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For questions that have to do with magic, as opposed to science/technology. Remember to explain any limits.
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How to "hide" the effects of battle between supernaturals
Natural Disasters
Weather: Hurricanes, tornadoes, derechos, micro-bursts
Geologic: Fault-slips and other earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions
Astronomic: Meteor air-bursts, meteor impacts, sola …
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How can the Animal Court perform its duties in an increasingly developed world?
Disused Underground Tunnels.
Even small cities can have them. The remnants of subways, utility service ways, storm and sanitary sewers, building foundations, and several other things that were creat …
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How to justify powerful magic items being for sale in a high-magic world?
Most magic artifacts only work for specific people or under specific conditions.
Hey, I have this magic sword. …
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Under the right temperature conditions, would a gallium sword be possible/useful?
Melting point is not among the first concerns when picking materials for a weapon, ductility, malleability, and brittleness are. In the case of gallium, where you run into trouble is with the brittle …
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What would be the ethics of using test animals in a world where there are spells to speak to...
In The Real World (TM), we have these things called institutional review boards (IRBs). Whether at a university or private institute, before you can perform research using human or animal subjects, y …
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Evolutionary Advantage to Extreme Longevity
There are some traits in the animal kingdom that tend to be reasonably correlated (although not necessarily linear). Among those are size, birth rate, and longevity. Anecdotally, the mouse is small, …
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Parrots for tone-deaf people where magic is performed through song (followup)
But we don't need our singing magic parrot to achieve that level necessarily, just to make fire on demand and never at any other time. …
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What anti-aircraft magic adaptation would be better for dragons than flame spitting?
This answer is informed by my bias that "dragons" should be based not on reptilians, but on pterosaurs, as this in what I am doing in the world I am building. It solves the problem of the wing-and-for …
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Could a world where two neigbouring countries, only one of which uses 'magic', exist?
Depending on where you want to go with this story, I would try a divine-intervention angle.
In a time long before anyone can remember, one people blessed by the Gods, another cursed. One ruled …
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