Re: Space travel without helms

>         What would you think about making, as a natural property of
> SJ, ships
> (and creatures) that are not near any other large body can travel 1
> million miles per day without aide of a helm?  I.e., they can travel
> 1/100th what a SJ helm can travel with just say a fly spell alone?
> Thus
> ships could travel from say Earth to Mars without a helm, but it
> takes
> like 6 months or more instead of 1-2 days.  Thus helmless ships can
> travel around, but are mostly limited to either the inner planets or
> the
> moons of a large giant planet (like Jupiter).

I could see doing that with living ships (at least some living ships,
like the elven ones) but I think I'd still require something for other
ships to attain this.  Maybe some sort of "manasails" (to steal a term
from Tilaurin IIRC) or the like.  It would certainly help account for
the heavy SJ presence in AC.  I definitely think forges that can't
enter the flow and consume magic items are over-priced in an SJ game
where standard helms are, well, standard.

>         Travel in the Flow is pure suicide; without a helm, you're at
> the mercy of the flow currents and a stray wind will blow you off
> course
> and likely to your doom.

I don't think I'd let you get to the flow without a helm.

>         Just a random thought to increase SJ traffic without either
> 1)
> making helms cheaper or 2) capture & sell the helm scams super
> lucrative.  Helms become the domain of the ultra-rich merchants,
> militaries, and adventurers, but poorer merchants & pirates get by
> without helms at all :)
>
>         Thoughts on this?  Seas of Blood is giving me all kinds of
> nifty
> ideas...;)

How does it translate to tactical movement when pirates or dragons attack?

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