Re: SPELLJAMMER Art

--- Steven <steven.james.1@??????????.??.uk> wrote:

> Then add in problem of: slaves, food for slaves and
> mind flayers require brains to survive...the
> Nautiloid is said to be 35' tons, no way in hell can
> it be 35' tons even going by original deckplans it's
> much bigger than the Hammership!

The Nautiloid is one of the very few ships that fits
the 1 ton = 2700 cubic feet model; most other ships
fall into a 1 ton = 1000 cubic feet model.  I
recalculated the nautiloid out to be a 90-100 ton
craft (and applied that change in Hackjammer as the
Nautiloid Dreadnaught), and then "replaced" the
standard nautiloid with much smaller version to fit
into the 35-ton slot.  A 90-ton craft makes more
sense, regardless; it can carry more slaves, and thus
more provisions for mind flayers.  The 35 ton one has,
at best, 2-4 slaves per mind flayer, while a 90-tonner
can carry a good 7-10 slaves per mind flayer, greatly
extending its range.


> Another point is the neogi Deathspider, it is
> indeed, enormous, the originals give it an INTERNAL
> deckplan of 210' long, but the front of the
> illustration says it has a 175' long keel! That's
> the deck , not including the legs. And since you've
> got umber hulks it absolutely requires 10' doors.

Deathspider is another messed up ship.  It probably
should be in a 200+ ton range, given its deckplans.


> Should I stick with 6' ceilings, or 10' as I did to
> allow giff the ability to actually use that ship?

I say 10' ceilings, simply because the math is easier.

And I think I've mentioned this before, but one thing
I've noticed is that many ships look to have missing
decks.  The tradesman should have at least one more
deck, as well as the hammership and dragonfly.  The
Deathspider is missing several decks; it should have a
good 6-8 decks in that oversized butt, unless the
neogi have massive, 30' gothic ceilings.  The
mindspider needs a massive overall :p

Otherwise the pictures have hulls that are way too
deep for the deckplans.  Without additional decks,
some of those ships should look much "flatter" than
they do.  And more decks would make sense from a
ship-builder's point of view; many ships did have a
good 4-5 short decks, not 1-2 long decks.  In a way,
SJ ships, by the deckplans, would look more like
flat-bottomed river barges, but the pictures look more
like deep-keeled ships.

Adam


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