Re: In-Depth Spelljammer Campaign

> As I said I want this game to be totally
> immersive... Spelljamming is as
> common an event as modern air travel. Kids ride
> small jammer boards to
> school, all intersystem/interplanetary and most
> interstate trade is
> conducted by spelljamming and/or aerial ships. Most
> large ports have a
> mix of the spacefaring races etc.
>
> So, my questions.
>
> 1. How does one make the move to a "spelljammer is
> all" type of
> campaign.

As always you got a couple of options... easiest would
be to create a remote set of spheres far away from the
known ones (might give some nice effects when
discovering the known spheres then), I'm saying
easiest because this will give your imagination
freedom in the extreme but will give your fingers a
lot of preparation to do. Secondly use existing
material and improvise on that, for example I've had
some great experiences converting the astromundi
cluster set... but hey it's up to you :)

 How does one deal with the boredom of
> months in space and the
> huge travel times?

what boredom? "Ok guys the trip for once passes
uneventfully... and a few weeks later you dock at the
Rock" or "After one week of cruising you drop out of
Spelljamming speed... a barrier of drifting asteroids
bars your way" or "It's two weeks since you left port,
when you're suddenly awakened by the sound of cries on
deck... mutiny? monsters?"

 Do you DM's out there make simple
> roles to determine
> total travel time and number of encounters or play
> out every day?

that's up to you, everyday seems a bit overdoing it,
but you're the master, the best guys to ask are in
fact your players... they're the ones who can give you
the best input on things like that, try out different
approaches and discuss them afterwards over a nice
pint of beer (or soda).

>
> 2. How does one avoid the pitfalls of a jamming ship
> simply becoming a
> fancy horse and cart taking the party to the next
> spot adventure?
>

Let the costumize their ship, let it save their hides,
Let them do battles with it... Let the play adventures
for and around it, in one little sentence: Let them
play Spelljammer :)

It's all up to you as DM... If you want them to go
planethopping and do adventures planetbased, then
indeed you get the "horse and cart" idea... but it
doesn't have to be... you can also choose for an all
out spacey campaign with barely a planetfal ever, but
once again it doesn't have to be... basically try to
keep a sense of balance in your games and just do what
you like to do, don't worry too much about it, just do
it (not making commercials here :) )
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> Andrew
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