Fw: [PLANESCAPE] - Spelljammers on the Astral

This recently came up on the Planescape list and I thought that it
would be of interest to this list as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rasgon <Rasgon@???.com>
To: planescape@????.com <planescape@????.com>
Date: 28 February 1998 15:01
Subject: Re: [PLANESCAPE] - Spelljammers on the Astral


>In a message dated 98-02-27 18:05:20 EST, Chris Downer writes:
>
><<
> I don't see why [spelljammers couldn't make you move faster in the
Astral>>
>
>Because they don't help you think any faster than you would without a
>Spelljammer, and it's thoughtspeed, not magical propulsion, that
helps you
>move on that plane.
>
>You might think  you're going at spelljammer speeds, but that
githyanki ship
>is still going to cut you off because it was designed to work on this
plane,
>and yours wasn't.
>
>And it's still going to take just as long to find the right color
pool,
>because that travel time is based ENTIRELY on how many times you've
been to
>the plane before.  Unless the Arcane give you some sort of upgrade
(a
>sentient helm?  Would it report your goings-on to the Arcane?)
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