the problem with undead (last commands, free will and low-lying prairies)

[Umbran]

So, if the tunnel reaches the sea, water will only flow into it IF the valley is BELOW Sea Level (like death valley)...

...and if it is below sea level, that raises the question of why it isn't filled with water in the first place. Death Valley has the excuse that it is in the middle of a desert. While in general it is possible for a prairie to be at lower elevation than the sea, it's gotta be a prairie with minimal rainfall.

 

[Buttercup]

i know a lot of that is crap geologically, but it entertains me to no end.

Clay, you're a sick SOB. But that's why we love you.

 

[alsih2o]

...and if it is below sea level, that raises the question of why it isn't filled with water in the first place. Death Valley has the excuse that it is in the middle of a desert. While in general it is possible for a prairie to be at lower elevation than the sea, it's gotta be a prairie with minimal rainfall.

this prairie wasn't specifically planned to be below sea lavel, but it is dry as can be.

mountain ring contains prairie. prairie contains rift valley.

i think i may throw some logic and fact out the window (again) and see what i can come up with.

thanks BC

 

[Nail]

Water flows downhill, JG.

I'll bet you won't be surprised at how many of my students can't digest that fact.....

Must be their professor....always blame the prof!

 

[Christian Walker]

the local prairie druid goes mad, embraces chaos and gains control of the zombies that are slowly floating back up to the prairie. massive rafts of tortoises, buffalo, hare and fox bodies aimlessly float around the water, which ranges from ankle-deep to 10 feet. the maddened druid rides a corpse raft of the animals he used to protect.

I am intrigued by your views and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

 

[jgbrowning]

Errr....

The depth at which the undead tunnelers reach the ocean is irrelevant. The deciding factor is the relative altitudes.

Sorry...reality trying to break thru. Carry on......

Water flows downhill, JG. If you push the straw into the bottom of the glass, water doesn't come shooting out the top of the straw, it only rises within the straw until it rises as high as the water outside the straw...

Even if you put your finger over the end, to keep the air in and water out, and then remove it, the water only shoots a little bit higher, as it rushes in, and then falls back...

So, if the tunnel reaches the sea, water will only flow into it IF the valley is BELOW Sea Level (like death valley), and even then, will only rise to sea level (now very minutely decreased, world-wide, becase the percentage of the globe covered has increased).

I could be having a basic physics problem, but here's how my thought went. If you were to build a tunnel 5ft under the surface to the ocean the water would rush in at a slower speed than if the tunnel was 2000ft below the surface at an angle. I thought this because the weight (pressure) of the water pushing through both tunnels is different. IE. The tunnel near the water's surface has less pressure than the one near the water's depth. (Too poor diagrams follow-the tunnels are the solid lines with the "/" steps...)

.................................________ surface
tunnel a = ocean_____/



......ocean surface................land surface
....................................._/
.................................._/
tunnel b=ocean depth-_/

Relative altitudes would determine if the water actually got to the surface on the other side except for the overcompensatory first rush. The water would also slow down the closer it got to the equilibrium point (which I supose would be where the waterpressure=airpressure). But until then, I was under the impression that greater water pressure would increase the speed of the water in the pipe, and that this pressure would increase the overall speed of the water. Of course the water in the angled tunnel has to travel farther, so any speed increase (if there is one) may not matter.

I could be wrong. I only made a C in physics...

joe b.

 

[GreyShadow]

Just have your ocean at the top of a mountain range.

Or hit a portal to the Elemental Plane of Water.

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

Now the question becomes how did this wizard acquire the zombies of 40,000 ANCIENT RED DRAGONS?!

He spent a couple of weeks camped out by the Ancient Red Dragon spawn point? {/EverQuest}

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Honesty...


How wide would a row of 40,000 Ancient Red Dragons be when they are wing to wing?

And how far could a zombie digger before he decayed into uselessness?

Corrected row instead of column

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

Honesty...


How wide would a column of 40,000 Ancient Red Dragons be when they are wing to wing?

And how far could a zombie digger before he decayed into uselessness?

Not sure how wide the column (or row?) would be, but that's only because I can't remember how big their facing is.... rest assured, it will be exactly divisible by 5 foot, like every other distance in the DnD world


Surely they'd decay into skeletons? The question is how long it would take for them to work their bones into nothingness?