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Imagine a city full of people that are immortal; they can't die by aging and normal weapons can't hurt or kill them. So the government needs to find ways to overcome its overpopulation issues.
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There is an underground vault containing something very valuable. To prevent robbers from tunnelling to it, the security personnel regularly scans the ground with sound and geophysic sensors. Some robbers are aware of it, but they want to build a tunnel anyway. They have a lot of time, but only access to... |
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I'm attempting to design a desert area that could almost constantly be covered in a thin layer of smoke. It does not block out the sun but instead sticks closer to the ground. The land is hot, arid, and sandy. It has some grassy vegetation, and I am open to having it be volcanic. The actual land itself i... |
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My main character is based on the basic concept of a vampire. That she needs blood to survive.
She was genetically engineered to digest ‘blood’ instead of eating. She still needs to drink water. Where she varies from a vampire is that it isn’t real blood, it just mimics the idea of it, so it’s basically ... |
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I recently started to wonder how an animal could evolve a gun. So I decided that here was the best place to find people that are smarter and/or have different ideas than me.
* This creature has an endoskeleton, about 1ft (30cm)tall, 1ft (30cm)wide, and 3ft (1m)long without the neck.
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The world I'm building is similar to medieval Europe but with magic and dragons. Instead of riding horses knights ride dragons. I wonder if it possible for a medieval country the size of England to provide for five hundred dragon knights with only limited help from magic.
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There are some pieces of media in which a city borders a wasteland that remains after nuclear apocalypses. The border is usually some kind of thick-tall-double-reinforced-anti-radiation-concrete‚Ñ¢ wall.
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The abovementioned fictional race aren't exactly merpeople from fantasy, but I call them like that just for the sake of convenience. Rather, they're semi-aquatic humanoids, who are really good at diving. This species still possess legs like humans, and they spend most of the time on their giant biologica... |
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In a science-fiction story that I am writing, there is a species of bears that only live in a specific oceanic island. They are the descendants of American black bears (*Ursus americanus*). They are my trolls.
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The setting is based on the Earth during the 60's, but with two big changes:
* Magic exists (although somewhat limited to humanity).
* And so do all sorts of magical creatures (Dragons, dryads, ghouls, faeries, etc).
In this setting, the humans have long been using the approach of keeping their distance,... |
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I'm thinking about a species that is at the intelligence level of proto-humans. They have limited language but can still discuss concrete things with a little bit of abstraction. For instance, their language has non-locality (they can talk about things that are not right in front of them) but not abstrac... |
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I am trying to create a world where, on a Earth-like planet, a certain area experiences a peculiar phenomena: year after year, in a given period of the year, for a certain number of days (greater than 1), they uninterruptedly see, from dawn till dusk, a rainbow in the sky.
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A relatively recent planetary colony (<50 years from colonization) on planet A1 of star system A, that has just a few years ago become self sufficient (Can produce every product needed by its people on its own planet) has been attacked (as part of a conflict including multiple systems) such ... |
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In my science fiction story,there is a phenomenon happening on the moon that looks like a red mist (or nebula, if you will). This mist can slowly move around, because it is controlled by an advanced alien civilisation. The nature of its sentience and movement is irrelevant here: my imagination can take g... |
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I'm making a fantasy world and wanted to incorporate curses and geases into the story. When I say "curses" I mean two types, but mainly this: 
The type where you write your curse and either: perform a ritual, break it, or maybe bury it.
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I have an idea for a story set in the near future, with a character who breaks onto the global scene with a breakthrough advance in technology that makes him billions.
My question is whether or not Ternary computing (as opposed to Binary) could be used as this breakthrough. I don't know much about it exc... |
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Many fictional worlds have their civilizations (usually the bad guys) ride some sort of carnivorous animal, usually something like a wolf or a creodont. Think something like the Wargs from *Lord of the Rings*, though this goes as far back as the Thracian Mares.
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In my novel, I was planning to have the palace/citadel type place located inside a mountain- so like a sort of cave type thing, but on a bigger scale.
