Re: Rule problem?

You're right, I had forgotten about that. :)

Yours truly,
Sable

--- Adam Miller <nghtdrud@??????.net> wrote:
>Hiya,
>
>    Kinda been following this thread.  Honestly, I don't think it's a
>problem at all, but the answer may cause some heads to explode or
>something...;)
>
>    In Spelljammer, there's a rule buried in the gravity or helm rules (not
>sure where) that objects smaller than 10 tons that enter the gravity field
>of a Spelljammer drift along the outer edge of the gravity plane, then exit
>as the ship moves forward.  Therefore, a rock fired by such a distant ship
>would simply hit the outer edge of the gravity plane, bounce around a bit,
>then depart.  Of course, if you are anal with the rule, that means that you
>could theoriticlly rule that ship-to-ship combat becomes impossible...;)  A
>way around this is to say that a rock/bolt/whatever can pierce this
>protection due to magical inertial from the weapon (fantasy physics,
>afterall), but looses this inertial after travelling double it's range.  It
>*may* only apply to ships moving at SJ speed, but I'd have to double check
>;)
>
>Also, Bral's a pretty big, spread out city.  I do recall that many SJ
>settlements have 'bomb shelters' for just such events.  Given the size of
>the city, it'd take months of pounding with a steady stream of ammunition to
>really make such a siege viable ;)
>
>Adam
>
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