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How much harm could an “evil” US president do to humanity? [closed]

A truly "evil", imaginary person has somehow managed to become elected US president. No one knows of their "evilness" because they hid their true personality their whole life. ...
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Can a species devoted to destroying other species survive and prosper?

I was going through old questions when I found THIS question regarding agriculture. It occurred to me that if a species created enough evolutionary pressure on the species around it, it could select ...
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Issues and benefits related to having the ability to see and have an affinity for portals? [closed]

I am writing a story in which people with a rare genetic ability are able to see, and are attracted to portals which lead to other dimensions. I have some ideas on how I want to differentiate good vs ...
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What abnormalities can result from long term cryogenic preservation?

Overlord Larmark is a scientist from the 21st century who is interested in world domination, and needs powerful generals to lead his armies. He looks to the ancient world, as only that time period has ...
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How can I prevent soul energy from dissipating?

I am Yosef Mengalus, a dark mage who specializes in the manipulation of souls. A human soul is essentially raw mana condensed and shaped into form held together by various spiritual components. This ...
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How can I design a magically-induced coma?

Maleficient is an evil witch on a quest for true immortality. Until she accomplishes her goal, she uses a midpoint form of magic called reincarnation in order to buy her more time and keep her alive. ...
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How can I motivate mages to recruit individuals for a pyramid scheme of evil? [duplicate]

This particular coven operates as a powerful and widespread enterprise focused on accumulating power to direct the world in ways that align with their interests. This group operates similar to HYDRA ...
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How can an eldritch abomination hide its true form in public?

A hag is a witch deeply entrenched in the art of dark magic. This kind of magic comes from experimenting with forces beyond our reality. Over the years, her abilities and spells grow in power. However,...
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How can a coven of witches operate as a pyramid scheme?

A crone is a witch on the path to achieving godhood by stealing the life force of others through a dark ritual. The second stage on this path is the baba yaga, a point where the crone loses all traces ...
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Why would extracting mana from a mage be more successful than from a muggle?

This is a follow-up question to this: How can crones minimize risks of exposure in a human trafficking enterprise? Mana is life energy of the soul used in conducting spells. Crones are renegade ...
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How could I take note of the mayhem I caused as a fish?

Having read the answers to the How much mayhem could I cause as a fish? of the salmon mayhem gang series, I was wondering, what means the salmon gang had to actually figure the impact of their evil ...
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How much mayhem could I cause as a sentient fish?

On our world, human minds can be transferred intact into animals. It was originally intended for people with medical conditions, but some genius thought it would be clever to store violent prisoners ...
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Creature awakening after a couple of hero deaths in certain area [closed]

Under the ruins of the old castle lies the Great Evil from the past ages, sleeping lightly, waiting for the moment to appear and rain destruction on the earth. For now, it has no possibilities for ...
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Why Would People Follow an Anti-Christ or a Similar Figure? [duplicate]

Why would people follow the Anti-Christ, or a similar figure? I can imagine some would follow him out of fear, some out of a desire to hurt others, and others out of greed, but what other reasons ...
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How would a society of chaotic evil individuals work?

Imagine an orc-like species of violent sociopaths: they are sadists taking pleasure in the suffering of others, have fits of violent rage, see altruism and empathy as contemptible weakness and are all ...
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How to stop someone who can create strong illusions. (without killing him) [duplicate]

Let's say Mace can make someone think they're in Hell. He can make your worst nightmare come to life. He can create any illusion he wants. When someone is being manipulated they can't move. He ...
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If wrong deeds were visible on a person's skin, how would the world change? [closed]

In this world (otherwise the same as Earth), people would have an appearance based on their characters. If someone does something bad, his skin gets a red stain and if he does something good then his ...
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Turning Good and Evil on its head, is it possible in this scenario/ mytholgy?

A bit of mythology: In the beginning there were two dragons fighting for dominance of the universe: one of light and one of dark. This battle had gone on forever. Both dragons were tired of the ...
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Dexter + Goa'Uld = Extra Sadistic + Extra Evil [closed]

I'm thinking of building a world by mixing two existing worlds: Dexter and Stargate SG-1. In Dexter, the main character is an evil psychopath/sociopath (note: I'm still not 100% what the difference ...
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Intelligence Agency Cooporation during high cold war

Now imagine a world where they did land on the moon just a year ago (for real!), and we enter 1970 and heading for the less pleasureful high time of the cold war. But suddenly, a POD (Point of... ...
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Santa is Satan, but why?

Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name. But why? What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away ...