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I'm writing low fantasy set in alternate Earth with technology level of 6th century.
In my world I have psionics, born something like 1 in 10,000. They are several times stronger than normals, from 3 times to 12 times depending on the talent. The stronger they are the rarer they are. There could be 3-5 t... |
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I am a world-hopping warlock who regularly goes on adventures in various worlds with differing levels of technological knowledge. Being a crafty warlock, I have a number of tricks, weapons, and gadgets up my sleeves, and I'd like to add firearms to my repertoire.
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Imagine super-advanced aliens who know nothing of humans because their only view of Earth is from light that left Earth billions of years ago.. perhaps even from light that left before Earth was formed. The aliens purposefully emit signals of some kind in every direction, in order to try to hack the comp... |
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Human Earth explorers land on planet X. They are there to survey it. They are unaware that there is life on X until ...
The locals are very aggressive and fire on them from a distance. The thing is that the projectiles (which could be bullets or arrows or whatever) travel very slowly. So slowly that the ... |
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The world which I am working on is set in the far future on a colonized/terraformed planet that has become reduced to a medieval-like level of technology. It was not previously inhabited by any life, and thus has no fossil record and no limestone. Lime-based mortar has been used for thousands of years, a... |
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For context of the idea I have in mind, the setting is a modern world, but with magic.
All sorts of things are possible with magic, but most notably spells that would change or transform an existing thing are permanent. Always. Any effect applied to an object or living being can never be undone by magic.... |
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In the mountains they build things strangely. Their houses are made of interconnected hollow spheres. Although I really like the aesthetic, I can't figure out why they do so. In theory, a hollow sphere is harder to build. So, what is it about the mountains that makes the people who live there want to bui... |
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I'm dealing with a planet very similar to Earth, except that it has two suns. So, of course, it would be an extraordinary occasion when the inhabitants of the planet see only one sun in the sky. So the idea is that it is extremely rare for there to be a moment when the two stars and the planet align perf... |
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This is a world where all devices run on the same OS and which requires a unique login of everyone using the device. That is, each person has a single account and all devices log in with the same user id and password with iris or fingerprint-like unique login also. It won't be possible to log in with ano... |
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My story takes place in the future with advanced technology and I have a torture scene where I need prisoners to be immobilized against a wall—-but not permanently. I’m wondering if it could be done through energy or some kind of force unseen by the naked eye. I originally had magnetized nanobots that wo... |
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It is the year 4056 (or probably later). The rocket with the last residents of Earth just took off, because global warming and pollution couldn't be stopped nor reverted and Earth became uninhabitable. The human civilization leaves our solar system to live in space and search for a new planet to exploit.... |
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Ships are capable of FTL warp and relativistic speed flying. In order for a ship to intercept other ship at high non-FTL speed, it needs a mechanism that will enable it to slow down the other ship.
Most space battles will ensue after the speed-limit weapon is deployed, creating a region of space where sh... |
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This is in regards to a story I'm writing, where the two main characters are a human girl and her giant companion. They're both outlaws with the giant being seen as an outright monster by the vast majority of people.
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This question is similar to my other question "[would walkers work on airless worlds](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/106667/would-walkers-work-on-airless-worlds)?", however even though it's the same setting and I am talking about the same battle group tactic that question dealt with th... |
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I am writing a fantasy series about witches. It's set in a high fantasy world. To get magic powers in this fantasy world, a girl has to voluntarily transform into a magical being.
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In my world, I have ''classic'' knights but with helmets that have transparent visors which are strong enough to protect from arrows.
So which material available in medieval times could withstand an arrow shot to the face while being transparent to allow for better vision?
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In my hypothetical world, the current development of humans is similar to our late 19th century in terms of technological advancements; larger countries are capable having more advanced technology than smaller towns. There is a small town located near the border of a country, which is home to some of the... |
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In Zootopia, they have computer and smart phones, much like we do. The world I'm writing is similarly populated by anthropomorphic mammals and, like Zootopia, generally possesses technology similar to the modern (2020-ish in my case) real world.
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The human genome has been completely mastered and understood by the end of this century, which has led to a service industry revolving around genetic codes. Gene editing to prevent diseases are now possible, as well as linking the use of technologies to a specific genetic structure for security purposes.... |
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Lead is pretty much the go-to metal when it comes to making bullets. That is because lead is cheap, dense, soft, and has a low melting point. But of course, bullets can be made out of other metals.
Let's say that a post-scarcity civilization is tired of using lead and wants to use another metal for ammun... |
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So, I was thinking about [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/177144/optimum-shape-for-a-space-dreadnought) which I asked a while back, and it occurred to me that the "natural predator" of such ships would be missile and fighter carriers which unleash swarms of missiles and/o... |
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For context, take any generic medieval setting and don't change anything leading up to how society got to that point. However, one day, every tree in the country disappears. Eventually, the wood in the weapons they already have has to rot or break, so they inevitably run out.
