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[Madman198237]

Code: (Water votes) [Select]

1% (0)
20% (1) Chaoskl
50% (5) Glass, Nirur, IncompetentFortressMaker, Kilojoule Proton, Madman
70% (1) Tyrant Leviathan
90% (0)
99% (1) SC

If you want to be silicate-based life still, you probably need less water to make it more...plausible. Otherwise standard, carbon-based life seems the most probable option since we find carbon-based compounds like amino acids everywhere, but not really any silicon equivalents.

An alternative (and probably more reasonable) possibility is carbon-based with healthy amounts of some other material, iron or silicon or the like, used in parts. Such as the calcium plate-based defenses of some armored dinosaurs. Perhaps something like that could be made to be necessary as a result of the radiation danger on the surface... or maybe we're just going to have a massively powerful ozone layer and accidentally kill ourselves with Freon in about four billion years.

[King Zultan]

Code: (Water votes) [Select]

1% (0)
20% (1) Chaoskl
50% (6) Glass, Nirur, IncompetentFortressMaker, Kilojoule Proton, Madman, King Zultan
70% (1) Tyrant Leviathan
90% (0)
99% (1) SC


[Rockeater]

Code: (Water votes) [Select]

1% (0)
20% (1) Chaoskl
50% (6) Glass, Nirur, IncompetentFortressMaker, Kilojoule Proton, Madman, King Zultan
70% (1) Tyrant Leviathan
90% (0)
99% (2) SC, Rockeater


[Ardent Debater]

Code: (Water votes) [Select]

1% (0)
20% (1) Chaoskl
50% (2) Glass, Nirur, IncompetentFortressMaker, Kilojoule Proton
70% (1) Tyrant Leviathan
90% (0)
99% (1) SC

I also took the liberty of preparing some Earth maps with various water coverage percentages to make it easier to visualize them:

Spoiler: Maps (click to show/hide)

Spoiler:  GM Note (click to show/hide)

This is very impressive and gives me a much clearer view of the scope, thank you for posting.

Code: (Water votes) [Select]

1% (0)
20% (1) Chaoskl
50% (5) Glass, Nirur, IncompetentFortressMaker, Kilojoule Proton, Madman
70% (1) Tyrant Leviathan
90% (0)
99% (1) SC

If you want to be silicate-based life still, you probably need less water to make it more...plausible. Otherwise standard, carbon-based life seems the most probable option since we find carbon-based compounds like amino acids everywhere, but not really any silicon equivalents.

An alternative (and probably more reasonable) possibility is carbon-based with healthy amounts of some other material, iron or silicon or the like, used in parts. Such as the calcium plate-based defenses of some armored dinosaurs. Perhaps something like that could be made to be necessary as a result of the radiation danger on the surface... or maybe we're just going to have a massively powerful ozone layer and accidentally kill ourselves with Freon in about four billion years.

Spoiler:  GM Note (click to show/hide)

There are many ways a developing life-form could endure the radiation from the sun, some more effective than others. Evolving some resistance will likely be a massive part of the early stage.

[Ardent Debater]

Code: (Water votes) [Select]

1% (0)
20% (1) Chaoskl
50% (6) Glass, Nirur, IncompetentFortressMaker, Kilojoule Proton, Madman, King Zultan
70% (1) Tyrant Leviathan
90% (0)
99% (2) SC, Rockeater

A mere fifty percent of the planet's surface is covered by shallow seas, and apart from the quasi-moist coastal regions, much of the interior is a desolate waste bereft of any water save rare underground reservoirs and what little clings to the flow of almost-established, fluctuating wind patterns. The sun's merciless rays shall one day bombard unprepared life-forms on its surface into ragged, warped husks of their former selves, but this hideous radioactivity has little bearing on the erosion of stone. Instead, an intricate array of grinding water, cutting wind, and writhing tectonic plates carve the surface as they see fit, and in time, myriad life-forms may come to see the particulars of the geography sculpted millions of years before the local equivalent of mewling birth as their default.

Viewed from above, how would the surface's texture best be called?

Shattered: The victim of meteoric impact or constant subterranean shifting, the world is comprised of endless mountains piercing the atmosphere and valleys gouging far into the crust. Such a perilous environ demands appendages capable of keeping the pace.
Jagged: The surface is replete with vast mountain ranges and deep gorges, what flat lands are there lie beneath the shadows or undercut by the colossal landscape. To surmount these heights and depths is key, but there is room to breathe, and while recommended, it is not strictly required.
Rough: Broadly similar to Terra, mountains are found in abundance but they are small, and true canyons are a rarity except when rivers are involved, and then only temporary. It's difficult to predict what form of locomotion could arise here of all places.
Smooth: Mountains are a vanishingly uncommon phenomenon, the surface is dominated by endless plains feeding into rolling hills and back again, perhaps ideal for life, where it not for the crimson apparition closer to a molten wound than a nurturing star above. The challenge of traversing the flatlands with speed and efficiency is likely to be emphasized.
Immaculate: An aberration in an anarchic galaxy, the curvature of this surface could be compared to polished glass and remains unchanged from horizon to horizon. The greatest dips are the rare coastlines, and while life isn't likely to have any focus on handling sharp angles, what it can do with ample room to move remains to be seen.

Spoiler:  The Home System (click to show/hide)

Location: The Galactic South
Sun's Radiation: Harsh
Home-World's distance from Sun: Middling
Home-World's Size: Large
Home-World's Topology: To be determined

[Glass]

Hmn... I'm going to vote Jagged.

Code: (Terrain vote) [Select]

Shattered (0)
Jagged (1) Glass
Rough (0)
Smooth (0)
Immaculate (0)

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Smoother terrain would be of assistance in escaping the gravity well and some advanced science, but rougher terrain will help us hide from the SUN and create artificial bodies of water. I too will go with Jagged.

Code: (Terrain vote) [Select]

Shattered (0)
Jagged (2) Glass, MetalSlimeHunt
Rough (0)
Smooth (0)
Immaculate (0)

[Naturegirl1999]

Code: (Planetary Topology) [Select]

Shattered
Jagged (3) Glass, MSG, NG
Rough
Smooth
Immaculate


[chaotick21]

Code: (Votebox) [Select]

Shattered
Jagged (4]Glass, MSG, NG, Chaoskl21
Rough
Smooth
Immaculate


[MetalSlimeHunt]

Nature what have you done

[Kilojoule Proton]

Code: (Votebox) [Select]

Shattered (1) KJP
Jagged (4) Glass, MSH, NG, Chaoskl21
Rough
Smooth
Immaculate


[Naturegirl1999]

Nature what have you done

Quoted the GM post, deleted all except the options,

Code: [Select]

[code=Planetary Twrrain] as the header, and ended code at the bottom of the list, added the votes that were posted during the making, and added where my vote was, then posted

[Glass]

Code: (Terrain Vote) [Select]

Shattered (1) KJP
Jagged (4) Glass, MSH, NG, Chaoskl21
Rough (0)
Smooth (0)
Immaculate (0)Votebox recalibration. Again.

[Blood_Librarian]

Code: (Terrain Vote) [Select]

Shattered (1) KJP
Jagged (5) Glass, MSH, NG, Chaoskl21, Blood_Librarian
Rough (0)
Smooth (0)
Immaculate (0)

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Yeah Jagged is no brainer here.

Otherwise all life is uniformly the same if a smoother world and shattered is just disaster waiting to happen.

On broad with Jagged.