Re: MotM: Nine Plate, the Sandwich Moon

> Here are a few more questions. I've split these off from my daylight
question to try to
> avoid the email being too long.

    Appreciated that :)

> So what is on the outside rims of the plates?
>
> Is there "inward facing" gravity that allows you to easily walk from one
plate to the
> next? Or would you fall if you went over the edge?

    I figure wastelands that one can crossover.

> Are they devoid of any surface features and perfectly smooth? Or are there
150 mile long
> roads (or staircases) connecting the two plates?

    I'm sure there are some roads, but in the cases of some plates,
particularly the lower ones, the roads are few, in poor shape, and haunted
by bandits.

> What about the *other* pillars that you mention above? How many of them
are there?

    Lots.  Figure several dozen at the very least, possibly as many as
several hundred.

> Do they go all the way through the planet (like the central pillar) or do
some of them end
> before the edges? If some of the outer pillars don't go the full length,
where do they
> stop?

    Most just connect two opposite layers, while there might be a few that
cross several plates.  The central pillar is the only pillar that goes all
the way through every plate.

> Are the other pillars associated with the Outlands as well or do they work
differently? Do
> they for example not have tunnels through the plates, where they join onto
them, and
> therefore function more like the connections between neighbouring outer
planes (The Great
> Road)?

    Most work like the central pillar, and could be used to go from layer to
layer.

> Are all the pillars the same thickness or is the central one much thicker
than the rest?

    Varies.  Some thicker, some thinner.

> Do they have local gravity like the central pillar or is there no gravity
on them?

    Local gravity like the central pillar.

> Do the pillars have names? If so what are they?

    They do, but I have not named them.  That'd be a LOT of names! :)  Most
would have names given to them by locals, and probably have different names
on different layers.  For example, on one layer, a pillar might be named
"Big Spike", but on the opposite layer, it might be named "Columina".

> (If you want to keep traffic to the central pillar you might want to make
these pillars
> have no gravity. Thin pillars would be good if you wanted to stop people
travelling on
> them.)

    Naw, not bothered by trade & travel between layers.  Central pillar just
offers the best trade & travel hub :)

> I assume that Glachar also has a hemisphere-like shape so that your world
is symmetrical.
> How exactly do these end plates work?

    Yep, Glachar is a hemisphere.

> Are there tunnels from the ends of the central pillar that connect to a
hole in the centre
> of the top and bottom surfaces? Or do people walk to the edge and step
over it onto the
> outer surface of these plates?

    Holes in the top & bottom, so people could travel all the way from end
to end.

> I assume that rather than being 150 miles thick at the edges these plates
would taper down
> to nothing at the edges. So how thick are they in the middle? Do they have
the standard
> 150 mile thickness in the middle, or are they thicker than the rest of the
plates to allow
> the moon to look more like a sphere from space?

    Round-about 150 miles in the middle.  Numbers can be fudged slightly to
give it a spherical appearance.

> Are the outward facing sides of these two realms in some way more isolated
from the rest
> of the world than the inner edges?

    Not really isolated, but they are unique in that they don't look up to
see a huge plate in the sky :)

> One final question that I don't think you have addressed yet. Apart from
the tunnels next
> to the central pillar are there other tunnels? More specifically does nine
plate have an
> underdark (or should I say does it have nine underdarks)?

    Sure, of course, remember that such underdarks would be influenced by
the closest layer, so the upper plates will have underdarks inhabited by
good creatures (deep gnomes, deep dwarves, stout halflings, and the like)
while the lower plates have more traditional underdark inhabitants
(illithids, drow, kuo-toa, etc).

> Questions aside, I think that this moon is fantastic as it is a place
where major temples
> of all the planar churches would be found.

    Planar churches would fit very well with this moon :)

> Thanks for all your hard work on this.

    Glad you enjoyed it! :)  It was a pain, though...way too much research!
;p

Adam