There would be decoration around the entrance of the palace, and staircases leading up to it, but the palace itself would be built into the actual mountai... |
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I want a character to invent the codex (that is, modern-shape books) in Ancient Egypt, which means that the primary writing material is papyrus. However, most book binding processes involve sections of *folded* sheets glued or sewn together. Also, the quickest demonstration of the advantage of a codex ov... |
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It is a post apocalyptic world, all government systems have broken down, approx 95% of the worlds population is gone and the few survivors left are beginning to trade with each other. I need a currency, and I am thinking of giving every thing a calorie value.
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Many other questions, as well as a few online sources, all agree that in order for me to have multiple sapient species in my world, they need to be either separated by a natural landscape or not a source of competition to each other. The easier solution here is to just set up a natural barrier in between... |
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Okay, so its been said by various people time and time again that overtly huge fantasy melee weapons are not practical in any way whatsoever. They are too large and cumbersome, and in a fair fight against anyone else wielding a more sanely-sized weapon, the guy with the overtly large weapon would lose.
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When we consider what alien life might look like, it seems more likely that life would be, well, very alien. There is no reason to expect bipedal, human-shaped and human-sized creatures. Or to expect these creatures to live on the same pace and time scales as we live, there is even less reason to imagine... |
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So, I have been trying to come up with ideas for space launch without rockets for this sci-if project, but then something occurred to me: rather than have craft jumping off and onto a planet’s surface, why not have them remain in orbit and instead have the *occupants* go up and down?
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Humans and elves have a common ancestry, and are genetically similar enough that they can interbreed.
Half elves are stronger and mature faster than elves but are mortal with less of a natural connection to the supernatural.
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I’ve been looking for real-life examples of suction-based weapons or weapons that work like a vacuum, violently sucking up the surrounding matter, but my search hasn’t generated any decent results. The closest thing I found were cases of swimmers being eviscerated to death by high-pressured pool drains, ... |
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Consider a steel mill or some setting with no human exposure. Can uranium be used as a heat source in place of electricity or gas or coal? Isn't it inefficient to use it in reactor?
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This setting takes place with medieval level technolpgy. Upon death, all souls leave the body and go directly to God to become one with its consciousness. However, there are other competing gods who wish to claim human souls for their own purposes. Souls provide gods with power and make them stronger. Th... |
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I wonder if it would be scientifically possible, and what would be the explanation for an Earth-like planet with average surface temperature of 14°C, but a **very hot ocean**, like **80-90° C**, covering 2/3 of the planet.
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*As part of a series of questions that I've been doing about microscopic humanoids ...*
In my world , there are a race of microscopic humanoid organisms ( 0.2 mm - 0.22 mm ) . They live in a variety of biomes , such as leaf litter , stone , and on plants and trees. My questions is -
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In this alternate earth, during the Permian period, a sentient aquatic cephalopod species evolved intelligence equal if not superior to humans. Unfortunately, there's a big problem to a cephalopod species becoming advanced enough to have a society. This is because when cephalopods breed a hormonal kill s... |
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If you tried to insulate your underwater home, making it water tight... wouldn't you suffocate yourself? Water does get stale, and run low on oxygen, creating a dead-zone, so wouldn't you want some flow of water to keep fresh water coming in?
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I'm looking for one or more biological processes that could be bolstered, changed, or introduced to a human to create a severely extended lifespan, ideally requiring death first, in order to best mimic the category of 'undead' creatures one sees in popular fantasy. Ideally, this process would also mangle... |
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For example in one of Rick and Morty episodes, Rick breaks out of a simulation during a concert (overloads the alien CPU with computations).
Assuming concert is not an option, how could a character reliably break out? Let's say the aliens are reading this post but they can't manipulate content here. Bonu... |
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The backstory of the world in the story I am writing tells of a deadly plague that significantly depopulated all of humanity. Years later, as the survivors began to recover post-plague they noticed that all children born after this event would go on to die suddenly, shortly before the onset of puberty. T... |
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Is it possible for a planetary body to have a secondary axis of rotation? For example let's say there's an Earth-like body that is spinning with its North Pole facing the Sun. Imagine that the North Pole is always facing the Sun, in a somewhat tidally locked position. Is this even possible? Is it possibl... |
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On Earth, rivers are possible because rain and snow deposit water in high places. That water then forms rivers when flowing to lower places.
