Re: 3rdEd 'Helmsman' character class

From: "Peter Aronson" <pbaronson@???.net>
> From: "Jeymian Winterwolf" <wulffe_lord@???????.com>
>> {{*the helmsman is a spellcaster either arcane or divine*}}
>
> Except part of the purpose of this class is to allow nonspellcasters to 
> use
> helms.  Actually, if this was a class aimed at spellcasters, it would
> contain +1 to level of original spellcasting class at each, or almost each
> level.  This might be reasonable, but this would be a different class 
> then.

Please quote the specific part of the Complete Spacefarer's Handbook that 
said that a Helmsman was not a spellcaster.

>> {{*increase base attack to +5*}}
>
> Why?  (It's not that I mind suggestions, but I like to see reasoning.)

Ditto to your suggestion that there should be a PrC of non-spellcasting 
helmsmen in a game called SPELLjammer.

David Shepheard