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 Discussion on question by Maple: How …

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IT Alex
Sep 13, 2023 23:20
Possibly not useful, but, I know my Onewheel has a charging option to only charge to 90% so that its unlikely to hit overcharge immediately if you live at the top of a hill and need to regenerative brake while heading down.
 

 Discussion on question by Amianas: Ev…

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IT Alex
Aug 16, 2023 17:09
One jump is devastating and will reverse people into the pre-steam era. another every 25 years? humanity is looking at the perpetual dark ages.
 

 Discussion on answer by Thomas Markov…

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IT Alex
Jun 29, 2022 11:26
@Porschiey do they really only have one option? I see at least 3. 1. Go down with the ship, 2. don't engage the TPK and try to escape with as many NPC's as possible. 3. Flee like a coward but live another day. 4. Surprise your players will come up with OPTION 4. Additionally, you can even forshadow this with NPC's ahead of time. "This is a disaster that none will likely return alive from" "We have never heard of a survivor, only the aftermath" etc.
 

 Discussion on question by Mark Price:…

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IT Alex
Feb 25, 2022 00:52
@JoinJBHonCodidact isn't developing a weapon but asking permission to use? DUH its a reality check question. We definitely take those....
 

 Discussion on question by WasatchWind…

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IT Alex
Dec 3, 2021 04:33
@WasatchWind and this is why we don't answer these kind of questions and get clarification. your question is not useful to those who follow. your answers to the question are useful to only you and cannot be used for those who follow.
IT Alex
Dec 3, 2021 04:33
@L.Dutch can we move most of this comment section to a chat?
IT Alex
Dec 3, 2021 04:33
@WasatchWind you lose rep for downvotes, you get nothing for question closures. Your question currently sucks because you want something nebulous and we don't do that here. So buckle up and learn to improve it and maybe re-read the Help Center You NEED to narrow this question down. we can't make those decisions for you.
IT Alex
Dec 3, 2021 04:33
@WasatchWind well, improving questions is what the comment section is for. You are likely to get this closed for needs details or too broad or somesuch. We aren't a discussion forum. we aim for "single specific question, single specific answer" so the narrowing down of a question is an expected process. some of our veterans could DEFINITELY be more helpful than this. I would change the question to either specify a specific level of law, a specific jurisdiction for the law to be applied in and/or asking what level a case like this would end up at in the levels of courts.
IT Alex
Dec 3, 2021 04:33
What level of legal charges for your story are you looking for? we could go "local" and the back country police charge him with something ridiculous, we could go state and they charge him with state law violations or we could go federal and have him strung up by feds. we could even go "UN" if the crime was high enough. I assume you have a level you want him charged at for this particular story. Currently, the scope for law is too large for a single question IMO
 

 Discussion on question by Monty Wild:…

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IT Alex
Nov 5, 2021 07:33
@MontyWild is the seal using [redacted] also an active magic?
IT Alex
Nov 5, 2021 07:33
@sphennings Clarifying what is meant by active magic is very clearly a clarification and not a invalidating edit. see Meta, as the original wording was "Magic may be used to effect some sort of permanent change to either the world and/or its peoples, but the change must be capable of persisting without maintenance by active magic " It is the job of the answerer to ask for clarifications before posting.
 

 Discussion on question by Demigan: Wh…

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IT Alex
Jul 20, 2021 00:05
I am suddenly reminded of the twitter post asking if water walking jesus would walk across a river normally or move downstream with the water
 

 Discussion on question by Theexurbmm1…

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IT Alex
Nov 6, 2020 22:51
Theatrics and practicality don't often go hand in hand. Also, Heat weakens metal rather than making it piercing.
 

 Discussion on question by Monty Wild:…

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IT Alex
Nov 5, 2020 16:03
@MontyWild still to broad. There are lots of physical laws link. Many of them can probably be broken for the effects you are looking for. This is story based because breaking certain ones probably breaks important plot elements. Ex. Breaking the law of gravity can probably generate some of your effects at the cost of making your setting a characters flying through empty space away from their planet.
IT Alex
Nov 5, 2020 16:03
Whichever your story requires. This is too broad and should be refined to a specific aspect. like, If I broke X law of physics to generate Y magic effect, what consequences would it have?
 

 Discussion on question by Darth Biome…

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IT Alex
Oct 24, 2020 21:22
Came to see if anyone had posted Area 51 as the alien embassy. I was disappointed...
 

