Re: 3.5 Sphere Sheet - MajSpace

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Sun 04 Jun, Olander wrote:
> This is good. I like having the location regarding clusters there, but at
> the same time I'm starting to question how actually useful it is. Some sort
> of bare bones clusters for these things to get popped into might be nice.

Cluster location was in the base Loki suggestion, I thought?


> Are there any instances of Crystal Spheres that aren't finite spheres? If
> not, then having just the AU entry would be good. I hadn't thought of that
> but it works really good because it gives you your travel times which are
> very useful.

Some spheres seem to work by you getting to about where the shell
logically is, doing something (like using Locate Portal or Create
Portal), then entering the Flow.  These spheres might allow you
to proceed indefinitely into 'interstellar wildspace' if you
don't do it right.  You might even be able to get to another star
if you travel long enough, but at about 1600yrs to go a light
year using spelljamming speed...

My sphere Tsu, posted a while ago, seems to be filled with the
grey mists of non-existance, and while there appears to be a
finite shell from outside in the Flow, there is no sign of it
from the inside.

Other spheres may wrap around - go far enough out from the centre
in one direction and you find yourself heading back towards the
centre from the opposite direction, though there is likely a
visual distortion at the wrap, otherwise the stars wouldn't look
right.  The wrap point is the shell - Locate Portal may lead you
to places where you exit to the Flow rather than wrapping.

I think the travel time is useful, and it is likely useful to put
the AU distance for planets as well, if they have vaguelly
circular orbits.

I am also concerned about issues of interaction with the crystal
shell.  The shell may be a pseudo-physical object, in that it
stops passage, but can you crash into it, or do you suddenly
safely stop?  Does it count as an object which causes you to drop
out of spelljamming speed?  We need, I think, to establish what
the standard for these is in SJ.


> Hmmm.. lots of Dwarves and elves out there in the rest of the sphere.
[snip]

I thought seriously about putting various spelljamming races, or
more exotic beings, but I thought that dwarves and elves might
ease the culture shock for DMs new to SJ.  They are also races
for which the community life is likely better understood by the
average DM and players.

You could call it a minimalist approach! [grin]

I feel that, in general, there is a dwarf shortage! [grin]


An encounter between the elves of this sphere, on Sunev, and the
IEN could be interesting...  In particular with their respective
attitudes to the Scro!

Please note that the scro of this sphere have no previous history
with the IEN, and are rather culturally different.

I have also very carefully not mentioned the Arcane.

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