Correct me if I'm wrong.. but Golarion's axial tilt is the same as earth's, right? I seem to recall that with respect to the way the planet was made up, its orbit and et cetera, it's a perfect analogue for earth.
I'm trying to do a little math on it, and before I get too deep, I want to make certain my assumptions are correct :)
I doubt they've ever stated so directly, but everything else is generally meant to be analogous to Earth so you're probably safe there.
That's basically what I'd figured. I couldn't find anything explicit, but If I recall the general tone of forum posts (that magnimar is equal to seattle, etc) Golarion is an earth-analogue. Which is fine and helps me a lot with what I need to do. :)
I'll post what I have when i get done - it'll be cool and something people haven't really looked at before :)
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In general, our philosophy is that the more we make Golarion an analog of Earth, the less we have to worry about getting the physics wrong. So unless somebody came up with a really good reason to change something like that—and I have a hard time imagining what would be reason enough to change that particular variable—you can assume it's the same.
Guessing: Working up sunset/sunrise tables?
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Guessing: Working up sunset/sunrise tables?
Couldn't be. That already exists.
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There's a bug in there right now (actually a problem with the data table) where the city/POI data is in +/- decimal degrees, but the ephemeris calculator expects to see N/S and W/E instead (ie, 45.3456 S, not -45.3456). I'll try to get this corrected tomorrow.
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I regularly pick a roughly analagous city in the real world to a city in Golarion, pick a real-world year as an analogue for the year in Golarion, and then use real-world NOAA data for weather, tides, and the phase of the moon.
For me...
Varisia = Northwestern United States...
Magnimar = Portland, OR
Korvosa = San Francisco
Riddleport = Vancouver
Kaer Maga = Salt Lake City
Cheliax = Southeastern Europe (Iberian Penninsula and southern France)
Kintargo = Lisbon
Westcrown = Barcelona
Egorian = Madrid
Ostenso = Monaco
...etc.
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I regularly pick a roughly analagous city in the real world to a city in Golarion, pick a real-world year as an analogue for the year in Golarion, and then use real-world NOAA data for weather, tides, and the phase of the moon.
For me...
Varisia = Northwestern United States...
Magnimar = Portland, OR
Korvosa = San Francisco
Riddleport = Vancouver
Kaer Maga = Salt Lake CityCheliax = Southeastern Europe (Iberian Penninsula and southern France)
Kintargo = Lisbon
Westcrown = Barcelona
Egorian = Madrid
Ostenso = Monaco...etc.
This would imply menador mountains would be like the pyrannes.
In general, our philosophy is that the more we make Golarion an analog of Earth, the less we have to worry about getting the physics wrong. So unless somebody came up with a really good reason to change something like that—and I have a hard time imagining what would be reason enough to change that particular variable—you can assume it's the same.
Guessing: Working up sunset/sunrise tables?
No sir. I'll send you a PM. I don't want to spoil the surprise.
There's a bug in there right now (actually a problem with the data table) where the city/POI data is in +/- decimal degrees, but the ephemeris calculator expects to see N/S and W/E instead (ie, 45.3456 S, not -45.3456). I'll try to get this corrected tomorrow.
This has been fixed.