Re: MotM: Nine Plate, the Sandwich Moon

Nice work old man :)

Although I'm not much into planescape, I do like the
actual concept of the moon you present here, a lot.
Thx.

--- Night_Druid <Night_Druid@??????????.net> wrote:

>     Bleh, mental note: next time I get the insane
> idea to do a moon this
> fragg'n complicated again, bang head into wall until
> the idea goes
> away...this is probably THE most complex moon I've
> done yet (nine
> pages!...somehow, fits...:D )
>
>     Anyways, here's this month's Moon of the Month,
> Nine Plate.  Got the
> idea at work one day, of a "stacked" world.  I
> really liked the idea,
> especially the planar symbolism, so I deeply tied it
> to the Outer Planes.
> Enjoy! :)
>
>  Nine Plate
> Planet Name: Nine Plate, the Sandwich Moon, the
> Planar Moon
> Planet Type: Flat Earth
> Planet Size: D
> Escape Time: 4 turns (Special)
> Satellites: 2 ice rings
> Distance from Primary: 1,450,000 miles
> Day Length: 24 hours
> Year Length: 400 days
> Population Analysis: Humans, demi-humans
>
> 'A particular moon' is often said when Nine Plate is
> mentioned. Sailors
> refer to it as the Sandwich Moon, in reference to
> its layered appearance.
> Sages, particularly those that peer into the secrets
> of planar travel, name
> it the Planar Moon, given its ties to the Outer
> Planes. It is most commonly
> called Nine Plate.
> This moon appears as a stack of flat earth worlds,
> each 150 miles thick.
> Gaps of 150 miles separate each plate. The diameter
> of each plate increases
> from the poles to the equator, with the plate on the
> equator having the
> greatest diameter. Starting from the poles, the
> diameter of the plates are
> 500 miles, 1,000 miles, 1,500 miles, 2,000 miles,
> and finally 2,500 miles
> for the equatorial plate. This gives an overall
> appearance of a sphere.
> Enormous pillars join the plates, with the single
> largest pillar at the
> center, running from pole to pole. Gravity on Nine
> Plate is a tricky matter;
> each face of each plate is considered "down", so one
> can stand on any face
> of Nine Plate without fear of falling hundreds of
> mile to a messy fate.
> Likewise, gravity will eventually shift so that the
> length of the pillar is
> considered "down". This change is quite gradual, and
> difficult to notice.
> Nine Plate is called the Planar Moon, and for good
> reason. Be it a quirk of
> nature or the meddling of planars, Nine Plate is
> deeply tied to the Outer
> Planes. Each of its sixteen faces corresponds to an
> Outer Plane, while its
> central pillar is believed tied to the seventeenth
> Outer Plane, the
> Outlands. Planar creatures are found in abundance;
> although bound to the
> confines of Nine Plate, they move about the moon
> freely. They meddle in the
> affairs of mortals to a degree not seen elsewhere in
> the Known Spheres.
> Portals to the Outer Planes are not unknown, and the
> natives freely traffic
> with creatures from those strange realms.
> This moon presents an enterprising DM the
> opportunity to mix Spelljamming
> and elements from the Planescape campaign, all the
> while keeping the action
> on the Prime Material Plane. It also represents an
> excellent place to make
> contacts with important natives of the Outer Planes,
> such as high-ranking
> Celestials or members of the Planar Factions. They
> also can come into
> conflict with any one of the many villains of the
> Planes, such as high-rank
> baatazu, tanar'ri, and like creatures. Also note
> that Nine Plate assumes a
> Planar setup as defined by the Planescape Campaign
> setting, using names and
> creatures from that setting. Thus, devils are called
> baatazu and the Seven
> Heavens are called Mount Celestia.
>
> Climate and Weather
> Overall, Nine Plate has a temperate climate, with a
> few tropical areas.
> Climate is very piecemeal, almost without rhyme or
> reason. Steaming jungles
> end suddenly in dry deserts. Some areas,
> particularly in the Lower Plates,
> are quite cold, even polar. Glachar has the moons'
> only glaciers and tundra
> plains.
> Weather varies from layer to layer. On layers
> aligned with chaotic planes,
> the weather can be extremely unpredictable,
> sometimes producing normally
> impossible weather (snow-tornados and rain that
> falls from the ground into
> the sky). Layers aligned with lawful plates have
> much more predictable
> weather, with regular cycles of rain and sunshine.
>
> Appearance from Space
> Nine Plate appears as a misty orb with seventeen
> broad bans cutting across
> its horizontal plane. There are nine earth plates,
> which are brown or green
> in color, and eight sky blue, green, or white gaps
> filled with air. It is
> possible to see straight through Nine Plate through
> the air gaps. There is a
> double set of cloud cover - clouds that cover each
> individual earth plate,
> and a thinner layer of clouds that surround the
> whole globe.
>
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