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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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If magic is accessed through tattoos, how do I prevent everyone from having magic?

Bad tattoos can still allow access to magic, but with sufficiently bad side effects that most people don't want to risk it. By "bad" tattoos, well, there are options. … "Bad" could be "the tattoo will kill you, e.g., from the magic in it setting you on fire." …
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Creating magically binding contracts that can't be abused?

One might even argue that such compulsions exist in the real world already, no magic required - they just don't apply equally to everyone, and we call the people they do apply to "honorable". …
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How much of a small, isolated, civilization's culture would survive a magical cataclysm?

So, having had a similar idea myself for a setting, I also happen to have an idea for how to get the massive-culture-loss part of your question: pre-Cataclysm people could use their magic for self-improvement …
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How would Water and wind current work on a fantasy earth?

Well, you're going to have obvious water currents leading edgeward; but if the resulting clouds you mention don't get displaced upwards somehow, you're going to run out of water (and air) except where …
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Physically, how do dragons grasp and *transport* the contents of their hoards?

Not all the coins are coins; some are scales. Part of the reason dragons pick up coins to begin with is to make them look older, more established, more distinguished (very important for establishing …
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