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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 could a law exist that allows victims to be arrested for the crime against them?

Here are a few possible laws and traditions that could create such a situation (some more credible than others). Guilty by lack of evidence A law was passed to deter people from doing false accusati …
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Colonizing a fresh Earth : where to place the first settlements?

Context A God contest is organized. Each participants starts with a human-free alternate Earth and a certain amount of god-credits to buy humans and supplies. Some Gods used a big part of their budge …
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What would the culture and traditions of "invisible" people look like?

Imagine a group of people with an "invisibility" power that make them unnoticed and immediately forgotten by everyone. This power would be a mix of the witches spell in "His Dark Materials" and the po …
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What would a village built out of human remains look like?

Context This question is part of a set about a world where supernatural creatures exist. Some on these creatures are "invisible" humans (not trully invisible like Susan Storm, but unremarkable/unmemo …
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What are the limitations of silver?

In this world, a bunch of wizards colonized a new planet and are in the process of terraforming it (more details here). This newly-created civilization has access to a reduced variety of materials. A …
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Planning magical language lessons

Setting : Suppose a magic potion could make the person drinking it able to understand, memorize and re-use any word, idiom, sentence structure or grammatical rule they hear. (EDIT : It's not mem …
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Hive mind withdrawal and communication skills

Centuries ago, humanity have been incorporated into an alien hive mind, spread by a bacterial-like infection. The "bacteria" infects the blood and brain and allows the infected to join their minds tog …
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Cargo of a supernatural smuggler [closed]

This is a prolongation of a previous question about the culture and traditions of "invisible" people. This world is close to ours, except supernatural creatures exist and have formed their own well-o …
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Space wizards city : Is it sustainable?

Context Six thousand years ago, magic users from Earth managed to create a portal between Earth and another planet, far far away. This planet is Earth-like but developed no life forms whatsoever. It …
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