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Underdark Climate

Post by Fifty » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:45 pm

Is th Underdark warmer than above, because it is closer to the molten rock underground, or colder, as there is no sun?

Does it vary with depth?

If so, where is warmer, where is colder, and so on...
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Post by KTA » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:29 pm

Yes, I'd like to know that too... If we take earth as our ref. the temp. would increase by 3° per 100 meters...

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Post by apandapion » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:15 pm

KTA wrote:Yes, I'd like to know that too... If we take earth as our ref. the temp. would increase by 3° per 100 meters...

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I am pretty sure that doesn't happen.

If the underdark of Avlis has anything in common with other underdark style areas, infravision is viewed as a "underdark adaption" - the ability to spot a creature by it's heat. That implies that the area is uniformly cool enough to be useful...

My impression is that the underdark of Faerun was about the temperature of a surface cave - a pretty constant 50 degrees - and before anyone says it, I know this isn't Faerun. Regardless, if I may be geeky enough to quote a reference, RA Salvatore describes an unprepared drow visiting the surface (I will not say his name, dammit) as entirely freaked out by the seasonal temperature variation he found there.
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