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The Dragger hunched over the side of the boat, the salt of the spray stinging his eyes. Near the back his crewmate sang an old Dragger tune, the beat echoing out into the mist and open sea. The chains groaned as they lead down from the boat, dragging across the bottom of the ocean, searching for a catch.

The old sea-dog winced and rubbed his stump. The leg had always given him grief when he knew it was near. That thing that lashed his chains across the deck in the eye of a storm, severing his foot clean in two.

He squinted out across the choppy waves, hands clutching his harpoon so tightly they bled. Then a fin the size of a sail crested the dark waters and a great moaning broke the fog, silencing his singing mate.

The Dragger smiled through cracked teeth as the crew raised their harpoons, his nemesis was here.

In Shanties & Sea-Serpents players take the role of Draggers, crusty old sea-dogs working together to fish up the strange oddities that swarm beneath the surface in the sea of teeth. Gutting them for Chum to trade for upgrades on their floating dock and throwing themselves back into the storm. Each Dragger aims to one day take down their White Whale, their Moby Dick, their nemesis. Only then will they truly be happy.

- A GM-free game for 2+ Draggers that can be played to completion in an hour!
- 101 Beasties of the deep in the expansive Beastie Array!
- 10 Unique White Whales!
- Search the creatures guts for anything useful and chop them up for Chum!
- A completely unique never-before-seen dice-free fishing mechanic!
- A hidden Easyer Egg monster obtainable through an incredibly convoluted way. I'm serious, you'll probably only see it 1/7 playthroughs!

Purchase

Buy Now$8.00 USD or more

In order to download this TTRPG you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $8 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Sailing Chart + Dragger License.pdf 16 MB
Shanties & Sea Serpents.pdf 173 MB

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Shanties And Sea Serpents is a feature length fishing minigame done as a ttrpg.

The PDF isn't gigantic, but the information is well organized and the mechanics have some definite flesh on them.

You play by rolling to increase your distance from port, stopping periodically to try and catch fish, until you get far enough to attempt to battle your White Whale.

There's a definite Weird Nautical flavor to the illustrations, layout, and lore, and it adds a lot of charm to the game. Similarly, the PCs being called Sea Draggers is a great touch.

The game doesn't really need a GM, and it supplies the players with roll tables, a character sheet, and all the resources needed to easily play.

Shanties can also be pretty easily bolted onto another system if you want to add a whole nautical questing component to your current fantasy campaign.

Overall, if you like fishing rpgs, definitely check this one out.