Re: Planetary Size under 3rdEd?

In The Concordance of Arcane Space, page 34, the Sidebar lists the Size 
classes.  Earth is about 8500 miles in diameter; Size E covers 4000 
miles to 10000 miles in diameter.

Jeff

Olander wrote:
> Shifting slightly. Where did the numbers to go along with the lettering
> scheme come from. I flipped back and forth all through my concordance and
> lorebook and couldn't find it. Practical planetology maybe?
> 
> Also.. earth doesn't actually fall into type E.. earth is a small F.
> 
> On 6/4/06, Loki <george.williams.iv@?????.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I do not think that there is any need to change the size charts used
>> in the original set. This is not something that 3.5 has an official
>> stance or ruleset for and the old breakdown is integrated into many
>> house rules and such that are up on BTM. It is simple and it works.
>> There is a certain point where overmuch attention to detail can create
>> mechanics that drag. We all have rules we simply do not use out of
>> hand in our games because they slow things down and create unhappy
>> players (these differ from group to group)
>>
>> In short I do not think its broke so we shouldn't need to fix it...
>> -loki
>>
>> On 6/4/06, Nils Jeppe <nils@???????????.de> wrote:
>> > You still didn't get it. I give up.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Olander wrote:
>> >
>> > > I disagree.
>> > > If I was up in wildspace circling around earth in a galleon and then
>> the
>> > > next week I've stopped off over Venus to replenish my air supply, I
>> just
>> > > don't think that they size difference is enough that you would 
>> notice.
>> > > Enough that they are both effectively 'blue', ignoring the fact that
>> earth
>> > > is literally blue of course.
>> > >
>> > > That and some sort formalized size fits nicely in those question 
>> marks
>> on
>> > > the sheet that Dreamer posted up.
>> >
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