Re: Whatever happened to the 3.5e conversions to the Spelljammer Spells?

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Tue 28 Mar, Alexander James wrote:
> It's personal opinion of course, but I have placed all the SJ spells into 
> the 3e spell lists as soon as the new system was released
[snip]

This looked interesting, but I found that the layout made it hard
to follow, though (I think) that I worked it out eventually.

I know that this is ultimately the DM's decision, but presumably
the spells in CoAS are the minimum 'standard'/canon ones, and
everything else is considered optional?

In theory some spells would be known in one place by one culture,
others would likely spread everywhere due to being so useful, and
being re-researched if the originators wont part with them, once
people have a pretty clear idea what they do?

Am I by being too optimistic by suggesting that attempts be made
to agree on a minimum core set of spells?

I'm guessing that the spells that make (temporary) helms,
replenish air (on a smallish scale), and deal with being in a
crystal sphere foreign to your god/divine focus are the minimum.

I'd have thought that spells that deal with food and water
shortages, including some arcane Transmutation spells, would be
popular, though these seem mostly over-looked. Lack of planar
access in the phlogiston means the obvious use of the Elemental
Planes of Air and Water has its downsides for SJ purposes.

Quite a few "Lost Ships" (LS) spells listed, for example, are
ones that I'd think twice about before allowing into my SJ
campaign. I don't know these rules, so maybe some are supposed to
be ancient 'lost' spells, for all I know - as a DM I'm a bit
reluctant to have too much 'ancient lore' that has been lost, for
some reason or other.

I certainly applaud continued effort to make all the SJ spells
available for 3rdEd.

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