Questions tagged [internal-consistency]
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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Can my necromancer have this bridge built with those constraints?
Long story short I got a very powerful necromancer living on an island that is 33 kilometers from the nearest land mass. He wants to create a mega bridge to connect his island to the continent.
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How could a lone island on an ocean planet have a temperate climate?
Grenaplaza is an Earth-like planet populated by a race of half human half pig people called the Gammonfolk. Grenaplaza is unique in that it is an ocean world with one lonely island on its surface, ...
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How would wyrms develop culture, houses, etc?
By wyrm, I mean a large, snakelike dragon that completely lacks limbs of any kind. Is there any way they would be able to build houses, paint, weave, etc? Basically, how will they do anything to ...
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Does it make sense for giants to use clubs or swords when fighting non-giants?
Many settings feature creatures of vastly different heights; for the purposes of this question let 'giants' mean any humanoid creature that is significantly larger than a regular human. Let's say 'at ...
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Given the following planetary conditions, what would be the exact length of a year?
List of conditions:
it's an earth-size planet
it's located in a binary star system, where both suns have the same size and mass
the summed up mass of both suns is equivalent to that of our sun
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Is Tasting and Smelling Bad A Viable Way of Not Getting Eaten? [closed]
Would it be possible for humans to use some combination of soap, lotion, perfume/cologne, etc to deter most predators from eating you by virtue of your smell and taste? After all plenty of other ...
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designing an elven magic system that blends with a WW1-esque world [closed]
I'm having issues designing a balanced magic system.
let me elaborate.
a handful of nations have allied against a big empire, and the fighting has regressed into trench warfare. Tech level is early ...
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Would it make sense for an entity who can control tangible and/or intangible matterials be able to manipulate electricity but not light [closed]
I have this idea about people with "Psionic" power.
Psionics are primarily beings able to emit-, and/or manipulate a special energy field from within that takes physical form. They can ...
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Legitimacy of an army of neotenous amphibians
In my world, there exists a race of amphibians we'll call "phrogs". Phrogs were a relatively peaceful race, who evolved a kind of telepathy to allow them to communicate underwater, which got ...
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Could a small (15km radius) planet (disregarding physics) have enough material for intelligient life to build on?
The planet's radius is 15km and has a similar density and gravity to Earth. For this question, most laws of our universe do not apply, meaning this is possible without any serious consequences. Could ...
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Advice on designing an inconsistent magic system [closed]
I'm working on a story (see here) where the way magic works is ... difficult, to say the least. Most magic occurs naturally, either through ley lines (naturally occuring lines of magical energy that ...
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Why would two neighboring kingdoms fight over an island? [closed]
This story is set in a medieval-esque world, on a continent roughly the size of Australia that is separated into six different kingdoms/territories. Each territory is its own sovereign country and has ...
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Fish Tank For Merfolk [closed]
I haven't seen any questions like these, but please do tell me if it is a duplicate. What I need to know is:
How large would a tank need to be for a merperson -maximum length around 9 feet long from ...
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Sun-like star system with less water close to the frost line
Normally in sun-like planetary systems, there are small rocky planets around the habitable zone or closer and gas giants beyond the frost line. Typically these gas giants later migrate inwards due to ...
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Plausibility of humans turning into mythical creatures at random
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If humans have a gene that turns some of them into mythical creatures, how would I justify all humans having it and the transformations only starting in the late 1900s rather than ...
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