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Old 09-26-2013, 11:15 PM   #21
Peter Knutsen
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Default Re: Scope and format of world data sheets in SF

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Originally Posted by jeff_wilson View Post
How about single digit log2 instead of percent? This lets things be green from 1 to -8, and is easy to convert to other bases for dieroll modifiers, like vision penalties.
Any kind of log system has the benefit of covering a wide range of possible values, in a very compact format, e.g. something a bit like Traveller's Planet Profile system, where you can say a lot about a planet with under a dozen characters.
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