Would it be possible to have the phenomena of rivers flowing into oceans on a planet where raining and snowing do not happen? If so, under what conditions could tha... |
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It seems likely that if life evolved to the point of civilization on a planet where carbon diamonds were not a scarce luxury resource, but rather a plentiful mineral as accessible as copper or iron ore, the unique characteristics they possess would be useful for practical purposes.
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Suppose technology becomes available that allows *bad people* to be "cured". Instead of going to prison for decades or being executed, for example, a murderer has his brain adjusted. Now cured, there is no reason to punish (beyond the forcible mind surgery). These people are released into society.
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During the early medieval age, the population of trolls is declining. These are savage creatures who aren't as cunning as humans, and not only are we part of their diet, humans are in fact their only source of food.
An adult troll is about ten times as large as a mature human but half as agile. They use ... |
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This question is based off of some of the concepts of [this](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/10445/how-long-could-an-age-of-medieval-tech-last?rq=1) question, but is NOT a duplicate, as the linked question asks how long a Medieval set of tech could conceivably last.
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I'm currently inventing a culture based on strength and power. They believe there's a fire in everybody that gives them life and power. They glorify warriors and strength.
The culture lives in an medieval setting, and there is something like fire magic.
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I am trying to find a gas that would be used as a weapon, which could also be made by someone in a medieval setting. The gas doesn’t have to be explicitly deadly, but anything that would incapacitate the enemy (knocking out, blinding, causing extreme sickness, etc) while being mass produced at a military... |
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Mothership to space vehicle EU W2775LV be like "pay taxes!"
Space vehicle EU W2775LV be like "no!" And flies away in the distance.
On earth we are kind of stuck living with one another, no matter where you go you still find people...even in the freakin' poles.
Therefore it is vital for someone to make ru... |
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Let us assume that about 10,000 years ago there was another human civilization, that was quite similar to humanity. Physically they are humans. The state of development of this civilization is quite close to ours - they had learned electricity, ships, cars, airplanes. But they were much stronger than us ... |
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I have heard that in order to be domesticable, the animal has to satisfy the 4 Fs:
* Friendly
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Okay so let's narrow this down. All dinosaurs would fall under Fecund because a single dinosaur can lay up to 30 eggs at a time. Long maturity but lots of eggs. But even the... |
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Demons represent the seven deadly sins: gluttony, lust, wrath, pride, sloth, avarice, and envy. They seek to corrupt men's hearts in order to claim their souls to torture in hell. Demons actively tempt mortals similar to how Jesus was tested by the devil for 40 days in the desert. They reveal themselves ... |
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Using only what is available in the 18h century, across any culture, what might airships look like in such a culture, assuming that an inventor used the resources he had to create one.
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Imagine a scenario in which most of the world population falls asleep in, for example, the year 2020. It happens at such a global scale and rate that no one realizes what is happening, except for the few who stay awake after this hibernation takes place.
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I've got to admit: I'm asking this mostly because the question amuses me.
Imagine a world (herein known as Whatworld) which is identical to Earth before the rise of humanity. It is populated by the same spread of creatures, with one important difference: The 'homo-sapiens' analogue (homo-whatvia) has no ... |
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I am imagining a world where liquid water can exist outside our solar system and share a similar chemistry with our ocean, say there is traces of sodium chloride in water (not the heavy water kind).
I'm thinking of using sonic vibration to force the water to behave like honey in terms of viscosity but I ... |
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**Background:** It is the year 2021 and I am a reclusive and enigmatic billionaire with a flair for the dramatic. I would like a dramatic spotlight to shine down on me on command (at night), so that I can look something like this diagram (without an obnoxious helicopter, plane, or blimp above me):
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**Background**
Vampires are the usual sort. They sleep in coffins during the day and awake when it gets dark. Apart from the normal ways of killing them, they are immortal and so, despite their thirst for blood, they will never starve to death.
