Re: You know you're a Spelljammer nerd when...

Err. Nobody told you to shut up, I was just clarifying.

On Jul 31, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Bill Olander wrote:

> Oh oops. You play second edition. I'll shut up now since my  
> opinions are
> obviously invalidated by my lack of purity.
>
> On 7/31/07, Matt Hoffman <manta928@?????.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 31, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Bill Olander wrote:
>>
>>> Orcs are (Usualy) Chaotic evil.. Goblins are Neutral Evil
>>> (Usually). On the
>>> bright side, Hobgoblins are (Usually) Lawful Evil.
>>
>> When I said goblinoids are lawful I was actually talking about 1st
>> and 2nd ed, as opposed to the massive 3e retcon  :-p
>>
>>> But yeah.. when it comes down to parallels. The EIN is the
>>> Federation and
>>> the Scro are Klingons.. and hypothetically the Drow are
>>> Romulans.Althoughnone of the D&D races says 'Vulcan' to me quite  
>>> like
>>> Maenad... but I don't
>>> think they really have a foothold in Arcane space.
>>
>> See, I dunno. The IEN-Federation parallel is not really a complete or
>> accurate one. The two organizations don't really resemble each other
>> at all, since the IEN is sort of overtly racist, secretive and openly
>> militarized, whereas the Federation is ostensibly open to all and
>> maintains the pretense of its starfleet as one of "exploration."
>>
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