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For questions that ask if a given concept is consistent, or being used consistently, in the context of the referenced world rules. Answers should say yes or no, with supporting info. This tag should not be used with the science-based, hard-science, or science-fiction tags. Comparisons to the real world should use the science-based tag. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, science-based, or hard-science tags.
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How do I safely sell off gold coins of unknown provenance?
Go to Vegas
I'm not sure if this true in the real world, but I've read a couple of stories in which Las Vegas hotel/casinos will change gold into chips for a slight premium and with few questions ask …
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Superheros and capes
In the Supergirl TV series, when Winn is making Supergirl's costume, he omits the cape at first, and then adds it when he realizes the drag helps her to control her flight.
Many heroes use their cape …
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Unreliable Magic - Is it worth it?
Twilight City, gonna set my soul,
gonna set my soul on fire
Roulette has 38 slots. Betting on the correct one is 35 to one pay out. Except this magic just made the odds 2 to 1. Start with ten dolla …
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What sort of work environment would require both an electronic engineer and an anthropologist?
Interplanetary Hospital/Emergency Room
They work together at a hospital where multiple species come for treatment.
An anthropologist is need to understand various cultures and religions, and quickly, …
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How could a superhero maintain a secret identity these days, if at all?
Wear a full head/face helmet. One with a voice changer. With cameras that feed into a HUD on the inside of a tinted visor, so even if the tech is knocked out, you can still see, just not as well.
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Evolutionary pressure leading to mammals with scales
This might be more likely on a desert world. The dry environment would encourage scales as a way to reduce water loss. And if there are frequent sand storms, a thicker, scaly hide would provide bett …
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What does Earth have to offer for an alien civilization
Entertainment
Presumably we think differently than the aliens do. Our literature and music would be unique to them, offering them new chances to enrich their lives or just be amused or entertained.
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How would you run and operate an interstellar, multi-species cantina?
Fake Food
Depending on your technology, you could mimc Star Trek's replicators. Replicated food is not the real thing. It looks real. It tastes real. It has the right texture. But it everything i …
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What reason would an alien civilization have for building a Dyson Sphere (or Swarm) if cheap...
Psychological Reasons
Why do people climb mountains? It is dangerous and dirty. There are more safe and efficient ways to get exercise. There are more safe and efficient ways to get to the top.
Why …
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How can a kingdom keep the secret of a missing monarch from the public?
The Appeal
As the witch sought to leave, a brave young pushbroom blocked her way.
"Please, Lady Nimue," she pleaded, "If what you said is true, and you do this to teach our lord humility and kindness, …
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Why might the government keep the gold at Fort Knox, even though super-villains steal it all...
Magic
Most superhero worlds have some sort of magic, many have more than one. Assuming this world is the same, there are two different, possible, magical reasons that Fort Knox needs to stay where i …
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How do I explain checkpoints without magic?
The 'checkpoint' is an on demand, full immersion virtual reality. The mega-computer it is connected to runs a simulation found to be identical to reality in all but an infinitesimal number of instanc …
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How can I explain English existing in a fantasy world?
The Will of the Gods
There are at least two divine options.
The first is that God (or one or more of the gods) has authority over multiple universes, including Earth and the universe of your story …
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How to make firearms rare while metal is still widely available.
Change the formula
You already have the magic tag, so presumably physics are at least slightly different. So change the formula of the gunpowder. Add a fourth ingredient that is rare, expensive, or …
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Feasibility of extraterrestrial metals?
Maybe, depending on how hard you want your science
Cribbing off one of my other answers, you could get around this by extending the Periodic Table into the third dimension. Have a rare, exotic quark …
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