Re: Capital Ships

Toby Mekelburg <toby@????.net> meandered fecklessly...

> I've always wanted to include big ships into SJ, and have done so
with my
> Runedarspace campaign. I basically ignored the fact that there were
no
> ships larger than 100 tons(with the exception of larger citadels) and
went
> ahead and designed the greathelms which are specifically  created to
power
> large ships. The biggest ship I've created is a 1200 ton carrier. I
know
> some people are doing a double take on that, but I've always thought
you
> shouldn't be constrained by the rules if you want to enjoy the game.
"You
> can't do that because the rules say so!" just doesn't cut it for me.

    Though 1,200 is larger than I would go with, I am all for taking
the setting and turning it into what you want.  Cthulhu knows I have
made enough small nips and tucks here and there, as well as a couple
of outright rewrites.
   I would love to see a write up of this ship.  The biggest I went
with was the 450 ton Leviathan class Elven Armada, and its sister ship
the Hive class, a carrier.

> I based the ship on an AOL user's campaign he posted to TSR Online at
AOL.
> He has a ship that is 2000 tons!

    I am going to be on AOL for a while, using up the free hours they
offered (before I dump them).  Is his campaign info available for
download?

> As a side note, I enjoyed your post on the new ship construction
rules.

    Thanks.  I hope to have the final version ready in a couple of
weeks.


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