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Geostationary orbits are relatively low orbits - 36,000 km for Earth. That's low enough to have very slight atmospheric breaking. The Moon's orbit is roughly ten times the distance. So "low geostationary orbit" can mean the orbit is both low and geostationary (true). It's doesn't imply the...

I did find him easier to understand in the second series, but I think that was probably acting - as Andor grew in confidence he stopped mumbling.

The spaceship crashed into a tower block does feel very like a dungeon bash. You open the door and see: a suspicious pod plant; a room full of partying nobles etc.

I don’t think we know where the Mangetout collected its specimens. It may have been back to the Prometheus world and to LV-426. Then, assuming these specimens are lost, the Nostromo is diverted to try again.

Was that a Roy Batty model synth? I thought those had been discontinued years ago.

Maybe this one incubated in the cat?

On the other hand, I put forward At the Mountains of Madness. The elder things, despite physically appearing closest to starfish, think very like humans, with a tendency to make the same mistakes. It may be that due to the limitation of universal physical laws, there are not many ways to be...

Sure there is. It’s just human greed and stupidity that chooses to ignore them.

It crops up quite often in the novels, and more subtlety in Rebels, that Thawn thinks the Death Star is a waste of resources. And Vader doesn’t really seem enthusiastic about the project either.

Stonehenge works just fine. I used it to calculate the entrance codes to underground city beneath Giza just yesterday.

The books tend to focus on cities and important towns, and sites particularly important to adventurer like Candlekeep. If you look at BG1, there are four hamlet-village level settlements in the area in addition to the places you list. And enough black space and lone farmhouses to imply more. If...

That was already there in 2e (look at the art in BG1) but is largely the Sword Coast region. Different places have different tech levels. Also see LotR. I think a lot of people thought Tudor was medieval at one time, and so there is a lot of pseudo-Tudor around. It’s actually Renaissance/Early...

Only an issue for very hardcore fans. My players know more about Eberron. And there are still regions that are little touched by the fiction that you could use to challenge setting fans, since knowledge of the political situation thousands of miles away is completely useless. And, of course...

Having caught up with the scene in question, it is clear that it is a civilian archeological expedition, headed by Chapel, acting in a civilian capacity. Spock has been co-opted as a tech specialist, he is in no way in command. Technically outranking Chapel is not relevant since it is not a Star...

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Bunnies are very good at making more bunnies. Would probably make good bards. I certainly don’t. I don’t believe game mechanics have any effect on genuine differences. Genuine differences can only be depicted through role play.

Planescape tieflings could have any appearance - there was a table of random fiendish features. But the sexy horns and tail look was popular quickly - ie 90s. Until 4e butt-ugly, as your picture amply illustrates, despite the artists attempt to distract from the ridiculously large horns with a...

Harrying of the North - Wikipedia Genocide has long been a tool of control.

It’s kind of worrying actually - Terry Pratchett became increasing repetitive as the Alzheimer’s set in, even with a good assistant.

One of the reasons players make the choices they do is they want to play a character who looks attractive. Tieflings are an example of this. Despite being introduced as highly variable, they quickly settled to largely human with small to medium horns and a pointed tail. Characteristics that are...