Re: World Wreckers

Greetings,

In our last episode, Michael Sandy said:
>Does anyone besides me find some irony in the close proximity of the
>phrases "Destroy World or Sphere" and "Good Guys"?

	Were there not enough smileys in my posts?  (:

>After reading the discussion on this group, what the Neogi did doesn't
>seem particularly unreasonable.  It seems the principle in operation
>is that the Elves, Illithids and Beholders are going to unite in order
>to preserve their ability to war ceaselessly on those they disagree with.

	It's for this reason that I think Under the Dark Fist is a
"silly" adventure.  I don't mean silly as in funny, but as in
"unrealistic".  The reason that "The Alliance" won't work is the same
reason that makes something so large scale as the Vodoni Empire
unfeazable.  If we assume that a single power could "unite" 13 spheres,
then why can't somebody come along and "unite" three?

	I liked the adventure, but if I ever use it the scope will be
much smaller.

>Isolationism is not possible after encountering a multisphere power that
>is expanding.

	Right.  But I also think that a single power, such as the elves,
could send in a commando squad -- or a party of PCs -- and "change the
tides of battle".  The Alliance would never win a war, so they need to
be sneaky, and sneakiness doesn't *need* an alliance...  Hope that made
sense... (:

>What _I'd_ do is colonize the _hell_ out of Herd Space.  Build the
>population up to a few trillion and the _squish_ the Vodoni.  Herd
>Space has more habitable area than all the other spheres combined.

	Herdspace rules.  Imagine unifying *that* piece of relastate. (:

-Static

ps.  And speaking of the Alliance's inability to fight a long term war
in Vodonispace, what about the Vodoni Empire's ability to bring the
war to us?  Do the three spheres even have anything to fear?

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