Swashbuckling on the High Seas

Clearly what we need more of are cutlasses, slides down convenient ropes, duels in the crow's nest with the loser falling to the sharks, cursed emeralds as big as a man's fist, and so on. Conveniently I also have some rules-light RPG systems I am interested in trying out, so I will be running a pirate-themed one-shot, probably the weekend of April 22nd/23rd, probably 1pm-6pm EDT (the date and time are currently up in the air — I'll update this when I've worked it out better).

I'll be providing character writeups for you to pick from. The current set of choices is the following:

• Felden Blackbone, a mighty-thewed barbarian warrior whose axe and great strength make him a terror in boarding parties. Though his lack of civilized education shows from time to time, don't be fooled into thinking there's no brain beneath the brawn.
• 'Lady Darla', an urbane swordswoman with a mysterious past. Rumors swirl about her, but two are heard more often than most: she's got a boy in every port, and she's never lost a swordfight.
• Shanks Wilson, a one-eyed pirate with a hook for his left hand. A skillful captain and navigator, people still talk about the time when, pursued by six ships, he lured two onto the shoals, holed another two with his cannons, and slew the captains of the last two single-handedly (literally) with his cutlass.
• Mother West Wind — they call her a voodoo woman, say her gaze can freeze you in your tracks, claim she can whistle up storms and talk to spirits. Some people even say her monkey, Charles, is all that remains of her last husband.
• Smoky Pete, a strapping and fearless ex-navy man. When he charges into battle with his brace of pistols, few crews will stand their ground against him, and there's nobody better for getting the cannon-crews in shape.
• Kit Leeds, able to climb any rope, pick any lock, con any mark, and if all else fails she has a surprising number of knives on her person. At sea she's a prize in the crow's nest, with the sharpest eyes in the ocean.
• 'Professor' Roberts, whose whip is unorthodox but surprisingly effective at swinging him to a neighboring ship or tripping up a pack of soldiers. His nickname comes from an uncanny knowledge of ancient history and artifacts, the origin of which he refuses to discuss.
• Ennis O'Malley, a startlingly ingenious brawler who scorns swords but can do more damage with a rope, oar, or whatever else is handy than most can do with a cutlass and a pistol.

System-wise, this is going to be extremely No Myth. To get an idea of the kind of genre tropes we're talking about here, it might be useful to look at Sean Barrett's pirate page. The specific rules set is likely to be Wushu, FATE, or one of the systems I've been working on (I will update this when I decide on the system). As usual, feel free to read in advance, but I'll explain the system on the day-of too.