 Discussion on question by chasly - su…

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IT Alex
Oct 2, 2020 22:05
As nice as it is that this was reopened. This still needs more clarity IMO. God has such a broad meaning. If its a Judeo-Christian God the meaning is much more different than a Greek/Roman god. If its a god made up for your purposes. Are they all powerful? partially powerful? fake? "Why does my all-powerful god need blood sacrifice?" is much different than "Why does my pretender god need blood sacrifice?" and will garner much different answers. I think this one is too broad.
 

 Discussion on question by NickNunes: …

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IT Alex
Sep 29, 2020 16:43
@L.Dutch-ReinstateMonica by that logic plants are also fire.
IT Alex
Sep 29, 2020 16:43
@L.Dutch-ReinstateMonica on its ability to defeat Earth elements. How does oil or steam (which he explicitly said doesn't work) beat Earth?
IT Alex
Sep 29, 2020 16:43
@L.Dutch-ReinstateMonica Riddle me this then. What can be related to both Water and Fire which can cause damage to Earth? That's not idea fishing. We don't need to know the constraints to what they are able to do with the magic because this question isn't about how to utilize that magic to overcome earth. This boils down to what has these 2 attributes that can overcome a classic elemental system.
IT Alex
Sep 29, 2020 16:43
It would be nice if the downvoters would suggest improvements as well....
IT Alex
Sep 29, 2020 16:43
For the VTC'ers: Magic is an inherently opinion-based tag as per several meta posts it still belongs on our site. If this question isn't specific enough to be answered objectively please note what needs improvement.
 

 Discussion on question by John Zhau: …

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IT Alex
Sep 16, 2020 12:55
@AlexP a passport could potentially be forged, people can be bribed to run the same DNA twice. I really think that if you are paranoid enough there is no limit to how much you will not accept as valid proofs.
 

 Discussion on question by SirGeneral:…

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IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 19:55
Not to worry though, if good edits are made questions can be reopened!
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 19:55
Welcome to Worldbuilding, try taking a look at the help center and maybe take a tour. We generally avoid questions that are open ended or opinion based. If you could provide more details about your world and the restrictions you have as well as a time period. Narrowing down this question can help us provide a good answer.
 

 Discussion between IT Alex and JBH

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IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:46
welcome Cadence any question you think might help me improve the question
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:38
alright edit in place. if it looks good I will start removing my unnecessary comments.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:30
I will alter it with systemic. Glad you helped me sort it out. Thanks!
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:27
The seal is a systemic. The social aspect of someone trying to learn how to circumvent it is off topic
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:26
Just because some thief figured out the way to break the seal doesn't mean the seal doesn't work for its intended purpose.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:25
I don't need an absolute. I need a limitation and limitations are often created to be subverted or overcome
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:25
why would it require god like strength?
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:24
A seal put in place for the official submittal of ones life work like elemtilas suggested is actually a perfectly reasonable answer
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:24
exactly. The entire question is what limitations can be put in place to disallow that.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:22
Yes but the feel I am aiming for is that by studying an artifact you can learn how to recreate the spell inside it and If you don't understand you can still watch a practical demonstration
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:20
but a practical record that can be learnt from in the same way rather than a dusty tome
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:20
essentially
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:19
Artifacts are the equivalent of a scientific journal stating "I spent my life learning how to make the perfect fireball and this is the culmination of that work"
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:19
What good is newton's theory of gravity? it's only studied.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:18
Valuing Artifacts above the wizards would basically ensure that no more artifacts with better spells would ever be created. permanently stagnating growth
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:17
The goal is to be able to have a repository of Artifacts that are essentially useless outside of study
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:16
That's why they primarily create an artifact as the last act before retirement.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:16
A wizard on the other hand can know many spells and can use one that fits the scenario
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:15
it also permanently reduces the creators pool of magic until it is destroyed.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:15
An artifact knows one spell and regenerates magic as fast as the original owner per the previous question
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:14
This doesn't mean that you can't create magic items for war. Its more like an actual wizard is way more valuable than an Artifact for those purposes
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:13
@JBH "An Artifact would be usually comprised of the majority of a person's magic and is very much reviewed like an entry to a scientific journal would be here" As a prereq for Artifact submission.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:13
@JBH ironically,elemtilas had a fairly reasonable idea in requiring a seal to prevent aggressive acts as a prerequisite in Artifact creation. Too bad it's not an answer.
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:13
@Cadence The early Artifacts might be like Firemancers First Fireball, everyone knows how to use fireball because they studied it from the Artifact!
IT Alex
Aug 28, 2020 18:13
@JBH technically, they are rare as the culmination of the work of a retiring wizard (and as the previous question outlines it reduces the magical capacity of said wizard while the item is working). as for why they wouldn't, that would be story based.