Re: Maj Space: The Belt - dwarven helm (2nd draft)

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Wed 20 Sep, Peter Aronson wrote:
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> > Subject: [SPELLJAMMER] Maj Space: The Belt - dwarven helm (2nd draft)
> > 
> > This is the second draft for the dwarven craft, Rock Boats, used
> > by the Belters, along with the other needed bits.  Hopefully it
> > makes a bit more sense!
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> How would an Anvil Helm interact with the Use Magical Device skill for a
> non-dwarf?  If you follow the standard rules as written and have the craft
> skill, it'd be a DC of 25 once per hour.  Let's see, a 10th level Bard with
> maxed UMD with Chr of 18 and the Magical Aptitude feat would have a +19, so
> would succeed on 6 or better.  Not unreasonable.  The same Bard at level 15,
> of course, automatically succeeds (1 is not an automatic failure for skill
> checks), of course, and then has the advantage they can travel without using
> up their spell energy.  But then 15th level characters are supposed to be
> powerful.  And it is limited to 10 tons.

Sounds reasonable.  You are fooling the Anvil Helm into thinking
that you are a dwarf, by using your UMD skill to generate the
right sort of creative energy.


> > In all other respects an Anvil Helm functions 
> > as a standard spelljamming Helm, including the 
> > sensory abilities and spelljamming speed
> 
> Like a major helm or a minor helm?  That is, what SR given what level of
> helmsman?  And what do you use for level; the character level of the Dwarf?

It always does SR 2, i.e. it doesn't care what level you are, and
there is no way to make it faster.  Seemed to fit the dwarven
style - straight-forward and dependable, slightly better than the
minimal SR 1, not as fast as the 'standard' SR 3.

I'll alter the text to make that clearer.


> Best Regards,
> 
> Peter

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