Re: SJ Reviews: The 'SJR' References

> It seems to me that the RealmSpace Imperial Fleet is a little large for
> the sphere if there's only one planet there that contains elves.
>
> According to "KrynnSpace", the elves there are stretched out over Krynn,
> Chislev, and 2 or 3 moons of Zivilyn.  And that fleet is a little over
> half the size of the RealmSpace Fleet.

    Realmspace has Evermeet, the single most important nation of elves
anywhere (said half-sarcastically :) )  But seriously, Realmspace does have
more enemies to contend with (Coliar, Glyth, and H'catha), so it does make
sense to put your fleet where its needed.  Krynnspace is more remote,
therefore a bit safer, than Realmspace and thus needs a smaller fleet.

> But then again, just exactly how many elves are there in each sphere and
> would that matter to the Imperial Fleet, or would they determine how many
> ships a sphere gets assigned by other means?

    I'm not sure population is the only factor, but an important one
(there's a line to the effect that "if a sphere has no native elves, a
single MoW is enough for an elven 'presence'".  I'm sure strategic locations
are just as important, so a sphere might have a large fleet, even if there
are few elves, because its at some chokepoint or near an enemy outpost
(Falx, for example).

> In short, I like all of the planets of RealmSpace, but there's just not
> enough information in the book to go on without practically re-writing the
> whole thing and only using the book as a basis.  (I sure would have liked
> a little direction when it came to the moons of Garden.)

    I've learned a bit in this area when I began the whole "Moon of the
Month" articles.  When writing a moon, I basically look at things like "why
would adventurers want to come here?", "does this place have SJ facilities,
and if not, does it have something that would bring in traffic?", and "what
does this place have to offer the rest of wildspace?"

> BTW: Even though one of the FR accessories (F&A or P&P) says that the Rock
> of Bral is in the Tears of Selune, I very much prefer the write up on BTM
> of SpiralSpace/BralSpace, so Kudos to whoever wrote that up!!

    That'd be Paul Westermeyer :)

Adam