Re: Space travel without helms

> Um, mana *is* kind of a weird word to use, as if I remember this rightly
it
> means "What is this?" in, like, Hebrew or something.

nfi, but I call spell points (from the Spell s& Magic system) Mana IMC,
because I just cant see a character saying "no sorry mr party leader, this
lil mage has no spell points left" - hence mana sails.

> Like that bread in Exodus. Basically "what in the...is this stuff..."

Havent read it, but Ill take ya word for it :)

> Anyway. I was pondering what would happen with just one sail, and, well,
if
> the sails are actually catching something, and they aren't balanced with
> sails on opposite sides of the ship, wouldn't the ship tend to spin, or at
> least try to turn towards the side without a sail? After all, they are in
a
> three-dimensional medium. Not that I remember all the details from the
> original post on the subject, n'thsome weeks ago.

all valid - when I refer to sails I refer to the towage power, they can be
in many different pieces, or several can be one big sail (like man-o-war's
have 6 IMC, but theres only two wings/sails on the ship.)

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