Re: Bralspace and flow "map"

>>Well, I'm working on 2 different products.  One is my version of Bralspace in .pdf format.
>
>A printable Bralspace sourcebook will be very useful to DMs. You better
warn Static that his bandwidth is going to take a hit when you give it
to him. I suppose it is going to be neutral rather than 3e, as from what
I recall you are still playing 2e.

It will be 2e, but not blatant about it.  In fact, I wouldn't be
surprised if it had no game stats at all.  Just all 'fluff' as WOTC
defines the term. :)

>>The other is the 'official' Spelljammer Flow map.  'Official' in the
same sense that my timeline was official, it will _only_ include
information from published sources, and will include page citations.  (I
call it 'map' but it will include a text description.)  Just like my
'official' timeline the goal is to produce a standard Spelljammer
baseline that GMs can then modify as they wish to fit their campaign.
>
>That is fantastic! It is *exactly* what the Spelljammer community needs.

Thanks.  I hope it lives up to expectations. 


>Things I see as official
>* Stuff in the original boxed set,
>* Stuff in the other SJ products (not everyone will have them),
>* Spelljammer stuff in other RPG campaign settings (not everyone will know about these),
>* Stuff in the magazines (lots of people will not have these).
>
>You can't argue with official material. Even the stuff that some people
think is a big cheesy is part of the Spelljammer universe. This stuff is
definately cannon. I'd like to see all of this stuff converted to 3.x
edition.
>
>Things I see as semi-official
>* Stuff in the novels (you need to create the crunch to go with the fluff) and
>* Stuff in the comics (you need to create the crunch to go with the fluff).
>
>I call this semi-official because while it is official material, it
takes someone like yourself to compile the information into a format
that DMs can use. Obviously people could debate the accuracy of
conversions and material used to fill in the blanks. However, the basic
structure of this material is definately cannon.
>
>Things I see as unofficial
>* Material created by fans.
>
>No matter how cool this stuff is it can never be part of Spelljammer cannon.

Well, I pretty much define 'official' (and I always use the quotes) as
anything published on the setting.  Specifically, all the Spelljammer
gaming books, boxed sets, comics, and novels.  I also plan to include
Hackjammer.

For the Flow map, fortunately, there is no info in any non-SJ products
that I'm aware of. Except Dragon and Dungeon, and even then the material
is in SJ specific articles.

There isn't any interpretations involved, really, since I'm only
including times when the product itself gives times. (ie in the great
Flow map in the Dungeon adventures).

I'm actually fairly pleased with how well things hang together, I've yet
to hit any massive inconsistencies.




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J.R.R. Tolkien, _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_

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