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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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Why might wizards be unable to wear armour?
In this world, magic serves in the role of the firearms - maybe the proportion of magic users had increased. … Magic-dampening armor halves magic potential when worn at breastplate and helm and completely nullifies all magic when it is heavy full armour. …
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How could a possessed body begin to rot and decay while it is still alive?
In general, the idea that when the spirit of the dead possesses a body, the body starts to decay, is so narratively consistent, you do not need any explanation at all.
The setting being the Star Wars …
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how can non-magical soldiers gain power from a magic ritual without making its participants ...
It seems that the energy can be taken from the living things only - there's no 'background' magic of the world to tap into, no ley lines, no spiritual patrons granting power. … Second, it seems that the magic itself is net-negative. The amount of power gotten through the ritual is smaller then there was power originally. …
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What would prevent living skin from being a good conductor for magic?
Hair would qualify, although I'm at loss how you would be able to make magic patterns on something so thin. …
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How could Catholicism have incorporated witchcraft into its dogma?
To believe that simple village women would make deal with the devil and gain thereby magic powers was a heresy of itself. … Magic as science would be no different from medicine, while magic as prayer would be in conflict with Church hierarchy. …
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How can I make personal mana capacity relevant to a form of magic that doesn't use it?
strictly external way.
1) If there is slight or no element of ritual in your Dryadic magic, then the internal capacity of a practitioner determines how much magic he can safely 'draw in' to use. … while using the internal magic is not, your mage can use his internal reserves to replace the elements of the ritual with his constructs. …
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How do I protect my shop from teleporters?
My idea is similar to what is already proposed here. For the working hours you just rely on the normal safety measures - locked cabinets, shatterproof glass and so on. There is no appreciable differen …
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Best shape for a necromancer's undead minions for battle?
It seems that your necromantic magic doesn't have any predispositions to humanoid shape. Second, the produced units are not extremely smart. …
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How much water is needed to create a Katana capable of cutting flesh, bones and wood?
That's a tricky question, because a lot of problems can be circumvented by saying 'because magic'. … Here, again, we don't care that it's water before magic starts acting on it. …
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How to make all magic-casting innate, but still rare?
In the situation you describe, I would try looking at the real-world occult systems instead of fictional magic, since they most often try to explain, why anybody has a potential to do magic, but only a … Magic is taught
I will mention it only for the sake of completeness - you've already stated that people can discover magic by themselves. …
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How can a mage not be the King?
Even among the most basic fantasy tropes there are mages that seize power for themselves. A young and powerful mage decides he knows better how everyone should live, how to make society work better an …
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Realistic Necromancy?
The limitation on there being no souls puts a stopper on the most of the typical necromancy stories. Most of them rely on there either being a very specific soul that retains the connection after deat …
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How can I make this sword useful?
As said, 7-foot long sword is not out of the realm of practical. The swords of similar length were comparatively popular in Renaissance - not only Scottish claymore, but also German zweihander, Spanis …
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In what ways would cryomancy affect the food eaten by medieval people?
And, as it was said before, it would really be a big boon for seafaring - but only if we allow magic freezers, not magic fridges. …
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Why would competing gods ignore an obvious power source?
I have two possible answers:
1) These souls didn't go through some very specific transformation at the moment of birth that makes them either unfit for consumption by a god, or even toxic.
2) There …
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