Re: Into the Void

> >         Interesting idea.  This is something I tried with the SJ
Products
> > page (which nobody every f@#king looks at), but I've only gotten one
> > suggestion so far in over 5 years.  Must be 'cuz nobody every looks at
> > that page.
>
> That would have been me. Perhaps the page can be expanded somehow to
include new fan
> content. If completed PDFs and issues of "Into The Void" were listed here,
the page might
> be worth bookmarking to more people.
I think that releasing ItV as a downloadable pdf is the way to go. Firstly
we avoid clogging up people emal boxes with html-mail (some folks out there
are still on dial up). Secondly as a pdf it will end up getting extra
distribution through peer to peer file sharing. The idea is to get it out,
and we are not charging for it so I wholeheartedly endorse utilizing the
kazaa community to "spread the gospel of Wildspace."

> I'm not sure on the use of the word "xenobiology" as it sounds too
scientific and modern
> for a fantasy campaign. I believe that there was a group in one of the
Spelljammer books
> that specialised in hunting down and capturing unusual monsters...
>
> ..Found it! They are The Gatherers. They are listed in Krynnspace, but the
description
> does mention that they can be found in other spheres. They don't just hunt
dangerous
> creatures. They also transport harmless animals and plants too.
Also, Xenoterminations based on Bral (from teh TSR Rock of Bral Accessory).
THey are high end mercs that specialize in taking out wildspace / phlogiston
creatures. (Radiant dragons are mentioned s examples in the original
publication).
> At the risk of it turning into a bit of an overused cliché, I think we
could have Into The
> Void written (in part) by in-character organisations (or at least
introduced by them).
> Critter reports could have a very short sidebar style introduction by a
member of The
> Gatherers (think of the rich Europeans that like to shoot elephants or
gardeners that
> import foreign plants) before having a more typical monster manual entry.
LOVE THAT IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I'd be especially interested in someone coming up with a good ship
"character" sheet (in
> PDF form) <snip>
Well..............
for which of the many takes on Ships? Warcaptain's Companion (2e)? Leroy Van
Camp's 3e Rules (nice stuff)? Something hybridized from the 3e Arms and
Equipments Guide's vehicle rules?
HArd project without a canstant ruleset. Unless, of course, you are thinking
of a series of system specific ones...
>
> Something I'd be quite keen to see, that I don't think has been mentioned
yet is a
> "beginners guide to wildspace".
Excellent!
> I'd
> especially like to see the dwarven, elven, gnome and halfling subraces
adapted for 3e as
> these are missing in the Players Handbook/SRD. Anything written here could
eventually be
> reused for BtM's PDF Spelljammer rules.
??????? Missing? I am looking at them here. Are they not in the SRD art all?
> Finally Into The Void (is it going to be abbreviated as "ItV"?) could do
with a few space
> fillers. Artwork would be good for this, but people could also submit
"sidebar" sized
> articles. Occasionally we could have small in-character "adverts" as well.
Incidentals are aways nice. I am thinking of a quick starchart or two for
each issue. (Already have one roughed out. Sort of llike the map a week on
the wizards site. Just a map, no real documentatio. Let the DM fill in the
blanks.
Loki, DM
Warriors of the Balance Campaign
Spelljammer: Into The Void (Coming Soon) d20 Reviewer