Re: A question about inhabitable planets

In a message dated 1/5/2003 8:31:57 PM, msraper@???.net writes:

<<  In the process of constructing a new sphere I was struck with a question
that I couldn't see any answer in the 2e books  nor in the 3e stuff I have
access too.  How do you tell if a celestial body (Planet, moon, cluster,
belt, ect..) can sustain life?  I realize the roll of 'vacuum' disqualifies
a planet   but is there some chart or roll that I missed? Is it the
arbitrary decision of the DM?  I know that ultimately everything is the
whim of the Dm but if there's a method to be used to determine this I'd
certainly like to know.  Help would be appreciated.
 >>

No, there's no method.  Most published spheres seem to presume that all
celestial bodies can sustain life unless otherwise specified, although fire
bodies are notably hostile environments.  So, yes, the DM's whim essentially
covers it.