Re: Why Big ships?

> The reason for this is not that ships in the "old days" were any
> better at standing up to the punishment that cannons or even
> catapaults and ballistae could dish out.  It's that the Spelljammer
> combat system makes them much more accurate weapons than they
> actually were.  Imagine a bunch of kids running past each other with
> slingshots, that's how accurate things actually were.

SJ physics should make them better.  Of course I've seen very little in
any rules on how hard it actually is to have a 3d battle.  But the
system is simplified as much as possible so that's not a worry.

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