Re: WCC rules

Paul Westermeyer wrote:
>
> Lot's of folks seem to have jumped on the "Overrated man-o-war" bandwagon
> but I must dissent.  All elven vessels are underpowered _if_ you don't take
> full use of magic. Simply put, elven vessels should have a whole hell of a
> lot of magic:)  Folks have some decent points concerning the ship's size
> compared to tonnage,  I just write those inconsitencies off as a side
> product of the "magical" nature of SJ ship design:) It makes sense to me,
> since it is really a good deep space craft, for the Man-o-War to have
> plenty of space for crew relaxation.
>
	I agree with you on the part about elvish ships should have lots of
magic.  However, I find ships that are undersized annoying.  I like
having lots of space on my spelljammer, and I think its pretty dumb that
I would out-ton a ship three times my size.  Doesn't make sense to me.

> As far as this particular battle goes, just before the nautaloid rammed it
> should have been hit by several lightening bolts, fireballs, or other
> destructive spells, Elven magics don't wait to board before casting, they
> should be used during short range passes over enemy decks.  Concerning the
> illithids, remember that the MR only affects the creature themselves,  who
> needs to kill them one by one if you can destroy their vessel and leave
> them to a slow suffucation in the cold of deep space?:)  Or, destroy their
> vessel then shoot them full of arrows as they float out there:)
>
	They'd just planeshift out of there.

> I will add, however, that the Nautiloid is an exceptionally tough ship for
> its size even without the Mindflayers.  It would be a close match with for
> a hammership or squidship.  I don't see it as a trader so much as a pocket
> cruiser, small, tough and combat oriented.  Considering how many folks
> attack it on sight, that's not much of a surprise:)
>
	Very true.


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