Conquest of the Horde

I meant the jungle. Most pirates are sneaky and go out on treasure hunts and such.

(04-18-2012, 01:13 AM)Zukaza031 Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-17-2012, 04:14 PM)Aphetoros Wrote: [ -> ]The most important thing is doing this right. Of course it can be done, however! Ask yourself several questions.

1. Where did he learn voodoo?
2. Does he truly believe in its power, or is he merely abusing it?
3. If he does; why? Did he ever believe in the Light, and if so, why would he change faiths?
4. More importantly than where, how did he learn voodoo? Did a random troll teach him, and if so why did they?
5. How did he become interested in voodoo?
6. Is he good at voodoo? If not, is he learning, and if so, how?
7. Voodoo is not necessarily a well-accepted practice in other cultures, so why is it that a human (tying into numbers 2 and 3) is a practitioner of trollish magic.

I think that should definitely help you 'get started' on the whole 'voodoo pirate' thing. Simultaneously, he would probably be either a mage or a priest; -probably- a mage.

1:He has been exposed to their culture. Being in booty bay amongst the trolls
2:He believes in it's power but would abuse it if he masters it.
3:To make him more beneficial and feared amongst his crew.
4:Observation, self-teaching, stealing of voodoo trinkets/idols to assist him
5:He lived a long time in Booty Bay and he happened to see some voodoo curses/blessings. He got curious for it.
6:He is learning and might still have some failures. (This could be a flaw for the character). At some points he might succeed to curse someone, at some points he might just curse himself.
7: He would try to keep it hidden and practise it on his ship only. When they assaulted a ship and would have captives he could use them to practise on.

Hope this lists helps for my reasons!

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Oh and I would be a rogue still. For my fencing techniques.

Alright; so you've got that down.

So, who taught him?
How was he accepted by any other trolls; or was it a 'fon?

Perhaps it was a loner troll-- exiled from his tribe-- that, in effort to spite that same tribe, taught their secrets to a human. Your human would need to prove himself worthy of the knowledge, I think. But it might help that the troll was a bit volatile anyways.

Observation, self-teaching, stealing of voodoo trinkets/idols to assist him I meant for learning. But perhaps indeed a loner troll would be a better idea! Although he would murder that trolls afterwards to get rid of evidence.

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Because I believe a human with troll knowledge would be hunted by other trolls.