Re: IIWU battle royale - Scro magic

Sun, Jun 8, 1997 3:41 AM EDT, Darkstar:
>If I remember rightly the Scro did have warrior priests and the like to heal
and man their helms.<
  War Priests, or Sons of Dukagsh, don't get posted to fleets until they
reach 5th cleric/ 5th mage on their homeworld (different from Paul
Westermeyer's Realmspace scro) which seems a long time.  Then to "top out" of
their profession in wildspace, unless using rules to exceed level limits?
 Roger Moore's scro article in the Dragon Annual goes on to state (p.52) "A
5th-level war priest with training as a necromancer and of wisdom of 18 would
then have 10 wizard spells (at least 3 of them necromantic) and 13 priest
spells - not bad!"
Then, they fill the upper ranks of the navy (ie. Admiral Halker) and there's
one on each of the three ship's watches plus the captain and yes...scro have
some magic.
  But, IMO, it is still a catch-up game to the elves who are "fey" creatures
after all (whatever that means, probably an edge in enchanted items, no sleep
or charm, magical aptitude, and, unlike Dukagsh, the ready ear of their
gods.)  Magic may not be their best thing, but one of a few things scro have
up their sleeves to fight the elves.