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Posts by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A How to make a realistic 'giant'

Imagine a race of what we would call 'giants', each of them possibly around 8 to 10 feet (2.40-3.00 meters) tall. What differences would they need compared to us regular humans in order to function...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Is there a way to simulate the arrow-resistance displayed by heroic characters in fiction solely through biological traits?

Exactly as asked on the title, is there a way that a human, or at least, a species that appears outwardly human, could survive being pincushioned by arrows, at least for a suitably dramatic length ...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A A species without pain

In my current setting, one of the main dominant species' is the Golem, former automatons made of assorted materials who gained sentience through some kind of life-giving explosion. As such, though ...

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A What would someone look like if he were really 'superhuman'?

We know that humans are capable of incredible feats, as displayed by Olympic athletes. However, the superhuman heroes that appear in comic books and fantasy novels tend to not only be able to perfo...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Towering Titans of Technological Terror

Okay, this is unrelated to my current world building in any way whatsoever, but... I have always been a huge fan of the humongous mecha genre (bonus points to anyone who actually recognized my ava...

7 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Pack animals for forests

My setting takes place in a densely forested continent, with huge trees and rushing rivers. The problem is that this forest stretches on for thousands of miles, only occasionally punctuated by some...

10 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Negating the negative effects of childbearing

For my setting, I wanted my people to have entirely no concept of sexism whatsoever. To facilitate this, I have made it so that the females of my race are broad-shouldered and generally flat-cheste...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Of Augmentation and Androidisation

Assume that in the future, mankind develops Augmentations ala Deus Ex, where robot bits are strapped onto people in an attempt to improve them and their quality of life. This will eventually lead t...

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A An exotic yet portable powersource

For my current setting, there will be super robots of ludicrous proportions strutting about as though they own the place (which in all honesty they actually do). So, being so nonsensically powerful...

21 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A The power of the Jupiter projectile

I recently re-watched an awesome show - Diebuster. At one point in the show, one of the characters uses Jupiter as a projectile, slamming it into one of the aliens, but to no avail. I can't find a...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Survival without emotion

For a (Super super super soft)Sci-fi RP I've been planning, I've been trying to design an alien race to act as a suitable antagonist. The basis of this antagonistic race is that they are far, far m...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A How would science handle inexplicable yet predictable behavior in an element?

Let me set the scene: A team of scientists in their lab one day is told that some miners have discovered some strange new substance. Its properties are extremely peculiar, unlike anything ever befo...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Escaping a dying planet

Imagine that one day in the not-too-distant future, our scientists discover that our world is dying. It doesn't matter how this is happening, maybe magic or unstable core or Gaia herself has finall...

9 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Will Over-advancement cause genetic/physical degradation?

This is another question pertaining to my super-intelligent humanoids: Assuming that their race successfully developed extremely advanced, easily available prosthetics, while they were morally of ...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Rigorous Science Close Quarters Combat... In Space

A simple enough question, but one that Grimmsdottir and I agonized over. Basically, what would enable close-ranged fighting between space fleets/ships? We both agreed that having gargantuan ships ...

25 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

Question spaceships weapons