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Posts by Melchizadek ‭

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Incubator Q&A Would it make sense for an organization that has existed for centuries not remember its own origins

Backstory: In my story there's this organization that is kind like of movie version of Men in Black combined with the Kingsmen where they hide in the shadows and maintain order in the world. Now t...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by John C‭

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Incubator Q&A What would be the best way to breathe for a creature that shoots fire from its mouth?

I've had an idea where there's this humanoid based life-form that has no real origin other than being found on some remote island. Kind of like skull island and seems be a complete anomaly in the n...

2 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Why was the codidact proposals down all day

I tried to post a question on worldbuilding and after I found I wasn't able to get into the site. I kept getting redirected to page telling me that codidact proposals was unavailable and it even to...

3 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Incubator Q&A Would it make sense for an entity who can control tangible and/or intangible materials be able to manipulate electricity but not light?

I have this idea about people with "Psionic" power. Psionics in my story are primarily beings able to emit and/or manipulate a special energy field from within that takes physical form. They can ex...

3 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Antares‭

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Incubator Q&A Could a winged humanoid with two sets of wing types (one set on the back and one set on the arms) function properly

So, I've been experimenting with this idea of someone with the power of winged flight. The details about said character I haven't fully figured out and might not make. That said, I have a basic ide...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by honnza‭

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Incubator Q&A What would be a good way to counter someone with supernatural fire powers and close quarter weapons?

Backstory I had an idea of a large project to breed specialized soldiers who will be used to fight and kill members of a story-specific group known for being super powered. Theses soldiers are bre...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Antares‭

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Incubator Q&A What would be the potential of cellular cybernetics and it be more or less practical than nanoscopic robotics

So as I was thinking about characterizations I started thinking about cybernetics, and I started to wonder about the concept of cellular cybernetics and what the possibilities of such technology wo...

0 answers  ·  posted 23d ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  edited 18d ago by trichoplax‭

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Meta How can Worldbuilding successfully support creative exploration?

I've been on thise site for a couple months now and what I like about it is that it's very flexible. I used to be on stack exchange and after seeing the difference between the two sites I can see w...

posted 21d ago by Melchizadek ‭

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Incubator Q&A Is it possible to indoctrinate child soldiers to the point of being robotic in science fiction setting

Backstory: So I had an idea where there's this secret society type organization with a specialized super-powered group to deal with serious and major threats. After something of a civil war breaks...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by Melchizadek ‭

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Incubator Q&A How many megahertz of vibrations would it take to Shatter solid rock

Backstory: I had an idea of someone who can generate powerful vibrations that can either be used to amplify physical attacks or fire these vibrations in a direct oscillating stream for ranged atta...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Incubator Q&A If someone had vibration based superpowers how would their powers react underwater

I had an idea for a character who can emit very powerful vibrations. As I thought about the possibility of how this character's vibration powers would work I eventually started to wonder how would ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Melchizadek ‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Melchizadek ‭