Re: SJ Reviews: The 'SJR' References

Piping up for a change -
I certainly agree with Night_druid and others here that Realmspace SJR2 is 
best put to use in the same way as Practical Planetology SJR4, by using the 
planets presented individually.  The authors did fail in bringing the Realms 
flavour any further than the Tears, and Garden actually.  Coliar does make 
sense to be in the sphere historically (all the pre-elf founder races in one 
place), but very few PCs would want to go there regardless.  The other 
planets don't have enough feel or history to be included in the same sphere 
as Toril, especially with the suposed SJ activity that the Realms have.
H'Catha and Kapri are pure SJ dungeon-planets, full of deadly enemies, and 
only approached with some quest in mind.
Anadia and Chandos areSJ rural/wilderness planets; there is reason to go 
there, but some danger also. But, their feel is all SJ-wierd, not FR.

in sum: keep Toril, Selune and the Tears, Coliar, and Garden, toss the rest 
somewhere else.  If Bral is in the Tears, then H'Catha makes sense for Luigi 
the bartender.

(Due to setting background, this is the only one of the four setting 
supplements I bothered to get)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Night_Druid" <Night_Druid@??????????.net>
To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] SJ Reviews: The 'SJR' References
> IMHO, I think Krynnspace was the best "written" of the three, while
> Greyspace had the best opportunities (Greela/Borka/Grinder/Specter were 
> the
> enormous pluses there).  Realmspace just didn't strike me as all that
> interesting for PCs other than Garden.  Too many of the planets came off 
> as
> having a "land here, you die" attitude; why a merchant would put up with 
> it
> is beyond me.  None of them really struck me as being closely tied to the
> primary planets (Toril/Krynn/Oerth) and really could be stand-alone
> products.  Actually, as stand-alone products, they'd probably improve :)
>
> Adam
>