Damage of the Mariana Trench

[Tech]

I'm curious how much damage do you think a hero or villain who was at the bottom of the 6.8 mile deep Mariana Trench would take? Down there, it's been listed as 15,750 psi.

[Pizza Man]

With the right life support he will do just fine. But without that, I would rule it instant death and not bother counting dice.

[assault]

What Pizza Man said, except maybe in the case of the briefest possible exposure.

 

Top shelf bricks (and others with comparable defenses) might be able to survive a couple of segments of that. Of course most such characters will have life support.

[CptPatriot]

When looking up the surface area of a human, I got 1.9 square meters. That translates to:

• 1.9 square meters = 2945.006 square inches

That means at that depth, the victim is being subjected to 46,383,844.5 pounds of force or  21039.358 metric tons

 

That's the equivalent of a 98 STR, so 19.5d6 every segment.

 

[Tech]

Thanks so much cptpatriot!

[Badger]

Well, in theory with the ability to create a strong enough force field around one self, they might make it for a bit.

 

I imagine a character like that would have put in points elsewhere though, that would be a better fit.

[sentry0]

On 3/31/2018 at 3:56 AM, cptpatriot said:

When looking up the surface area of a human, I got 1.9 square meters. That translates to:

• 1.9 square meters = 2945.006 square inches

That means at that depth, the victim is being subjected to 46,383,844.5 pounds of force or  21039.358 metric tons

 

That's the equivalent of a 98 STR, so 19.5d6 every segment.

 

 

I came here not knowing what I'd find and leave pleasantly satisfied.

[dsatow]

I believe the problem with depth isn't the pressure crushing bones and muscle, its the fact that under pressure, the body absorbs and releases gases differently.

 

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-maximum-depth-a-human-body-can-go-to-under-water-beyond-which-the-pressure-would-be-intolerable

[Badger]

Well, the key thing with your PC.  DON'T send them to the Marianas Trench. ?

[assault]

23 minutes ago, Badger said:

Well, the key thing with your PC.  DON'T send them to the Marianas Trench. ?

 

Or have life support. If they have life support, you WANT them to go to the Marianas Trench to show how awesome they are.

[Lucius]

6 hours ago, assault said:

 

Or have life support. If they have life support, you WANT them to go to the Marianas Trench to show how awesome they are.

 

Or to go home and visit the family.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary sarcastically says "You're a Deep One, Lucius."

[Badger]

21 hours ago, assault said:

 

Or have life support. If they have life support, you WANT them to go to the Marianas Trench to show how awesome they are.

 

Although, if you are an immortal who can take damage but regenerate from it, it is gonna suck until you drift back to the surface.

[assault]

That's for NPCs though. It doesn't happen to PCs unless the GM is raining on their parade.

 

A couple of segments of Near Death Experience is OK. It's like throwing them into space without a space suit. More than that requires them to have really messed up.

[Tech]

On 4/3/2018 at 1:28 AM, assault said:

 

Or have life support. If they have life support, you WANT them to go to the Marianas Trench to show how awesome they are.

 

In a manner of speaking, someone's going there, although it's going to be a villain. No one's going to kick the bucket if you're wondering.

[Cassandra]

Sort of makes that point for LS: High Pressure pretty worth it.