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For the impact scenario to lower the terrain under the average elevation level (gravity-wise, not geometrically, as worlds flatten a bit since they spin), look no further than our close buddy Mars, who in its distant past got a big wallop almost (more or less) straight onto its northern pole...

I haven't gotten around to replying in detail to the circadian cycle suggestions, because I plan on generating more of them diagrams to illustrate them. so far, the following 3 will be added: 20/10/20/10 with sleep cycles around dawn & dusk; 20/10/20/10 with sleep cycles around highsuns &...

If I read this right, you have a rock world with a diameter 9 times that of Earth (beaten to the napkin math by Pbartender)? Wow! ;) Not that I should be saying much ... Garden's islands are lacking the other way around, having far too little gravity to be viable in hard sci-fi. Spelljammer...

I may have ignored an early participant ... rectifying that now, even if it means another sidetrack ;) With stationary you probably mean that their orbits are circular (unlike Alpha Centauri A & B's). With respect to any planetary bodies in-system, they could be considered unmoving. They do...

Are you writing hard-sci-fi, or fantasy? Are you working with the following assumptions? Being a wide double star with a period of 80 earth years, and distances varying from 11.2 to 35.6 AU, Alpha Centauri A being a bit more (1.5x) luminous than our sun (meaning your habitable zone is going to...

Concise ... insightful ... very "with the project". See below. The planning commission has convened on the issue, and has proposed that the Worldtree be employed to tackle the problem. Either the Worldtree could directly redistribute heat from the sunslit side of each worldlet to their shade...

It seems even an F0V type star only manages to push the habitable zone to where the Asteroid Belt is in our solar system. Jupiter is twice as far away from its primary. This means that you'd have to start looking at type A stars, with such main sequence examples like Sirius and Vega. These stars...

Surname or not should be a choice made based on cultural and personal givens. I.e. a cultural baseline should determine the general case; specific instances (the exile, the orphan, the mysterious stranger ...) could also affect this. A distinction between PCs and NPCs in this regard makes little...

The following are a few attempts at presenting a couple of Circadian cycles, as a way to channel the discussion. The outer ring represents the physical day-night cycle (in this diagram for a position on Garden directly facing the planet), the inner ring represents the circadian cycle being...

As now explained in the above post, while the inhabitant have had ten thousand years to adapt, they're not exactly native to the long day situation. Then again, they're not entirely subject to evolution either ;) Finished listened to a reading of the short story (Escape Pod #100) since starting...

Binary, both low K spectral class, a maximum of 50Gm apart. Desired effects should include a more-or-less Sol-like luminosity (important for viability) at more-or-less 1Æ distance (to not get too close to the indeed possibly occasional erratic stars), but decreased year length due to increased...

Imagine if you would the moon of a jovian planet. Tidally locked with its big parent, the length of day would match the duration of one orbit of the moon around the planet (synodically). For the purpose of the discussion I'm soliciting, the following assumptions are made: That the moon be...

Æxalon, Copper Dragon, M Aiaruen Ama'Nevae, Wild Elf druid, F Ainináravanye Naurlosse, Ice Elf sorcerer, F Coraanu Chasseur-de-l'Aube, Desert Elf scout, M Daniel Atreus Kynes, Human ranger, M Hiram Omanda, Human (Chandrila) scout, M Kaena Nelnueve, Sun Elf ranger, F Мир Разума (Whisper), Catfolk...

The relation between Dog and Man came about in a hunter-gatherer society (starting 12000 BCE and 7000 BCE, in numerous places, though some theories speak of relations between man and wolf up to 100.000y ago). Dog (by assisting in the hunt) reinforced Man's ability to function in this capacity...

According to this page @ IMDb:The Breed Carpisma Dark Corners The Minx

Am I the only one getting Ogre Battle (youtube.com) flashbacks upon reading this idea?

PHB2 sorcerer alternate class feature: replace "familiar" with "metamagic use without casting time increase, 3+Int mod times/day" -> they can.

Over 5 years old, but remains an entertaining read: RPG.net column "Archetypology 101", Episode 2: Elves have left the building. Oh, and I like my elves sylvan; "Favoured Class: Wizard" was a mistake ... Druid, Ranger and/or Scout would've been heaps better.

Imho, important terms in the definition of a "party" or "team" are shared goals, and shared history. Mind you, I think there's an entire spectrum of party types out there, from haphazard groups reluctantly getting along because splitting up means death, all the way to military units, families...

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