Re: New survey

Howdy,

In our last episode, Aaron Black said:
>I appologize for my ignorance of the facts. It
>illustrates how one who steps into the middle of a
>conversation should never make any conclusions until
>he has heard the conversation in its entire context.

        No need to apologize. :)  At least you were
polite about it.

>1)With the new release of the 3rd Ed Manual of The
>Planes...the entire multiverse's cosmology has
>changed, and it seemed to me, that WOTC left no room
>for the SpellJammer theories of the flow and the
>crystal spheres.  I realize we can reconstruct the
>multiverse however we choose, and I don't want to
>sound too terribly cannonical, but does anyone have
>any suggestions on how to remedy this conflict without
>reworking the entire Manual of The Planes?

        As Richard pointed out, you can just make the
flow into a new transient plane and be done with it.
Or, you could just throw the Phlogiston into the Material
Plane, treat it as an area with no planar access, and
be done with it.  In either case, I don't think it really
matters, and shouldn't keep the party's ethereal device
from working (except in the Flow, where it has never
worked anyway).  I'm leaning towards "the flow is part
of the prime" theory as the default, with the "the flow is
a transient plane" theory as a fully described and developed
variant.  The reason is simplicity -- the DM doesn't have
to worry about a new cosmology every time the PCs enter a
new sphere.

>2) Can someone point me in the direction of a complete
>list of D&D official spheres/systems that would appear
>in the SpellJammer setting?

        There are several, I think.  Off the top of my
head, I'd say check out Ahzad's "Known Crystal Spheres"
(http://www.geocities.com/ahzad/Spheres/Spheres.html).
Also check out the links on Compendium -- that's
http://www.darkwoodforest.com/rpg/compendium/.

>3) In your or anyone's opinion (this one is for fun),
>which SpellJamming vessel is the best?

        Manowar.  Best ship.  Ever.  Period. :)
Overall, I'm more partial to the ships in the original
box than to the ones that came later.  They got a bit
whacky for me.

-Static

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