1) Splitting or breaking up a large moon changes the gravitational dynamics of the system, especially with regard to things like ocean tides; and it changes the light at night.
2) Rocks fall, everybody dies.
And then, you have the metaphysical factor, a major disruption in energy. That can flip a world from non-magical to magical or vice versa, kind of like how the Great Farting Oxygen Event changed Earth from a reducing atmosphere to an oxidizing atmosphere.
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Re: Yes ...
Date: 2025-06-18 10:34 am (UTC)Re: Yes ...
Date: 2025-06-19 02:42 am (UTC)1) Splitting or breaking up a large moon changes the gravitational dynamics of the system, especially with regard to things like ocean tides; and it changes the light at night.
2) Rocks fall, everybody dies.
And then, you have the metaphysical factor, a major disruption in energy. That can flip a world from non-magical to magical or vice versa, kind of like how the Great Farting Oxygen Event changed Earth from a reducing atmosphere to an oxidizing atmosphere.