Oerth
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Oerth is the name of the fictional planet on which the earliest Dungeons & Dragons setting – that of Greyhawk – takes place. Oerth has an axis tilt of 30 degrees, which results in larger polar caps and would have caused shorter summers in temperate areas but for wizardly and divine magic shifting weather patterns to be more favorable to the populace (at least the god-fearing folks).
According to the paper by Gary Holian in Oerth Journal, Oerth's circumference is about 42,024 km, and its radius measures 6,714 km, about 1% more than that of Earth. There is no flattening of the planet sphere due to rotation, and divine power is again hinted at.
Only about one sixth of Oerth's surface, the Flanaess, is accurately detailed. Data on Aquaria and Hepmonaland are based on fanwork, and these continents are not officially supported by the game's publisher, TSR.
The name Oerth is similar to Aerth, the world of Jack Vance's novels, which in turn is an anagram of Earth.
External links
- Measuring up the Oerth (http://www.tc.umn.edu/~monax002/Council/OJ4/measure.html), the aforementioned paper where Oerth's dimensions are given.