Re: Smalljammer W/ Airships Rules

From: "Loki" <george.williams.iv@?????.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 8:24 PM


> have any of you worked with Airships by Bastion Press as an alternative
> ruleset for 3e? I just finally picked it up and am quite impressed with 
> what
> I see. I am in the process of doing a quick conversion of a custom
> smalljammer from our game. I really like the alternative engine rules, a 
> set
> of engine rules (many seem derived from standard SJ helm types such as the
> lifejammer) that can easily coexist with helms and a lot of room for
> customization.

I haven't used this yet, but would love for fans of it to convert all the 
standard SJ ships over to Airships rules and create enough material for BtM 
to turn into a PDF.

> Cargo Space: ___________
> Open deck: none
> # Crew: ___________
> # Officers:____________
> Total Market Price:___________
>
> The blanks are things I have not quite finished (obviously) converting.

Cargo space is going to involve a "best guess" of how large a spelljammer 
ton-of-air-displacement is. I know that opions differ on this, so I would 
suggest that all the Airships fans make their calculations quietly and leave 
the size of a ton-of-air out of the actual fluff text. (A conversion 
document PDF might be in order.)

You can get min/max crew numbers from TSR statistics. You might be able to 
subtract the minimum crew from the maximum crew to guess how many officers 
can be included in Airships stats. If the min and max numbers are the same, 
then I would argue that the officers have to work, but if they are different 
then I would argue that officers would be able to supervise without the 
workload being too high for the rest of the crew.

> The Voidskimmer, like all smalljammers, is a living ship. This one is 
> rather
> unique as it was modified by it's first pilot (a xixchil) to have 
> integrated
> weaponry. The lightning bombard fires from the tail and can be used once
> every three rounds. During the three round recharge period the  ship 
> suffers
> a -3 to pilot checks and Ref Saves (the bombard draws energy from the helm
> itself). It also includes a dart launcher hidden in the "mouth," of the 
> ship
> which is usually stocked with darts that have been coated with a non 
> lethal
> poison.
>
> J'krex, the original xixchil pilot left the Voidskimmer to his best 
> humanoid
> friend Ruprect Syzygy  [House Sysygy is one of the noble houses that owns
> Dragon Rock in the Tears of Selune. It is based on Selune (or Liera as the
> natives call it)]

I can't find this ship or this organisation on BtM. Do you have edition 
neutral, 2nd edition or 3rd edition material that you can donate to BtM's 
Realmspace page?

David "Big Mac" Shepheard
Virtual Eclipse Role Playing Club
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/virtualeclipselrp/links/d20_system_001071937434/Spelljammer_001071430476
http://www32.brinkster.com/virtualeclipse/