Re: packing the yawl

Also remember that fine spirits can usually be sold at
premium prices. Essentially they are processed grains
and fruits, but a small investment in good stock and a
mage with Metamorphose Liquids can create some very
potent liquor at extremely low costs.
I am currently doing conversions to figure out how
much of the spirits can be produced, with the figure
of 1 cubic foot per mage level, a 7th level mage will
produce more than 50 gallons at one casting
A conversion chart can be found on the web at
http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/EASYvolume.html
and will allow you to convert square feet into gallons
or liters.
Cold storage can be produced by wall of Ice spells.
depending on the length of voyage, the melt off can be
consumed as drinking water (properly purified of
course) and freshly slaughtered meat can be preserved
in this manner. If the mage who cast the spell in the
first place is along, they can renew the spell
regularly. (Also wall of Ice is one of those helpful
spells with blocking ballista and catapult shots.)
Wood can be lashed together to create rafts and towed
behind the spelljamming ship up to the maximum
capacity of the Helm and allows an extended air
envelope. Cast off rafts are wonderful missiles which
can do a lot of damage if delivered at speed by a
maneueverable ship.
Just my 2 cents.
Lea

--- "Rian A. McMurtry" <Whalejudge@???.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 7/14/2003 8:48:59 PM,
> all_are_not_lost@???????.com writes:
>
> << Considering the expense of spelljamming (costs of
> buying and operating the
> ships), the only commodities likely to be
> transported between planets are
> things that have a high value to volume/weight
> ratio. >>
>
> While this is true, the list of more general items
> was commodities 'in
> space'.  Asteroid cities and the like are NOT going
> to be able to easily access
> bedding reeds or most of the other things on my
> list.  Interplanetary trade is,
> well, not very likely in the SJ universe as
> presented.  But fresh meat--meaning
> either magically preserved or freshly
> slaughtered--brings high prices in
> places like Bral.
>
>
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