Re: Pearball - halfling asteroid

>For the unique ship challenge, I described the swanship "Grey
>Feather." Paul Westermeyer asked for details about the farming the
>asteroid that it belongs to. Its not a very exciting place as is, but
>I put a dungeon on the "backside" that the locals wanted help clearing
>out.

Wow.  That's all I can say. Wow.  This is good, exactly the sort of thing I
was looking for:)  It may seem boring, but its the boring little
communities like this which help establish SJ as a living, viable universe.
Well done!  A few comments below:

>Pearball
>Pearball was
>originally covered in thickets of woody brush, which still covers much
>of the backside and the topside far from the "Beach".

Hmmm.... I tend to think of astroids as barren, rocky islands but with the
right conditions this makes sense...

>Weather: This is highly dependent on the GM's view of weather in
>asteroid fields. IMC, Pearball is located in Greyspace's Grinder,
>where it is pelted randomly by small water and ice bodies, producing
>random showers and flurries (1 in 6 chance every 9.5 hours, roll 1d6:
>1-2 light drizzle, 3-4 brief downpour, 5 flurry, 6 2d6" snow). The
>temperature is a moderate 55-80 F, so snow melts quickly. The water
>flows into small brooks and to the gravity plane, producing some
>waterfalls off of the cliffs, and then out of the air envelope across
>the gravity plane through tentacle like streams.

And this establishes those conditions!  Excellent thought,  those iceclouds
in Krynnspace, for instance, must hit astroids occasionally.  I also like
that your chance of rain is enough to keep the streams replensihed even
though they are continually sending much of that liquid right back into the
void.

>Population: About 240 halflings. They recently colonized this asteroid
>and are still expanding to fill it out. Much work is needed to tame
>the native vegetation and terrain, but halflings always make time to
>not work too hard. Their general goals are to develop this rock as a
>safe, happy, and prosperous community.

I would like to know a bit more about their motivations... where did these
halflings come from originally,  and why did they decide to become
colonists?  Enquiring minds wnat to know!:)

"Human life without knowledge of history is nothing other than a perpetual
childhood, nay, a permanent obscurity and darkness." Philip Melanchthon
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Paul Westermeyer
Phd Candidate, History, Ohio State University
Adjunct Faculty, Humanities Department, Columbus State Community College