Re: ItV: Schedules and deadlines

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Thu 02 Dec, George "Loki" Williams wrote:
> > Let's not preclude anything here, Adam.  ItV, as I understand the project,
> > is intended to be a fan driven ezine on Spelljammer.  Judge the article
> > submissions on the merits.  Given the nature of the SJ universe as
> > outlined in the core books, the possibility of a high tech system can't
> > be ruled out--their toys might not work beyond their own system (since
> > physical laws can easily change sphere to sphere), but they could still
> > be out there.
>
> I must point out Dragonstar. I am planning a dimensional crossover taking my
> spelljammers into that universe. Also, if the Spelljammer universe contains
> Greyhawk (centerpiece pf Greyspace) then it also contains the old TSR
> adventure Expedition To The Barrier Peaks. For those who do not remember it,
> that was a downed spaceship with mutants, androids, and blasters. Greyhawk
> was also home to Murlynd who constantly crossed over between Greyhawk and
> Boot Hill.

Then there was Blackmoor, in the original D&D rule book of that
name, with an alien in a swamp full of mutated killer frogs,
impersonating a high priest, and equipped an insanely powerful
suit of powered armour. I'm not sure if this appears somewhere in
the Greyhawk setting.

Locally, a number of different groups of adventurers assaulted
Barrier Peaks/S3, as run by different DMs, and trying to make
sense of some of the gadgets from there was one of the things
driving the Technologist character class spec. FYI, I was not one
of those DMs, though I did play one of the adventurers.

In the end, a now empty looted spaceship had yeilded a number of
things. One adventurer ressurected some of the long-dead crew, to
help him run a hospital, partly based on medical equipment looted
from the ship. Another group of adventurers sold a different
version of the spaceship to a mysterious NPC, on the basis that
he collect. He did, and his minions carried the whole ship away!

None of these things had any really long term effect on the local
campaigns, though some people continue to be upset about The
Hospital, and mutter about organising yet another assault on it,
possibly in the hope of being asked to join the board of
directors! [grin]


> It all rests in the quality of the treatment. I say we should check out
> anything, but have certain standards. There are few enough of us who get
> anything written with any sort of frequency.(excluding a few of the insanely
> prolific people involved in this particular project)

I don't know if what I've in mind will do, but I would hope there
might be some interest in it.


> George "Loki," Williams
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