Re: Elven Flitters

Night_Druid wrote:
> Modern Flitters - one thing I've long thought about is making there be a
> sort of "natural SJ speed" for creatures; not as fast as standard SJ speed,
> but fast enough to get from planet to planet in weeks or months rather than
> centuries.  Maybe that could apply here? 
Hmm, that would sure make the spread of kindori, scavvers, etc. 
throughout the spheres a lot more plausible wouldn't it? I always 
wondered how creatures like that lived long enough to actually make the 
incredibly long journeys needed to be found in multiple spheres...

  I do like the description of
> natural movement, though I do wonder: if all it takes is a bit of pressure
> to get the ship to move right, could a pilot also cast spells/use
> wands/shoot crossbows at the same time?  Maybe movement costs something like
> 1 action, leaving the character free to do other stuff with any other
> actions he has?
That sounds reasonable to me.
> 
> Archaic Flitter - good idea, completes the set of ancient elven ships.  :)
> I suggest the sap is actually be produced naturally by the ship, perhaps
> when "rooted", maybe getting fully charged after a few days.
Excellent idea! I had envisioned elves harvesting sap from a rare type 
of tree somewhere (which was really just my way of making it so that 
they weren't using smokepowder or oil as a propellant, because neither 
of those sounded very elven to me), but this makes much more sense!
-Ben