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

My suggestion is this: that we break them up according to waht product
they originally apppeared in (with another category for new ones). It
would mae for a more logical division. Personally I would classify the
ones from CoAS as the "core," spells so useful and common that
parrallel lines of arcane research have developed them in most SJ
capable/based societies. Much like cure lt. wounds and magic missile
are to groundlings.

Just my two greens,
Loki

On 3/28/06, Dreamer <dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Dreamer
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