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Old 08-24-2022, 09:20 PM   #32
Fred Brackin
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: Spelljammer 5e, are you going to try it?

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Originally Posted by Astromancer View Post
Unless I have botched my math ( a likely scenario) under Spelljammer rules it would take 712 years plus to travel from Earth's Star system to Alpha Centari. I hope I've made a big mistake, other than spelling.
The answer must be in the transition from wildspace (100 million miles er day) to astral space (arbitrary length of time between wildspace domains).

This was clear in the 2e version when we were dealing with stretches of phlogiston between crystal spheres. In my first skim exactly where and how you transition did not jump out at me.

I also hope there's something more than "length of astral space journeys is determined by the DM". I do not gladly pay money to people who tell me just to handwaive stuff. That kind of advice is given away for free on the 'Net.

However, without that change of speeds from wildspace to astral it would take more than 700 years to go to Alpha Centauri.
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