Worldbuilding

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Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer with score of more than 10 by more than 2x. This badge can be awarded multiple times.
Awarded 438 times.
How to limit the usefulness of an anti-gravity mineral to airship construction in steampunk?
Awarded Sep 13 at 12:35
What's the angle of repose for dead zombie bodies?
Awarded Aug 5 at 18:05
How can kaiju exist in nature and not significantly alter civilization?
Awarded Aug 1 at 5:26
In a truly (human) free market society, how would slavery be prevented?
Awarded Jun 27 at 13:36
What's a possible justification for orcs not taking over the world?
Awarded May 24 at 12:43
How would medieval people defend themselves from Simswines?
Awarded Apr 19 at 22:21
How can a person kill a giant ape without using a weapon?
Awarded Apr 7 at 14:05
Numeral systems based on different colors rather than different symbols?
Awarded Mar 31 at 4:26
How to disguise insect meat?
Awarded Mar 27 at 19:55
How can I make humans not negatively affected by radiation?
Awarded Mar 21 at 8:07
What would be the next logical step after crossbows?
Awarded Feb 8 at 20:07
How do I justify a world where drones are commonplace but computers remain large?
Awarded Jan 14 at 8:56
I can shrink myself to 3 mm and teleport into someone else's body. How can I make them die of a "natural" cause?
Awarded Dec 16, 2022 at 12:17
Would it be possible, given current technology, ten years, and an infinite amount of money, to construct a 7,000 foot (2200 meter) aircraft carrier?
Awarded Dec 13, 2022 at 4:58
Can I use mana as currency if people are constantly generating more mana?
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 15:27
Can stone weaponry be sharpened?
Awarded Nov 20, 2022 at 5:16
A planet you can take off from, but never land back
Awarded Nov 10, 2022 at 16:32
How would I go about naming a fictional country located on Earth?
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 3:32
Why would a technologically advanced society use human controllers to direct space ship traffic?
Awarded Oct 21, 2022 at 15:17
Is there an Evolutionary advantage for 10% of my mammalian species from the Homo genus to have Von Willebrand blood-clotting disease?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 21:25
Why does space warfare not lead to total anhiliation of both sides?
Awarded Sep 26, 2022 at 14:47
What to bring back from the past to prove the success of a Time Machine?
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 19:26
If people in medieval times had access to titanium, would it be used over steel?
Awarded Sep 5, 2022 at 11:56
How could peasants protest against superhuman kings?
Awarded Aug 22, 2022 at 22:05
The Earth is teleported into interstellar space for 5 minutes. What happens?
Awarded Jul 27, 2022 at 19:05
How do I stop annoyed wizards from killing people all the time?
Awarded Jul 16, 2022 at 23:22
How to politely coexist with a vampire?
Awarded Jun 25, 2022 at 14:45
How can waste from the body be removed without being expelled from the anus?
Awarded Jun 22, 2022 at 17:10
How to prevent electronic advancement beyond the early cold war era?
Awarded Jun 19, 2022 at 18:25
What would cause plants to survive on the ground while restricting animals to the air?
Awarded Jun 10, 2022 at 13:46
What kind of scientist would be ideal for studying zombies?
Awarded May 4, 2022 at 17:30
Why would the devil give someone immortality in exchange for them maintaining a diary?
Awarded May 2, 2022 at 11:17
Can one rig a revolver to guarantee that the only bullet in Russian Roulette is in the last chamber?
Awarded May 1, 2022 at 1:11
A weapon that can instantly kill millions without harming the bodies
Awarded Apr 25, 2022 at 16:27
How would a mermaid jail work?
Awarded Apr 25, 2022 at 12:55
Life underneath a blue star
Awarded Apr 22, 2022 at 3:03
What modern-day object could a magic wand be disguised as?
Awarded Apr 22, 2022 at 0:51
In a cyberpunk world where corporate upper class citizens can work virtually through implants, why would they build corporate mega-skyscrapers?
Awarded Apr 8, 2022 at 3:50
How could a smaller country successfully take control of a much larger country?
Awarded Mar 21, 2022 at 14:42
Will people keep drinking alcoholic drinks even if they don't get intoxicated anymore?
Awarded Mar 15, 2022 at 17:32
Is it possible to effectively fight piracy in a solar-system wide human civilization?
Awarded Mar 7, 2022 at 6:51
How much should a nuclear explosion be slowed for its energy to be safely converted to electrical energy?
Awarded Feb 23, 2022 at 21:35
Why would most species avoid democracy?
Awarded Feb 2, 2022 at 15:10
How long would it take to dismantle a city by hand?
Awarded Jan 22, 2022 at 17:06
Why do ogres eat people?
Awarded Jan 11, 2022 at 12:57
Hiding superstrength in plain sight at the gym
Awarded Dec 21, 2021 at 16:46
The students have blown up the school using stuff that looks like snow. How?
Awarded Nov 15, 2021 at 9:51
What happens to my candy-creatures when they get wet and how do I stop it?
Awarded Nov 14, 2021 at 0:21
Nuclear weapons with 1850s technology
Awarded Nov 1, 2021 at 16:15
Reasons why a high tech species does not have space travel
Awarded Oct 27, 2021 at 21:35
What would cut off a Mars base from Earth's support for an extended period of time?
Awarded Oct 19, 2021 at 18:46
How would one sabotage a horse-drawn carriage to break down a distance later
Awarded Oct 4, 2021 at 1:02
Why do the enemies have finite aggro ranges?
Awarded Sep 25, 2021 at 14:12
Why do my monster minions all have obvious weak points that instantly kill them?
Awarded Sep 23, 2021 at 19:46
Are snow caps plausible for a mountain range in an extremely large desert?
Awarded Sep 2, 2021 at 8:36
Arming all untrained people with firearms, which weapon would do?
Awarded Aug 30, 2021 at 20:15
Realistic way a character that born with 999/1000 luck stats die?
Awarded Aug 28, 2021 at 18:46
How would a true artificial intelligence view emotions as useful and assign functions to them?
Awarded Aug 13, 2021 at 4:08
Why would a government support organizations with completely opposing goals?
Awarded Jul 27, 2021 at 13:16
How can we imprison a teleporter?
Awarded Jul 17, 2021 at 17:48
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