Talk:The F'c'le
Currently there is No Clover adventure. --Tiwaz 12:38, 4 December 2007 (CST)
I don't know if I should be doing this, and will take it out later if it was wrong to do so, but I'll post some numbers and text since nothing is on the main page except the adventures themselves. This is with a 25th level Gravy Fairy, no buffs, ant rake, stainless steel scarf, and Colonel Mustard's Lonely Spades Club Jacket.
You're fighting a curmudgeonly pirate/This pirate wants you to get off of his lawn, even though there isn't a lawn on the ship, as far as you can see. He's also not fond of the hippity-hoppity music you kids today are listening to, and wishes to remind you that when he was your age, he knew how to respect his elders/He's the ship's janitor, so he spends most of the day leaning on a mop and saying "back in my day," to anyone who will listen./You acquire an item: mizzenmast mop/You acquire an item: curmudgel/You acquire an item: handful of sawdust/You acquire an item: all-purpose cleaner
You're fighting a crusty pirate/This pirate is a crusty old salt covered with crusty old salt (and barrrnacles). His attitude and his hygiene habits combine for perfect crusty synergy. You hope he's a member of the upper crust, because you really don't want anything to do with his lower crust./You acquire an item: tarrrnish charrrm
You're fighting a clingy pirate/You feel an arm slip around your waist, and look up to see a male pirate clinging to you. "Hey, let's sit down for a while and talk about our feelings," he says./"Uh, how about we don't?" you reply. Tears well up in the clingy pirate's eyes./"I just feel so emotionally distant from you right now," he says, "could you just hold me for a little while?"/"If by 'hold' you mean 'beat on,' then sure."
You're fighting a creamy pirate/This pirate is practically smothered in various creams. He slathers on various unguents for everything from dry skin to missing limbs. No one knows why he does it -- maybe he was born under a bad sign. He usually spends his time hanging out in a white room with black curtains, far from the sunshine of your love, but today he's passing the time on the pirate ship before he dances the night away./You acquire an item: Oil of Parrrlay
You're fighting a chatty pirate/So, the other day I was standing here on the ship, looking out at the ocean, and then another pirate walked up and looked at the ocean with me for a while, and then he walked away. Then I went down to the galley and ate lunch -- it was nothing fancy, just some hardtack and grog -- I wonder why they call it hardtack, anyway? I guess it's hard because it's dehydrated, but I'm not sure where the 'tack' part comes from. Anyway, I finished lunch, then I went upstairs and stared at the ocean some more, and then...
You're fighting a cleanly pirate/This pirate is obsessed with hygiene and grooming. His fingernails are always dirt-free, his hair always neatly washed and combed, and his skin scrubbed to ruddy perfection. He'd stand out in any crowd of people, but on a filthy pirate vessel he's like a gold tooth in a vat of motor oil./It's rumored, incidentally, that his obsession with cleanliness comes from always playing second fiddle to his childhood friend, the godly pirate. --Kingmob 12:45, 4 December 2007 (CST)
An Impractical Joke/As you walk across the F'c'le, you're accosted by a pirate (there seem to be a lot of them on this pirate ship, oddly enough). "Hey there, swabbie," he says, "I wonder if ye could run an errand for me, what with ye being the new guy and all."/"Sure," you say. You figure he's going to send you off to hunt snipes or something, but figure you might as well get the hazing over with quickly. At least there don't seem to be any paddles in sight./"I left me spare hook in that supply closet over there - would ye mind fetchin' it for me?"/You open the door to the supply closet, expecting someone to jump out and shout "Supplies!". Instead, you're dowsed with freezing cold water from the bucket that was resting on top of the door./"Harrr harrr harrr, that was hilarious!" you say. "What a great and not at all annoying practical joke. Let's celebrate with some grog."/You let the practical joker drink himself under the table, then you carefully saw most of the way through his pegleg, cut the belt to his trousarrrs, and shout "FIRE! THE SHIP BE ON FIRE!" right in his ear./The ensuing ruckus is very, very moxious.
The Chamber Music of the Sea/You find yourself alone on the F'c'le, finally able to enjoy a rare moment of silence amidst the hustle and bustle of a functioning pirate ship. You gaze out across the open ocean, and spot a rock sticking out of the water, with -- no, it can't be -- yes, it is! No, surely not. Yes, surely so! Nope, it's not possible. Yes, it's totally possible! There are two mermaids on top of the rock! Do you think they will sing to you?/They do! They spy you and start singing a mermaid song, each to each, full of free-spirited longing. They sing about how great it would be to have legs, so they could wear white flannel trousers and walk along the beach. They sing about how much it sucks to live underwater, how their hands are always pruny, how they can never get their hair to do what they want. They sing of mighty undersea kingdoms, and of the revolutions that replaced those kingdoms with democratic republics, which started out idealistically but degenerated into soul-crushing bureaucracy and infighting. They sing of the vast treasures hidden in countless shipwrecks, and the inevitable mounds of paperwork and hefty taxes that would come from finding them./All in all, it's a little depressing. As they start the next verse, which seems to be about either an artist or a nunchaku-wielding turtle, you kind of tune it out./Still, the whole experience is profoundly mystical. It almost gives you the courage necessary to eat a peach.
