I think we’d best add some rules:

The Ship:

The Captain and his crew ply the seas on the Inquisitor, a schooner of ninety feet, two masts, and a deck of cannon. There are several locations (Parts of the Ship) on the Ship—the Captain’s quarters, the Forecastle, the Holds, the Crow’s Nest, the Crew’s quarters and three decks: the Main Deck, the Forecastle Deck, and the Quarter Deck. Any Swashbuckler on the Ship may change eir place on the Ship by posting notice on the front page, with the exception that only the Captain may be in the Captain’s quarters unless e details circumstances under which a Swashbuckler may move into the Captain’s quarters.

Swashbuckling:

All Swashbuckler’s are proficient with cutlasses, knives, belaying pins, and such short melee weapons. Any Swashbuckler may Duel with another Swashbuckler provided that the two are in the same Part of the Ship. To do so, e must make a post to the front page containing the name of eir opponent, the location onboard the ship, and the outcome of the duel, preferably with some descriptive text. E must then make Y DICE5 checks, where Y is the eir GPS, and Z DICE5 checks, where Z is the opponent’s GPS. If the sum of the Y DICE5 checks is strictly greater than the sum of the Z DICE5 checks,  then the initiator wins the Duel, and otherwise e loses the Duel.

If a Swashbuckler wins a Duel, e shall increase eir GPS by one point, and decrease eir opponent’s GPS by one point. If a Swashbuckler loses a Duel, e shall decrease eir GPS by one point, and increase eir opponent’s GPS by one point. If the GPS would be negative after outcome of the Duel, set that GPS score to zero. No Swashbuckler may Duel another Swashbuckler whose GPS is zero.

No Swashbuckler may initiate a Duel with another Swashbuckler in one Part of the Ship more than once per day. Further, no Swashbuckler may initiate more than a Quorum’s number of Duels in one day.

Captain’s orders:

Any Swashbuckler Dueling with the Captain must engage (Duel) all other Swashbucklers in the same Part of the Ship after the Duel, even if this increases the initiator’s number of Duels for that day above Quorum. The Captain may add two points to each DICE5 check e makes during a Duel.

Demon rum:

If a Swashbuckler is in the Crew’s quarters and has a GPS of zero, e may set eir GPS to one, but may not change eir location on the Ship any more that day, Blognomic time. No Swashbuckler may Duel with another Swashbuckler in the Crew’s Quarters. The Swashbuckler with the greatest GPS may not enter the Crew’s quarters.

These rules should make the action for this Dynasty fast paced and furious, something I’d love to see after the last Dynasty. I thought long and hard trying to balance the mechanics, and I feel that these rules prevent any sort of rich get richer scenario where one pirate gets a massive score and can’t be trounced, as long as the Captain keeps order, like a good Captain is supposed to.