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#1 zombiegleemax Mar 16, 2004 14:54:43	been a while since i have played AD&D. a very long while. i was looking for some of my old haunts and find myself running into stone walls consistantly. my question is: is there a system out there that runs very simular to AD&D 2nd edition with a spelljammer twist? trying not to have to reinvent the wheel as that has chassed me back to Ever Quest on numerous occasions. the base system of AD&D i still maintain but with the current campaign i have planed i need something that details space flight and a melee profile on these ships. i have orderd SW and Farscape RPG's but ship to ship combat was sketchy at best. a lot of that material is character to character vice ship to ship combat. i would like it simple like AD&D 2nd edition. my limited viewing of 3rd edition makes it appear you have to roll a dice to to see if you fell in the privy while making the daily deposit, then 10 more dice to see if you can climb out without having been seen and laughed at. is anything currently out there that will fit this bill? getting frustraighted at making shots in the dark for systems that are good but fall short of what i am looking for. basically a craft to craft combat system with the simplicity of the character to character combat systems in AD&D 2nd edition.
#2 Silverblade_The_Enchanter Mar 16, 2004 17:51:35	AETHER AND FLUX http://www.darkfuries.com/index.shtml try that, it's 3rd ed. Spelljammer has been tweaked and updated for 3rd Ed rules ont he offical SJ site, but NO oen as far as I know made a SJ-Clone for 2nd Ed. Ok 3rd Ed is complex but it's dead easy to make fast and simple: BAN ALL THE OPTIONS! No Atacks of opportunity, ban Prestige Classes, BAN all the fancy fighting styles (Trip, grapple etc). Easy, it works
#3 Dragonhelm Mar 17, 2004 0:25:23	You might try a book called Airships, by Bastion Press. It is 3e, but you may find it to your liking. I tried converting a galleon over to the Airships system, and it was a fairly easy conversion.
#4 zombiegleemax Mar 18, 2004 8:18:46	thanks both of these look promising
#5 zombiegleemax Mar 24, 2004 0:56:01	Greetings, Originally posted by Aarchistut my question is: is there a system out there that runs very simular to AD&D 2nd edition with a spelljammer twist? trying not to have to reinvent the wheel as that has chassed me back to Ever Quest on numerous occasions. the base system of AD&D i still maintain but with the current campaign i have planed i need something that details space flight and a melee profile on these ships. If all else fails you could always check out Crystal Spheres, assuming you don't have an aversion to Yahoo groups. The mechanics are not really similar to xD&D but the system is designed specifically for Ptolemaic style space opera adventures. I posted about it here, in case you are interested. If you do decide to check it out let me know what you think, and don't forget to check out the other file areas. I have a PDF of the Starhorse (also up at Beyond the Spheres in HTML) in there, somehere. Kind Regards, Kester Pelagius