Re: New Races of SJ, esp Giff

--- Adam Miller <nghtdrud@??????.net> wrote:
> Scott McCarroll wrote:
>
> > My only problem with that is that without a native
> > means of powering a helm it is difficult to
> explain
> > what a race is doing in Arcane Space.  In my mind
> Giff
> > should have at least one reliable method of
> getting
> > into space on their own.
> >
>         Don't have that problem.  I don't have world
> governments big enough to
> dominate whole races.  I also don't have SJing
> having too big of an
> impact on all but the smallest worlds (size E &
> larger are usually
> 'immune' or ignore most SJ societies).  Pure SJ
> societies just don't
> have the resources to seriously affect most races.
> There are rare
> exceptions, however (usually rise when a massive
> power vacuum is
> created)
>

The model for my campaign (which is pure homebrew...)
is the colonial period of Earth's history (14th-17th
centuries mainly.)  Spelljammers are expensive, which
means primarily only governments can afford them.
There are no world governments, but those governments
that don't have spelljamming technology are at the
very least dominated by those that do.  You have to
admit the ability to rapidly move troops and
communicate has definite advantages, even if the
jammers themselves aren't used in combat...

Of course, this is starting to veer off into a
discussion of could spelljammers conquer a planet?  In
my mind no, but a spelljammer-aware and capable
*planetary* governmnet would have a definite military
advantage over those that don't.  It won't win a war
on its own (still need ground troops for that) but it
would help a lot...

Scott McCarroll

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