Re: First look at Leroy's 3rdEd SJ combat system

>On 5/6/06, Terry Masson <tilaurin@?????.com> wrote:
> I reckon his system works dead well as far as skill and feats go, the
> only think I didnt like is that ships weapons are still not
> representative of their size (ie, a 1 ton weapon does NOT take up that
> much room on a ship, etc)
I belive that the one ton area needed for a siege engine of any sort
was indicative of the minimum area needed for the crew manning it to
operate it while in a combat situation. There is a good bit of space
needed for people to man each weapon.

> and that despite his spatial tons being
> smaller, all ships in his system seem to work out smaller aswell :S
Agreed.

> For the most part I think it works, and having things like pilot,
> operate rigging, and so on and so forth really add specific individual
> skills that allow PCs and NPCs to take a bigger role in the general
> workings of a ship.  These were the main attractions for me, I dont
> think I could ever go back to a system wherein every given pilot has
> the exact same measure of skill in brief combat rounds.
That was also a major draw for me, many of our PCs toook these skills
and feats (Ozzy, our giff fighter consistently led a ballista team
during combat using feats from this system). I used Pilot Spelljammer
rather than using a profession skill as a default. Caveat: I run a
game where role play and skills are very important.

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