Currently there is a plague of vampires and although they co... |
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Long before you get to using fire to smelt metals, *hammering* is a much more fundamental requirement for basic technologies. Hammering lets you
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2. Process food--grinding grain, cracking nuts, cracking shells, tenderizing meat, etc.
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The notion of using the so called [Stanford torus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_torus) to generate artificial gravity is well known, but once you build the mega-structure how do you make it *start* rotating? Do you rotate somehow from the center, or do you install booster rockets on the circumf... |
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Say we had some type of four-wheeled vehicle on the inside of an O'Neil cylinder with roads. I imagine if it drove in the same direction as the spin, there would not be many problems. However, I am not sure what would happen if it were to drive down the length of the cylinder or in the opposite direction... |
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I am working on a story where I will take the geography of our world but install new peoples, cultures and histories. This will likely include fantastical elements as well as mundane. In working through this I have started with the base topographical map of the location I am working through and then bega... |
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My question is as follows - let's assume our objective function is to have as many humans as possible living outside the confines of the Earth as soon as possible. For this, we need to provide those humans with some habitat outside Earth. One approach is to try and colonize other bodies in the solar syst... |
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Ever since I found out about the green blooded skink, I have wondered if it's possible for other blood colours to evolve among vertebrates, specifically blue in mammals.
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Suppose an [earth-like](/questions/tagged/earth-like "show questions tagged 'earth-like'") world in the [near-future](/questions/tagged/near-future "show questions tagged 'near-future'"). Then aliens come and decide to play a mischievous trick on this world on an epic scale. The goal is to dis... |
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Julius Caesar used a substitution cipher (now called a Caesar cipher) for sensitive private and military correspondence. The cipher involves shifting all of the letters in a message in one direction a secret number of times, wrapping around if necessary. This appears to have done well for Caesar, but cou... |
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I have a (medieval non-fantasy but fictional world) setting in which several kingdoms have royally sponsored duellists that will represent the kingdom in international disputes. As this isn’t a particularly realistic concept, I have devised the following scenario:
We have a few kingdoms on a large penins... |
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[Thorium power plants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power) were a thing that was researched and ultimately abandoned; however, for all intents and purposes, it's safer than any power source we have today.
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A classic trope in media is the country that is [constantly having a revolution](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RevolvingDoorRevolution), with the logical extreme being a geographical region where any map older than a year is woefully out of date as new nations rise, borders shift, old natio... |
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What kind of pandemic could keep nations on severe lock down for at least long enough to necessitate irreversible changes to culture and the economy (preferably a decade or longer)? Such as fast-tracking automation, implementing UBI, and moving everything to a digital and robotic format (Like what's happ... |
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There are several questions related to effects of different gravity levels on the human body, but none adequately answer a fundamental question: What is the maximum and minimum gravity that **nearly all** humans can survive under and perform all functions without side effects?
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In my world, there are giant fish, reptiles, and bugs. My question is, how would you be able to put a harness or saddle on a fish?
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I've been thinking about developing a loosely cyberpunk style world that is mostly the sort of standard corporate dominated dystopias we're used to.
How could a more positive mostly heroic faction emerge within this sort of world? What would be the factors that allowed them to form?
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The "Lagrange giant" in the title refers to a gas giant that orbits its star in the same distance as Earth does. The alternative description is "Trojan planet" or, to be most clear, "co-orbital". So in this alternate universe, the only difference in our solar system is that a gas giant (let's start with ... |
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The capital of a country is built on a series of stone hills that gradually lead to the ocean. The stone is noted for both the strength of castles made from it and its unique blue-green coloring. This city is surrounded by the ocean on one side, and steep mountains (which are responsible for the area's l... |
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**THE SCENARIO:** I've been inspired by shows like *The Shield* and *The Wrong Mans* to come up with my own (even more flamboyantly evil) development scheme, to use as the backdrop for the action in a low sci-fi crime story set in modern day Detroit.
