Re: Psionic Helms

On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, Ken Lipka wrote:
> 	Standard Helm (Minor and Major) - Mages/Priests
> 	Bardic Helm - Bards
> 	Forge - Dwarves
> 	Orbus - Beholders
> 	Lifejammer - anyone brave (stupid) enough to try
> 	Ki - Oriental cultures
> 	Series - Illithid/Psionics
> 	Pool - Illithids
> 	Furnance - anyone with magic items to burn (literally)
> 	Artifurnace - fantasy equivilent of a fusion reactor/warp core
> 			(anyone can use)
> 	Jade - Drow/Other creatures with innate spell abilities

Plus several others...
	Box Helm (unique to the Batship
	Crown of the Stars (A mage's wet dream)
	Gnomish Helm (Your worst nightmare)
	Nonmagickal Engine (We've already debated this one)
	Radiant Helm (Drow, is this what you meant by Jade Helm?)
	Rudder of Propulsion (popular with the Oriental fleets)
	Ultimate Helm (Powers the Spelljammer)

    These are all from a list found in the WCC.

Plus, I have a few more in my campaigns..
	Tactical Helm (I discussed these a while back)
	Psionic Helm (Mentioned these in a post just today)

    Becasue of the rarity of psionics no on has bothered to create a
psionic tactical helm (yet).

    While I am at it (and the list has temporarily risen from its
slumber, like Cthulhu from R'lyeh), I will add that I feel a few of the
Helms are silly...

Ki Helms
    I don't use a lot of Oriental stuff in my camapigns, but when I do
they are not powered by ki helms.  They idea just rubs me the wrong way.


Bardic Helm
    That's handy.  Let's take one of the cool aspects of SJ (spell users
piloting ships) and toss it out the window, replacing it with something
damn goofy.
    "By Ilmaters tears, Gyregorm's down!  It looks like spelljammer shock!
Oh well, send in the next low cost troubabor to pilot the ship.  At least we
still have nine of those guys left."
    If you want to insure that everyone in your party has proficieny with
a musical instrument, give them one of these.
    BTW, is it me or is the Iambus one of the stupidest looking ships in
the game?


	     		  Leroy Van Camp III
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