Re: atmospheric problems on asteroid cities

I've always included a light dewlike mist at nightfall in my Bral based
campaigns. Good verisimilitude.
-Loki

On 3/6/07, Steven <steven.james.1@??????????.??.uk> wrote:
>
> Well who says they don't have rain? ;)
> Magically or oddly mundane, it may happen.
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> Subject: [SPELLJAMMER] atmospheric problems on asteroid cities
>
> The question came up while I was reading Thatotherguy's writeup of Dragon
> Rock:
>
> Imagine a typical asteroid city like Bral or Dragon Rock. There is a
> source of water (be it a portal to the elemantal plane of water, a
> decanter of endless water or whatever), but no precipitation. Also, there
> is not much wind or no wind at all.
>
> How does the atmosphere clean itself? Without rain, dust and sooty
> particles (from smithies or hearthfires) will float around, constantly
> deteriorating the air envelope.
>
> Everything landing outside the asteroids surface will sink down to the
> level of the gravity plane and be eventually driven out of the air
> envelope. But even when there are enough plants growing to replenish the
> oxygen, there is still a lot of dirt landing on the streets (where it will
> kicked up again by the boots of pedestrians) and on the roofs (where it
> will accumulate).
>
> So my question is:
> Is there some way, be it mundane or magical, to get rid of the "dust-
> problem"? Or do I overlook something and the problem doesn't come up in
> the first place?
>
> Tauster
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