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341 Questions

My mysterious “ruins” wander around and change on their own, what'd be a rational way for them to do that?

Why would a dragon's underbelly be so vulnerable?

My characters have been killing the same demons over and over again. How come the demons never adapt to them?

How can I make the supporting pillars of an underground city less obstructive?

Are dragons useless when there are guns?

What could dragons do in modern-day combat?

How could a dragon-proof toy work?

Making sense of possessed dolls: how could they actually kill people? [closed]

Could a living creature produce graphene?

A nation is using a dragon in sieges. How could they neutralize ballistas without putting the dragon in danger?

Silver needs to make contact with the skin to be effective, but vampires are wearing armor. What now?

Dragon forelimb placement

How can The Temple of Elementary Evil reliably protect itself against kinetic bombardment? [closed]

How can my powered armor quickly replace its ceramic plates?

Dragons can spray up to 5 liters of concentrated sulfuric acid. How screwed is a dragon slayer if it gets on them?

How can my vampires hide in public?

Lizardfolk and the problem of balance and anatomically sound tails

Dragons have a constraint on muscle mass that isn't dedicated to flight. What's the best natural physical weapon for them?

A sufficient justification for the infantry using lethal, directed energy weapons

What would martial arts for dragons look like?

Is it a good idea to shove your arm down a werewolf's throat if you only want to incapacitate them?

How could werewolves trap themselves until full moon is over?

Dragons have an armor that is similar to that of sungazer lizards. Why would the dragons have the spikes as well?

Keeping the horde of nanomachines at bay?

Making an obsidian weapon that is actually durable

Nanomachines exist that enable Axolotl-levels of regeneration - So how can crippling injuries exist as well?

Limbs where muscle composition is 90% fast-glycolytic and 10% slow-oxidative. Would it be too specialized to be practical?

Robots with (specifically red) blood

Increasing respawn times. How?

A human civilization genetically altered themselves to specialize in certain roles, why would it be naturaly undone after said civilization vanishes?