Come on Baby, Find My Pliers/As you cross the F'c'le, the ship lurches unexpectedly (well, it's pretty expected that the ship's going to lurch, but this one caught you by surprise), and you stumble. The seasoned pirates nonchalantly adjust to the motion, then point at you and laugh./"Ye must be the new Cabin Boy, eh, me hardy?" a pirate says. "I can see you haven't got yer sea legs yet!"/"I'm sure I'll be an expert seaman in no time," you say, and the pirate chuckles./"Now there be a joke that never gets old," he says. "But listen - there's a secret to keepin' yer feet on a sea vessel, says I, and if you do me a favor, I'll teach it to ye. I seem to have misplaced me favorite pair of barrrnacle pliers - they're left-handed, you see, and no other pair'll do. A fine pair of pliers, they be - they were designed by the seafaring trio Moore, Mann, and Tabb. If ye can find my Moore-Mann-Tabb Barrnacle Pliers, I'll help ye out, savvy?"/"Sure," you say. "The trick is to retrace your steps. Do you remember where you last saw them?"/"Yarr, I think they were right over there, where that big pile of cannonballs be."/You walk over to a pyramid of cannonballs and get to heaving them out of the way. You probably should have started at the top of the pyramid, though -- you pull one ball out of the bottom, and the whole stack falls on top of you. You spend the next few minutes extricating yourself, but don't find the pliers. A few hours later, after you've searched the entire ship, the pirates let you know that there's no such thing as Moore-Mann-Tabb Barrrnacle pliers, and that the whole thing was a prank. Great./At least lifting all those cannonballs was a good workout. --Kingmob 12:45, 4 December 2007 (CST)
Where is it?
When I enter the Cove, all I see is Barrrtleby's Barrrgain Books and Barrrney's Barrr, any ideas?
--Xxlee1019 20:05, 4 December 2007 (CST)
- YOu have to complete part of the pirate quest to open it. --Chunky_boo 20:12, 4 December 2007 (CST)
I have gathered the necessary three items, but after over 100 Adventures I have not yet gotten the A Fledgling Pirate Is You! adventure for the pirate fledges. Advice or suggestions??? Mamph 09:07, 6 December 2007 (CST)
- You need to use them from your inventory first. Did you?--Toffile 09:18, 6 December 2007 (CST)
- Check the quest page for info about it Cap'm Caronch Quest --Plater (t|c) 09:20, 6 December 2007 (CST)
Moxie for no hit
Seven? Seriously? --Wavedash 14:18, 9 December 2007 (CST)
Are we sure that 107 is the Moxie for no hit here? I'm currently adventuring here with 111 and I'm getting hit a LOT. Way more than could be the result of enemy criticals.--Buyacanary 02:23, 25 February 2008 (CST)
- Do you have +ML? --Flargen 02:30, 25 February 2008 (CST)
Collecting Bits of Clingfilm
Has anyone else been unable to get the clingfilm drop after a couple of clingy pirates? If so, has anyone noticed how many? All I'm noticing is that even if I spend 80+ adventures here with item drop boosters I still only get a few (2 or 3) clingfilms. --Mabelrxu 06:58, 13 May 2008 (CDT)
- low drop rate + rng love = empty-handedness. --Evilkolbot 11:44, 13 May 2008 (CDT)
- really? even with full BHH and other stuff? wow ... thx! --Mabelrxu 20:42, 13 May 2008 (CDT)
barrrnacles
The barrrnacle link for the crusty pirate points to a disambiguation page. Should this be corrected so it points to Barrrnacle (Hatchling)?--Scutterman 09:43, 7 August 2008 (CDT)
Notes?
Why is that called Notes? Shouldn't it be References? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ullallulloo (talk • contribs) on 2009 September 23
- I think that it qualifies as a "note" since it is explaining a pun rather than explaining a reference to pop culture. --Club (#66669) (Talk) 17:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Reference
I realize I'm opening a can of worms here, but I just actually read what F'c'le purportedly references and I'm pretty sure they weren't going for "fuck all" with this one. I agree it's a play on forecastle, but I always read it as "fecal", being a joke on the poop deck. --AnyLameName 12:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Quest Items
It'd be nice to be able to figure out what the drop rate on the f'c'le items is.
How I propose doing this: by using high +item% modifiers to rule out values if you miss.
So, for instance, at +150%, if you do NOT get the item, you know that the item must have less than a 40% base drop rate.
I also think that all three F'c'le Quest Items have the same drop rate, but that might not be true. However, as you can see from this table, We have missed at +190% item, which rules out 35% as a possible base drop rate for the rigging shampoo.
To add stuff to this table, put your successes at the given +item% amount, as well as your failures at that +item% amount.
The higher the +item%, the better, because higher item% rules out more values. Good breakpoints are: 150% to rule out 40%; 186% to rule out 35%; 204% to rule out 33%; 234% to rule out 30%; and 300% to rule out 25%.
I would ask that you only add to the table if you actually know what you're doing. --MindlessGames 02:20, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
| +Item% | ball polish | mizzenmast mop | rigging shampoo | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| +139.71% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| +141.78% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| +143.83% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +145.87% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| +155.88% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| +190.17% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| +237.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Someone said that it got leaked somewhere that these are all 30% base drop, can anyone confirm that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MindlessGames (talk • contribs) on 20:38, 27 October 2009
