Re: Pirates - Was: Places: Dragon Rock Map

>One thing not covered much in Spelljammer stuff, probably because it
>is stuff that is irrelevant to gameplay, is food and cooking. Real
>ships used to carry livestock and also had cooking fires (these were
>in ovens rather than open fires). Neither is the sort of thing that
>gets mentioned in fiction.

Check out the Horatio Hornblower novels by C.S. Forester, or the
novels by Patrick O'Brian about the same period. I prefer Forester
myself.

Of course, both deal with the Napoleonic period, and Spelljammer is
really Rennaisance era.  Do a lot of research on Rennaisance naval
warfare, and voyages like Columbus' Carribean trip.  That is closer
to the tech level. :)

--
"...How shall a man judge what to do in such times?!"
"As he has ever judged," said Aragorn "Good and evil have not changed
since yesteryear..."
J.R.R. Tolkien, _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_

Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer@????????.net