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Q&A How would a creature like this work?

This lifeform is a carbon based humanoid that uses ammonia instead of water, breathes chlorine gas, and its body uses the mineral olivine to toughen its skin. Its blood is blue; apparently an ammon...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭

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Q&A How to define the Classical Elements, Scientifically, as ranges of a single property?

How do I define the Classical Elements with Science so that it agrees with science? According to a single property of a substance. So, no Fire = Energy, Water = Liquid, Earth = Solid, Air = Gas.....

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Malady‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Malady‭

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Q&A Turning medieval-style "elemental" effects into modern scientific ones

I'm building a near-future world on top of someone else's older world with not-entirely-well-thought-out "elemental" magic. I'm willing to use "because magic!" arbitrarily to answer questions of ho...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Hufflehobbit‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Hufflehobbit‭

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Q&A How do the properties of heat and fire work in Aristotelian (four elements) cosmology?

Alright, my understanding of both modern physics and classical cosmology is a little shaky, so I hope this question is neither unclear nor foolish. Here goes: In Aristotelian cosmology all matter...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Random‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Random‭

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Q&A How do you get an elemental wind animal?

So we have the animal that breathes ice and the traditional fire-breathing dragon. We even have animals on Earth that can emit electricity of over 800 volts. But what about another element, wind?...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by The Anathema‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by The Anathema‭