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Our protagonist is repeating the last 30 years of his life, from the age of 5 years old, over and over again. Read the 'premise' section of [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/189253/30-year-groundhogs-day-how-to-increase-the-worlds-technology) for all the details.
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If this earth were cubed shape would it be possible for Magellan to prove that the earth is cube-shaped without going to space and looking at earth?
It might seem strange to think that earth might be shaped like a cube. Remember I am not saying perfect cube but rounded cube at the edge. Do you remember C... |
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I'm writing a novel with real-world-style settings and minimal magic.
Minimal magic... how can I explain this? The magic in the world is only as good as epoxy to a leaking pipe. The magic can't just make another pipe out of thin air nor instantly transform an entire network of water pipelines to one's wi... |
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I'm worldbuilding a medieval fantasy which I try to keep as realistic as
possible. In my world, fantasy races are subspecies of the humans, which I define as compared to humans:
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Similar to my previous [thread](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/243939/would-lightning-bolts-be-effective-against-modern-military-vehicles/243981#243981). In my setting, wizards from a pre-industrial fantasy world come to real life. One of these wizards is a cryomancer recruited by the ... |
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So, there are three major powers in the setting that can be reasoned with, and a fourth that is just there to destroy. I have a problem with balancing them.
The so-called nature spirits are creatures that, through one way or another, got a P-organ. P-organs are capable of manufacturing nano and micromach... |
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My magic system involves groupings of elements called domains which have a unique property not specific to either element in said domain. As the title implies I'm looking for a element to be paired with light. So far I've been using "aether" as a kind of vaguely defined place holder as the second element... |
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I am writing a story where humanity has advanced technology, but I want to give a justification for why they are still on their planet. Here humanity has advanced ai, superconductors, laser weapons etc. what excuse can they have for not leaving the earth.
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I stumbled upon [this map](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kativik.png) of northern Quebec the other day, and what really struck me was just how empty the interior was. No populated places, no roads, no navigable rivers - as far as I know no people at all live outside those dozen coastal villages... |
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Hypothesis: In application of the laws of thermodynamics (conservation of energy) it could be that the sun's energy was (almost) depleted to perform feats of magic (energy was taken from the sun).
Question: Facing an imminent supernova, how can magic save the sun from dying?
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More of a theoretical idea but the implications can help with a lot of worlds and ideas.
A no is as welcome as a yes. The most detailed answer is the best as usual.
In many stories set in other worlds or in the future...etc we get super duper massive powerful animals with hide/armor/skin...etc that resis... |
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In my novel, one of the characters has a mutation that allows him to shapeshift into a larger and more powerful form (like the hulk but less intense). How could his clothes be modified so that he doesn’t tear them every time he changes? It’s a low magic setting resembling the medieval times.
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A few hundred years from now, a prosperous humanity heavily relying on technology is hit by a disaster. It's not a type of a disaster that kills many people instantly, but it takes out enough technical devices to curb repair efforts, then more devices are down so that the supply chains suffer, the situat... |
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I haven't found this question anywhere else so I don't think it's a duplicate. So here it goes, some background information of the world.
Suppose there is a civilization with access to magic which has taken the place of traditional technological advancements.
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Exactly what it says on the tin: how can a repressive government quickly but non-permanently disable human vocal cords in a way that allows only that government to restore them?
Said government uses vocal cord disabling, among other things, as a terror tactic: speak out, and they'll *literally* remove yo... |
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The saying goes "a wolf in sheep's clothing", which is a biblical idiom to refer to someone pretending to be harmless. This got me thinking about if the reverse could also be true. So I came up with a fantasy creature, which is a sheep in wolf's clothing in a very literal sense.
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At sea lifeboats are a pretty straightforward affair, a small seaworthy boat that one uses to get away from a doomed vessel. In space the same basic principles apply although the requirements are far more strenuous. In between, in the air, things are conceptually a bit more difficult, I think. In space g... |
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I'm currently in a nation roleplay and some nations are now looking towards the stars to expand their reach and power. We are all using modern technology mixed in with near future technology (30 to 40 years in the future) and was wondering how feasible it would be to create some sort of defensive dome (n... |
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Amortentia is a powerful aphrodisiac that creates an intense feeling of love or obsession in the person who drinks it. There are different kinds of these love potions, each designed to have various effects on the user. These feelings are encouraged through the increase of dopamine in the brain. Many diff... |
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The Orks of my world are actually the technologically most advanced civilization. They are bigger and stronger than humans, have bone plates on their heads, greenish skin, and are more akin to the Qunari from Dragon Age than to Tolkien's orks. They dwell in jungle and savanna regions on a continent simil... |
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Let's assume that there is a lake that has formed from snowmelt and rainfall. The lake has never been in contact with other bodies of water. How might this lake become a complete ecosystem?
