Apologies if this doesn't fit here, not sure where else to post something like this on lemmy

I think having gravity act like weather might be an interesting concept for a fantasy world, where each country has its own gravity patterns, some tend to be heavier some tend to be lighter, some are all over the place

For a few examples, there could be a desert with gravity so high you can get dragged down into the sand

Could be a country with gravity so low everyone uses personal aircraft that work like bicycles instead of land vehicles

Animals in higher gravity areas would have less dense bones, more muscle, etc and lower gravity would have far larger animals because they can support more weight

In a really high gravity area people might need exoskeletons to prevent long term damage

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Maybe my brain is fried, but I think you aren't think big enough if "long term damage" is the hazard in the highest gravity area vs a person just being flattened like they're in a press (which means people wouldn't go there, but it could have industrial uses).

    An interesting part is how states of matter would vary due to gravity causing pressure, though with the relation between pressure and temperature I don't know exactly how it would work.

    • flashgnash@lemm.ee
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      Bare in mind in this world this has been the case since the dawn of time, we're not plopping existing humans with existing human physiology into this world

      People would've adapted to live under these conditions to begin with so they wouldn't be immediately crushed

      Preventing long term damage would be on a similar level to ergonomic chairs, keyboards etc in extending and improving someone's life

      I suppose as for states of matter, higher gravity areas would likely have higher air pressure, be hotter and more humid

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        There are things that can be feasible adapted to by a species and things that can't. If you want, you absolutely can have it be that some places humans cannot really go to, just as there are magma fields that have existed for a very long time and that doesn't mean humans can live in them, or pockets of virulently poison gas around certain sulfur deposits that will kill you instantly if you inhale that have just been sitting there since time immemorial. Or, you know, the deeper parts of the Artic and Antartic circles.