[gurps] GURPS 3e Magic spell: Resist Pressure

[Bret Indrelee]

On Jan 14, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Troy Guffey wrote:
> Bret Indrelee wrote:
>> On Jan 14, 2009, at 1:31 AM, Troy Guffey wrote:
>>> I'm not exactly how to apply *reduced* pressure to this spell,
>>> except to total vacuum.  Even climing Mt. Everest doesn't require
>>> *pressure* support, just supplemental oxygen.
>>
>> With respect to reduced pressure, I was thinking near vacuum.
>
> The only way Mt. Everest is near vacuum is that it's 10,000+ feet  
> high. *Physically* nearer vacuum, not vacuum *conditions*. You don't  
> need a "pressure suit" to keep your insides in like you would for  
> vacuum.

Sorry, I meant near vacuum as in orbit, the lunar surface or outer  
space. I never said anything about Mt. Everest. Space is only *mostly*  
empty.

In any case, you've thought through that case already which is all I  
was wondering about.

-Bret

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