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Thoughts about "Iron Rot"
KevinSig:
Quantus, you assume that the 7/8 miles starts from the surface. However, in my reading it was from their current altitude. Not sure which of us is correct, but it's something to consider.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: KevinSig on November 19, 2015, 12:08:57 PM ---Quantus, you assume that the 7/8 miles starts from the surface. However, in my reading it was from their current altitude. Not sure which of us is correct, but it's something to consider.
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Thats an excellent point. I still tend to lean towards an absolute scale, given how Grimm worded the question ("White kind of altitude could she take us to?"). If Journeyman were talking relative to their current level, I'd have expected him to say something like "seven, maybe eight miles more."
But that brings up another good point that we just dont know: He said it was way above where they could go and breathe without tanks, I assumed that meant the air got thinner and they needed supplemental oxygen. But given the odd and/or alien nature of their atmosphere (Ether, The Mists, etc) it could be that somewhere up there is another layer where things get more damaging. Maybe goggle to keep ether from rotting out your brain through your eyes is enough at lower altitudes, but at higher it can get in through inhalation? Just spit-balling here, but it's good to keep an eye on what we dont know.
Sully:
The goggles seemed pretty solidly explained to me. Dimly lit world, weak eyes, get blinded by an unimpeded bright sun.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Sully on November 19, 2015, 07:25:49 PM ---The goggles seemed pretty solidly explained to me. Dimly lit world, weak eyes, get blinded by an unimpeded bright sun.
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Except they were explicitly stated to be blocking out Etheric effects which cause Madness before eventual Blindness. Not to mention that the Googles are literally at the Core of the Setting, because he started the entire exercise on the Question of "why do they all need to wear goggles?" and by the time he'd answered it he has the setting. (Ill see if I can find the WOJ)
Sully:
--- Quote from: Quantus on November 20, 2015, 04:51:48 PM ---Except they were explicitly stated to be blocking out Etheric effects which cause Madness before eventual Blindness. Not to mention that the Googles are literally at the Core of the Setting, because he started the entire exercise on the Question of "why do they all need to wear goggles?" and by the time he'd answered it he has the setting. (Ill see if I can find the WOJ)
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guess I'm wrong then!
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