Re: Leroy's 3e

Sorry Leroy,
> I've been off gaming after surgery & other commitments for
> the last couple of weeks.

OK, I suppose that is a valid excuse. : )


> I have emailed copies of your lastest work to the gaming
> group... tonight will be our first play test as I have written
> in a large ship to ship combat specifically to try you
> combat rules. After that, no doubt my landlubber crew
> will be needing a new ship :)

I will interested in hearing how it goes. If you do end up
playing out a combat with it, it will be the first one ever
ran with the system.


> My Initial impressions..excellent work as always... A worthy
> successor to your 2e rules.

Thanks, I appreciate it.


> The only thing I could suggest would be an inclusion of
> your helm rules however I can see the obvious desire to
> keep those separate.

Plus, I will have a new set of helm rules in the works. It is
a simiplified version of my old system.


> My only gripe, and this has been true of every system
> from the original onwards, is the lack of a formula to cover
> rigging size.. ie, how much actually "IS" topped out...
> 100sq foot of "sail" per 10 feet of hull length, per ton of
> ships volume, or by the square of the root diameter of the
> captains telescope?

Well, in Spelljammer there are so many different ways to do
rigging that coming up with some sort of formalized system
would be difficult. How many sq feet is a wasp's wings? A
whale's flippers? A triop's fins?

Plus, it has never been all that important in game terms, so
I never worried much about it.

Thanks for the encouragement, Andrew.


Leroy Van Camp III
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