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For questions about existing weapons or designing new ones.
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If guns had a 50% chance of lethally backfiring, what would they be used for?
Whilst most people would baulk at the 50% risk of a lethal backfire, there are people who will take that risk.
Suicide bombers are a thing; however, this may not fit well into your world, and it may b …
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If guns had a 50% chance of lethally backfiring, what would they be used for?
Trial by combat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_combat
In a trial by combat, adversaries would settle their cases with a trial by combat. This method was used in the past in Europe. (note, it's …
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How can you coordinate an attack against a monster that cannot be gazed upon?
Use very old camera phones.
Clearly, a video feed reduced to 1x1px in 16 colours won't trigger petrification, or we'd have accidentally triggered it. There must be some minimum resolution (pixels and …
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Would anti-personnel mines be useful in mermaid warfare?
Minefields aren't used in most wars; quite apart from them being ethically difficult, they can be a problem for your own side later, and require resources to deploy. Whilst devastating for civilians, …
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How can guns be countered by melee combat without raw-ability or exceptional explanations?
Stuff like this is in development; in our world it won't cause a move back to swords (because bigger calibre weapons and longer ranges are the norm, and we rely on law-enforcement rather than wearing armour …
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Could the 14-15th century world build a tank/AFV?
Nothing I’m aware of would have stopped heavy cavalry from pulling artillery, but due to the range of artillery and the inaccuracy of long-range weapons, there was no need for armoured horses in this role … Examples abound of shooting from the castle, including (at least later) fairly large bore weapons. …
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Weaponising the Grasp-at-a-Distance spell
Hidden needle / Fallen arrow stab
It's not just soldiers' own weapons that can be used against them, but anything pointy near them, including arrows that missed them, and the needles we left on the ground … But at night, these smaller weapons will be hard to spot until they're literally (literally literally, not metaphorically literally) in your eyes. …
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What early middle ages weapons would suit an extremely strong child?
Her biggest asset is mobility. With 1/3 the mass of an adult but 12x the strength, she has effectively 36x the strength for her size. Assuming she has the right balance of fast/slow muscle, she should …
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Sword that is limp when in sheath, and hard when drawn?
Tape Measure sword
A tape-measure uses a curve in the thin metal strip to impart strength. Unfortunately, the strength only runs one way. This can be countered by using two opposing spools of 'tape-m …
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What materials would we need to have melee weapons and body armor become the norm?
So, sure, you could use shockwaves from larger weapons to kill, but it's probably not the most practical, especially when you can just give infantry sharp sticks. … very effective today, but it's basically obsolete because of the international backlash; similarly atomic weapons aren't used. …
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