Re: Spelljammer d20 Review Update

       <<< Sure it did.  In 2e, they have damned good saves (2 or better on
a
d20).  They move ships at 100 million miles per day.  They move up to
100 tons of ship.  The spells really don't do justice to how powerful
helms really are (think about it...WE TODAY can't move things at 100
mmpd...if we did we'd be colonizing planets by now :)  Helms aren't
flashy, but they are damned powerful.
        In 3e, they'd be minor artifacts if they retained all of their
abilities.  If you take away some of their abilities then they become
major magic items.>>>

In 1e and 2e Artifacts were unique powerful magic items. And there usally
were not more than one. Yet there were hundreds if not thousands (depending
on how many SJ ships were in your campaign) helms being used. That is why I
think that they should not have been classified as artifacts in 1e/2e game.
Now in 3e I can go with the helms (if they had the full power of the
traditional helm) being minor artifacts but not major artifacts. In 1e/2e
the helms should have been just powerful magic items as a ring of
teleportation or a limited wish ring is.