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<p>Added &quot;Commentary&quot; section, added comment</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>On 16 Dec 01, at 12:38, Hollis &lt;nowiki&gt;McCray&lt;/nowiki&gt; wrote:<br /> <br /> :How tall do you think that makes The Imperial Mountain? I mean really it would take forever to get to the top of that thing for a Zenith.<br /> <br /> Yes. Getting to the top of the Imperial Mountain is a quest worthy of note <br /> even for heroes who live thousands of years and defeat armies. If I didn't <br /> scale the world like that, what would the heroes do after ten years?<br /> <br /> G.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> On 16 Dec 01, at 18:07, Nicholas Stanglewicz wrote:<br /> <br /> :Everest is less than 2 miles high. This is why it is driving me nutz. 2 miles is a little different than close to say 600 miles high. 600 miles = outer space.<br /> <br /> Outer what?<br /> <br /> :If you want to ignore physical laws thats great but I do have gravity in my game and air works on that premise.<br /> <br /> There's no reason that gravity working as a constant requires air to be <br /> composed of &quot;molecules&quot; of various gasses pulled toward a body by its <br /> gravity, and with the atmosphere thicker on the bottom than the top. The air <br /> probably does get pretty thin up there, maybe not &quot;outer space&quot;, but probably <br /> thin enough to kill any mortal. Luckily, the Exalted aren't strictly mortal. I'd <br /> imagine the Exalts who climb it can either hold their breath, survive on even <br /> the thin air at the top of the mountain, or somehow sidestep the need for air.<br /> <br /> :I am a nit picker for detail, but it is how I have managed to have so many characters survive.<br /> <br /> Survive what?<br /> <br /> Geoffrey C. Grabowski<br /> Exalted Developer, WWGS<br /> raindog@white-wolf.com<br /> <br /> == Commentary ==<br /> <br /> &quot;Everest is less than 2 miles high&quot; is bullshit. It's more than 8 and a half kilometers above sea level, which translates into about 5 miles about sea level. (Checking WIKIPedia, it's 8850 meters or 29035 feet) - [[SRNissen]]</div>

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