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I want to have characters who have no family name. I notice that people in Indonesia and Iceland have no family name. What kind of culture/tradition caused that? Are there any common factors that cause people not to use family names?
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Imagine the modern day world where an eccentric billionaire (plus a small group of others) has decided to declare their private island as their own country. (lets say the island is about 1 square kilometre)
There are actually real examples of people trying to do this, one such is the [Republic of Minerva... |
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I'm writing a story about a fantasy medieval world where flightless dragons roam vast tropical rainforests (like Vietnam or Borneo) and preys on animals and people alike. These dragons are so powerful yet elusive that the only reliable way to hunt them is by burning a big chunk of the forest to drive the... |
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I have created in my world a keep that lies inside a walled courtyard.
Artistically I have designed the keep to rise in three tiers not unlike a wedding cake. *(Though the castle is made of stone not batter. Less delicious but decidedly stronger)*
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[ can only be accessed through a valley. The valley is quite cramped, and the hills are too tall and steep for any horses or heavily armoured men to climb without great difficulty. The fight also tak... |
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The society that I am developing is reminiscent on Early Medieval Society, and I want a version of the **cavalry charge** (and the cavalry cycle) to exist in my universe as well.
Essentially I want plausible reasons why Spacefaring destroyers *--similar in size to modern Naval submarines but obviously mu... |
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I'm creating a human civilization which exists on a largely arid planet, with a great deal of Tatooine / Arrakis-like terrain.
These humans have no idea they are not native to the planet outside of religion and myth (many believe the stars rejected them for being childish, which isn't far
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I'm thinking of a little something where a hundred Sun-sized stars would dot the sky (night or day; the Sun just blocks other stars at day after all). These stars are scattered across the sky, but they are all exactly half a light year away from Earth.
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I want to have a blue furred species native to a desert in the world I'm building, so the obvious way to have that is to have the sand of that desert be blue so they are camouflaged. I could just say the sand is blue and be done with it, but I'd rather have an explanation for why the sand is blue.
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The environment is set in (ideal) space with no air for the bullet to interact with. It should encounter nothing until it reaches its target.
The bullet is assumed to be a perfect sphere with a diameter of 7mm (what I believe is common for sniper rifles) and is made of antimatter. All variables should b... |
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I've been thinking about terraforming and planets in general.
We can look at the planets we know that might be terraformable - Venus and Mars - and understand the technical requirements for doing so. We can even imagine other planets and what might be necessary for them.
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In the story I want to tell, it's a thousand years in the future and Mars has been terraformed into a forest world (something like the forest-moon of Endor). It's settled in a few small towns and mostly populated by a rugged group of lumberjack types. Every year (Martian year) the logging crews go out in... |
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Let's say in a few years a brand new material is discovered, a kevlar like fiber that is strong enough to stop any kind of bullet from a regular firearm (pistols, rifles, machine guns etc.). Anything weaker than a heavy anti-tank rifle is completely useless against it, and even these can barely pierce th... |
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A succubus has been summoned from hell to our realm by a fool using an ancient text called "demonic pacts for dummies". The ritual goes horribly wrong due to incorrect information and resulted in the summoner's death. The succubus is now free to roam our realm unsupervised and begins terrorizing the popu... |
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So this is a nation RP server set in Classical antiquity ( somewhere around 1st or 2nd century AD). The lore of this place is that around a thousand years ago, an advance civilization collapsed and from the ruins came out the new world. The technology from the past was lost but some ancient artifacts can... |
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To generate heat electrically inside a balloon for lift would a 20 watt LED light or a 20 watt heating element make more heat to lift a small closed hot air balloon droid and solar cell?
Having a black balloon would convert the light into heat and a 20 watt LED does get hot and heat-sync would add to the... |
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So, context: This is some time after the apocalyptic event, and society has had a little time to re-build. The apocalyptic event in question physically destroyed a large number of cities, and killed most of the human population. It did not poison the air, or make the surface world uninhabitable. While mu... |
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In this story I'm giving a go at, humanity as a whole have been under siege from creatures that can be best described as humanoid demons. Things haven't been going well for the human race, as the demons have greater physical strength, size, pain resistance, and seem to all have a sadistic love of violenc... |
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Imagine an inhabitated planet like ours with a moon of the same projected size in the sky. The moon has visible structures of colors or darker and lighter areas.
