dcnilsen13 wrote:
>>I seem to recall some discussion that they wanted to finish fixing the
stars, but may not have been given permission to do that. That bugged me,
because I tried to fix them in TNE but apparently didn't go far enough or
something.<<
You tried, which is more than can be said of others.
When generating the stars for the four sectors that appeared in the
second 1248 sourcebook, "Bearers of the Flame", EDG was on board and all
of us were determined to make the stars right to the best of our
ability. In the 8 years that have passed, I'm sure we've learned a bit
more about astrophysics that EDG would want to tweak those stars a bit more.
Someone started a rumor that when MJD was writing the Spinward Marches
book for Mongoose he had assembled a team to overhaul the stars and even
the UPP's. It wasn't true, but so many grognards screamed bloody murder
that MM was forced to make a formal announcement declaring that no such
thing was going to happen. And that's too bad that the rumor was false,
because we still have garden worlds around M8 V dullards (or whatever)
just to appease those who can not stand the thought of changing one iota
of the sacred UWP's.
IMTU, I've been changing the UWP's where my campaigns are active (Vland
and Windhorn). I've been altering stars to fit the mainworlds and
bumping up world sizes to ensure they have sufficient mass to retain
their atmospheres (as EDG educated us/me). These changes have been
posted on my website (where applicable) and I include notes for each
subsector in case anyone really wants the old stats (though Berka and
Travellermap will always carry the originals).
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>>I seem to recall some discussion that they wanted to finish fixing the
stars, but may not have been given permission to do that. That bugged me,
because I tried to fix them in TNE but apparently didn't go far enough or
something.<<
You tried, which is more than can be said of others.
When generating the stars for the four sectors that appeared in the
second 1248 sourcebook, "Bearers of the Flame", EDG was on board and all
of us were determined to make the stars right to the best of our
ability. In the 8 years that have passed, I'm sure we've learned a bit
more about astrophysics that EDG would want to tweak those stars a bit more.
Someone started a rumor that when MJD was writing the Spinward Marches
book for Mongoose he had assembled a team to overhaul the stars and even
the UPP's. It wasn't true, but so many grognards screamed bloody murder
that MM was forced to make a formal announcement declaring that no such
thing was going to happen. And that's too bad that the rumor was false,
because we still have garden worlds around M8 V dullards (or whatever)
just to appease those who can not stand the thought of changing one iota
of the sacred UWP's.
IMTU, I've been changing the UWP's where my campaigns are active (Vland
and Windhorn). I've been altering stars to fit the mainworlds and
bumping up world sizes to ensure they have sufficient mass to retain
their atmospheres (as EDG educated us/me). These changes have been
posted on my website (where applicable) and I include notes for each
subsector in case anyone really wants the old stats (though Berka and
Travellermap will always carry the originals).
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin