Re: Multiple Helms?

Doubting Eric wrote:
>
> I know that once a helmsman activates a helm, his power is devoted to
> powering the helm for the rest of the day. What I'm wondering is this: If
> multiple spellcasters can provide power to a single helm over the course
> of a day (There are several references to helmsmen working in shifts), can
> a single helmsman provide power to more than one helm in a day? The Battle
> Dolphin seems to encourage this. And also, what about portable helms? The
> Crown of Stars takes time to attune, but a K'r'r'r helm makes no mention
> of an attunement time. Could a mage with a K'r'r'r helm (Which is
> apparently not totally uncommon) move from ship to ship to ship with the
> helm and power each one in turn?

        I would allow it only so long as they don't put in more than a total of
12 hours manning any given helm.  Each time they switched helms,
however, I'd impose a -1 penalty to SR due to having to 're-sinc' their
minds to a new helm.  The k'r'r'r helm I'd treat like a crown of stars
(it's possible that they were the orginators of the crown).
--
Adam Miller