Every evening when the moon gets visible in the sky, it's surface changed in at least 1/4 of the visible area. It didn't just rotate, no-one o... |
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**What would animals that dig through solid rock look like? How would they differ from animals that dig through dirt?**
So basically I am trying to populate ravines and canyons with fauna that digs through rock and make extensive networks of tunnels to live in. They don’t need to be fast diggers by any m... |
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I am thinking of a planet (I suppose one would call it a parallel earth) where the industrial revolution never happens, and people live with 1700s technology forever. What differences in resources/weather/environment/available land area could ensure that it doesn't happen, and what impact would these cha... |
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Very soon I suspect we will see the rise of machine in the next couple of decades if people continue abusing Moore laws, suppose robot laws are hardwired into their core how can we make them believe in the value of money and what will be the form of currency be like? For all I know bitcoin is dead and I ... |
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I am writing a story where humans are battling monsters (Think orcs, goblins, dire wolves, etc).
I wanted to stay away from the typical ‘go for guns’ and try historical weaponry. I know the bow has longer reach and potentially more lethality. But how much is that the design/materials of the weapon?
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In this alternative reality Constantine the Great never embraces the Christianity and the Roman Empire remains polytheistic.
So I would like to know what realistic change(s) could have prevented the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire ?
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We assume (since it is not proven yet) that Earth and Humanity are very rare cases in the universe. And in a lot of literature when there is a **need to make a choice between Earth and Humanity**, (Pseudo)Superior intelligence (let's call it SI; for AI, aliens etc.) thinks that **Humans would be the choi... |
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Our country, which is located in thousands of km2 of plains, needs a way to store water. Dams are not an option due to the fact that there are no mountains. We have retired mining quarries that are unused.
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I was wondering about the practicality of some superpowers. If someone had the ability to fire lasers out of his/her eyes, would the advantages of this ability be sufficient to overrides the risks? The problems that immediately come to mind are that:
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One of my Brainstormings (a mesh of interconected ideas that didn't solidify into a concrete story yet) had an interesting sideplot:
One of the main characters, Cephit, is a young gold dragon with an axe to grind on another main character for indirectly (and accidentally) almost getting her father killed... |
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Is a solar system where the center is a planet possible? Where would the heat on it and its moons come from? Would life of any kind even be possible? Would everything be pitch-black, or would some light come from stars?
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A violent way of rendering a planet uninhabitable being the obvious: accelerate a large enough object to a sufficient velocity that everything on the planet goes the way of the dinosaurs.
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I'm wondering what type of society humans (with a Renaissance level of technology) would develop in an area with no arable land (soils too poor), but with a monopoly on various metal resources (iron, copper, lead, tin) that they could trade to people living in other areas with richer soils.
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In an Earth-like world, with a single Moon similar to ours, there is a mountain that is 1.000 meters high.
On top of that mountain there is a crater with ca. 100 Km radius and 100 m of maximum depth.
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The robot society exists on a lifeless planet called Abios-5. As the name suggests, these robots are the closest thing resembling life on the planet. Originally explorers, the ancestors of these machines crashed on the planet. From there, the semi-autonomous robots laid the foundations for their robot so... |
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The scenario goes something like this: In the not so far future a fully automated exploration vessel crashes on an uninhabited planet not unlike earth. Unlike earth however, this particular planet is completely lifeless, as most planets tend to be. This planet can be thought of as a pre-terraformed earth... |
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(This question moved originally from RPGs and pertains to the D&D game where individuals and societies may have explicit allegiances to good or evil.)
A typical convention in fantasy settings are evil races; not demons, but mortal beings who casually act evil. They live their whole lives in ways we would... |
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Let me explain what I mean by terraforming. Let's say we want Antarctica to be like Scandinavia or Finland. People from all over the Earth would colonise it and build the "United States of Antarctica" or something similar. It would basically become a next-generation USA.
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In the world I am designing there are creatures known as a Dazzling Griffin. These griffins act in a similar manner to some birds of paradise when mating, putting on elaborate displays involving song, dance, and a glowing pattern across their feathers.
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I have a traditional quasi-medieval fantasy realm where a few generations back improper use of magic lead to creation of monsters throughout the land. Our main countries have had to figure out how to hold, or reclaim, land back from these monsters in order to thrive.
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In a very soft-science world, in a lush forest far away from civilization and their laws, especially the one about squares and cubes, lives a young, female drider. One day, while hunting for dire-boar at the far end of her territory, she meets a handsome young male of her species. He proves to be witty a... |
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I am planning a book about a vigilante with telekinetic powers; however, this power will be extremely watered down. The character can only Push, Pull, and Twist on things.
If anyone has read Mistborn, I imagined it as being similar to a Coinshot and Lurcher, with the added ability to Twist an object.
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