Here's the direction I've taken: My smirking corporat... |
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Centaurs are amongst us in modern-day society, but for the sake of decency they wear pants when in public. Whether or not a person, whether they are horse from the waist down or not, does so in private is their right to choose. From what I know about centaurs and the field of trouser engineering this car... |
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We are in a medieval setting (think 16th-17th Century, Western Europe), in a country of a size equivalent to modern Switzerland, and reasonably populated for the time.
A new King gets on the throne. He has a passion for Arts, and decides that he should put all the Kingdom's resources towards producing an... |
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I'd like to have freights transported across my world by airship heavy cargo haulers with some passenger variants as well.
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In countless science fiction series, mainly the more popular ones, almost all of the aliens appear humanoid, that is bipedal with 2 arms and two legs. Is it a bad idea to include this in worldbuilding? Is it just a lazy excuse, a way of humanizing the alien or is there a good reason for an alien to be hu... |
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So, we are still in the context of [this question.](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/4241/what-would-the-real-miss-universe-pageant-be-like) The next part of making the humans intergalactic would be ... currency! Due to the fall of many currencies before, using different materials as mon... |
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I want to create a universe where the visible universe is much smaller than that of our own. The idea is to create a sort of "fog of war" around every star system. In our universe, you can see pretty much every other star, even if, due to the extreme distances, you may only be able to see the "present" o... |
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*Picture this...the sun sets over an orangish red desert, in the distance you see a town rising from three hills, a river snaking between them. The buildings rise from the hills and spread between them. Atop the highest hill sits a magnificent cathedral that rises above the rest of the city, its red ston... |
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In the Holy Books of a number of religions, we see the prophets of what is depicted as the true god always struggling against priests of false gods, who are often able to accomplish amazing feats. But the rival priests are all just faking it...
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I have been working on an RPG (a video game) where one of the key plot "themes" is the prevalence of mercenaries, of very varied capabilities and fame/infamy/secrecy.
After lurking answers on here and seeing so many absolutely fascinating/on-point responses to WB questions by others, I figured that certa... |
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I'm trying to write a murder mystery in a fantasy setting without much technology - certainly no DNA or fingerprint evidence - but I've realized that I have no idea how they would go about solving the crime.
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Behold, a crocodile. The only thing that they have to worry about is hunger when they cannot catch a meal, and camouflage that is better than the eyes of their prey. What if a species of mushroom started growing on their skins in a symbiotic relationship. The fungus provides camouflage and the croc provi... |
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In redesigning a large number of my ships, I've decided that having larger ships generate enough power for FTL was too convenient and made balancing the factions varied FTL methods difficult (both for writing and game development.) To work around this, I'm moving the ships towards having large banks of c... |
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## So let's consider a species of blind, sea dwelling, squid-like aliens.
They are sentient, intelligent and highly social. As their societies develop and their available knowledge increases they require a method of storing information without needing to remember it all.
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In the *Metro* series of video games, there exist various pneumatic weapons, essentially air-powered rifles. It seems like these weapons are supposed to be easier to produce/maintain in a post-apocalyptic setting, as they use air and ball bearings instead of bullets. They also seem to be more silent than... |
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In a story I'm working on, there are some creatures that eat hair, wool, fur, and anything similar.
They're not mites or insects, but are (very roughly) the size of humans.
Is there any realistic reason that a creature would need to eat hair?
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You have a spaceship, covered in steel armor. The enemy is shooting a laser at you in pulses intense enough to vaporize the steel. But you have a brilliant idea: float a big glass lens in front of your ship, positioned so it will bend the laser slightly to the side so it misses your ship.
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I grew up watching the Indiana Jones and enjoying the creative death traps and Indy outsmarting them.
What what about dragons?
So this is for a potential novel dealing with a dragon civilization. The dragons are the standard hexapedal model (four legs, two wings) they are roughly horse sized and capable ... |
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