Re: Wild Mages and Spelljamming helms

On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Paul Westermeyer wrote:

> >In short, my original point stands.  The Wildmages LEVEL DOES NOT CHANGE,
> >only his CASTING LEVEL when casting spells.  Therefore, when sitting on a
> >helm and as no spell is cast, his original level is used.  Also since no
> >spell is cast (and as no "magical energies are summoned"), there can be
> >no Wildsurge in "official D&D" (whatever that is).  But hey, it's your
> >campaign.  Do what you want.
> >
> >--Grimwulf
>
> Whoa,  there Grimwulf.  I think your interpretation is easily as logical
> and consistent as mine (though not more so:))  but it is a far cry from
> "official":)  This is one of the many areas where the SJ rules fall short.
> A careful search of the Spacefarer's Handbook failed to reveal any clues on
> the matter,  and the original boxed set was a bit vague (not surprisingly,
> since Tome of Magic hadn't come out yet:)).  So no one's interpretation is
> official,  we all just have to pick one that fits with our view of the SJ
> cosmos and sell it to our players:)

True.  I had thought I made that clear with previous statements.  Sorry
if it sounded otherwise to you.  I also thought my last two sentences
above would make that clear.  My bad.

--Grimwulf