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Originally Posted by Grey_Fox
I second this, it would seem that in an environment with a lower gravity then earth the native inhabitants would require less ST in general and hence have lower hit points. So a typical Terran will seem much stronger and tougher than a typical Martian, also on Mars a Terran will seem a lot stronger than he normally is on Earth and on Earth a Martian will seem a lot weaker than he is on Mars.
This works whether you are talking about native (alien) Martians that have evolved on Mars or whether you mean human settlers on Mars, for evolution is just a case of being adjusted to the environment and for humans it’s a case of Wolff’s Law and similar principles that apply to muscle. |
Yep, you'd likely have Martians with very light bones, bones which if you exposed them to Earth like gravity would be more prone to breaking, in the same way human bones would tend to break in 3Gs without time to adjust.
The question of whether Martians would be more likely smaller and lighter or taller and heavier is probably more dependent on atmospheric pressure and other competitive resource conditions than just the gravity itself.
Personally I'd go with smaller and lighter, not that flying whales don't have a certain appeal.