much, but if fighting to with sword and dagger, it would be good to get the aldana advantage of an unkept initiative die. And considering the high cost from an experience perspective, I don't think it's unreasonable to get both.

The only reference I saw to possibly picking a style at a moment was with the exploit weakness where it says you get the bonus even if you're not using that style then. That implies you pick a style to use, but it's unclear to me.

I recently acquired 7th sea Kithai (in french) and could buy the GM screen, which comes along with a set of printed maps.
But those maps are quite small and printed in low def (can't even read most of it). Is there any version of the maps available online in any form ?
ASking only for Kithai, as for Thea i already have the maps in pdf.

I'm new to 7th Sea. One of the biggest draws for me to check it out was John Wick, now I hear that he and Chaosium have parted ways. I have just downloaded the PDFs of the 2nd edition and learn that here is a third edition being launched on Kickstarter at the moment. What's the story? For those who have been long term fans of 7th Sea, what are the pros/Cons of 2nd ed?

Hey everyone! So, I recently managed to buy the 7th Sea - Sorte Deck, this one to be clear:
https://www.chaosium.com/7th-sea-sorte-deck/

But I immediately noticed that some tarots are missing. Like the ones from the Pirate Nations and New World books, but there are two in addition that don't appear anywhere (The Betrayal - The Duel). Does anyone know why? Do you know if the tarot arts of the others exist?

Thanks in advance! :)

Is there anywhere to purchase this still? I can find a physical edition but I would rather have digital.

Ok, who else is excited for the 3e kickstarter?

Hoist the colors!!

Hello! We are looking for 2-3 Players to join us in a 7th Sea Arknights Homebrew Campaign! Knowledge of Arknights or 7th Sea 1st Edition is not required. This will be a 3-4 Hour Roll20 Text Game though we will communicate over discord. Campaign will be character focused/role play heavy though we are fine joking around ooc. We want people to be cordial with each other and would like to avoid pvp. If you can't attend a session please let us know 24 hours in advance if you are able to but we understand that life can happen. For those unfamiliar with the system 7th Sea is a very easy system to learn so don't be worried! The plot of the campaign will be loosely based around character ideas but the introductory plot (subject to change) will be around a Khazmirez Knight Tournament and some regions around Ursus to introduce the world to newcomers. Contact krabbfeet on discord or leave a message in the thread if interested!

Pretty fun tbh

So, in the 3rd edition playtest adventure, there's a note that Verdugo is 93 years old at the time of the adventure... Which I find strange. I'm not sure if it's been stated elsewhere, but I always thought of him as much younger than that, around 50 at most.

Hey all I have a bunch of 7th sea bulk that someone gave me. I’ve never played. Would anyone be interested in obtaining it?