Re: Ecology of the Scro

but gnomes use steam power how can u disappoint them so ;)

Tilaurin
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----- Original Message -----
From: rupert smith <radsmith.geo@?????.com>
To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] Ecology of the Scro


> i've got to say; i think you've put the level of technology far far too
> high here, irrespective of in-game justification.
>
> i know that SJ has a higher tech level than adnd as a whole, and this
> touches on something i'm doing at the moment, but i'd set quite strict
> limits to avoid destroying the flavour of the game.
>
> the limits i set myself were, among other things, no rifling, no
> percussion caps (which weren't invented until alfred nobel!), and
> certainly no steam power.
>
> i hate to say it, but i don't think lever action rifles and gattling
> guns have a place in SJ. this is, after all, _swords_ and sorcery, and
> if melee combat is obsoleted by 19th century firearms...
>
>
> --
> rad.
>
> danger, deep water.