Re: Small Ships

On Jan 12, 2004, at 5:23 AM, Ariel Sibal wrote:

> I tried to solve that by using steam jet engine,
> petrol based jet engine which is cheaper than magical
> helms. I also use propellers, paddle wheels,
> solar/mana sail, balloon/blimp/dirigible.

Hey, whatever works for you. Other than the "mana sail" (a concept that
does not work in my SJ games) none of these seem particularly feasible
to me, but everyone has different levels of suspension disbelief.


> I am also using a
> spellengine helm that allows non-magic using pilots to
> man the helm.

Helms in my SJ games don't require spellcasters to man them anyway.   :
)


> I am trying to think and create more small ships. My
> players wanted to have more control with their
> characters. My players wanted to fly their own ship or
> at least a fighter type ship rather than being just a
> passenger.

I can understand that. I like having "fighters" in my SJ games. I don't
think they are particularly feasible under the canonical SJ rules, but
if you use variant helm and ship systems they work well.


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