Re: Savage Species and Spelljammer

> Why am I bringing this up on the SJML? As I read this book
> I could not stop thinking about how appropriate this book is
> for SJ. In the Complete Spacefarers Guide they made a number of
> monsters into races, but had to castrate them in
> power to balance them out. An obvious example is the giff.

    I like the general idea of Savage Species, but some of the creatures
seem a bit weak to me.  With it, you get some PCs with minisual HD and some
weird powers, but be considered like 14th level.  Their choices of monster
PCs seem a bit odd, too.  Lots of totally alien creatures, but few familiar
creatures (most glaring are bugbear, nymph, and like creatures).

> In all, I think SS is a great book, and anyone who is looking to
> do SJ in 3e should take a serious look at it.

    I had to put that book down...it was killing my creativity for the
Contests.  Constant interruptions didn't help, either ;p

Adam