Re: A problem to solve

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Rian A. McMurtry wrote:

> << If I've done my math right, it weighs in at 413 ship tons (volume of a
> cylinder is, IIRC, height x area of the base). I don't think that any
> standard spelljamming helm could move it.
>  >>
>
> Yes, I fully realize that no standard helm could move the thing.  But knowing
> my players, they ARE going to try to move it.  My question to the list was
> not to elicit comment after comment on "a helm can't do it".  This was
> blatantly obvious from the beginning.  If you were going to attempt to get it
> off the ground, how would you go about doing it?

Obviously, I misunderstood the question.  But I don't feel too bad.  It
seems like the rest of the list did as well.

Hmmm...

Perhaps an artifurnace could do it.  Technically, they're only major
helms.  But, in my opinion, something powered by a *powerful* artifact
sould be able to break the rules.

Alternately, they could go looking for the rest of the ship.  It should be
just about as challenging as tracking down an artifurnace.

Or they could use a *lot* of reverse gravity spells to get it into orbit
(be certain to check falling speeds, distance to a stable unpowered orbit,
and the duration of the spell).  From there, maybe it could be mounted on
a Dwarven Citadel.

Rich Gant
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