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    Using the Setting Development Sub-Forum.

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  4. RestlessDreamer

    Working on the setting for my horror story

    RestlessDreamer, Dec 1, 2024
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    J.T. Woody
    Dec 16, 2024
  5. Homer Potvin

    Cardinal Directions in Space?

    Homer Potvin, Nov 17, 2024
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    537
    Madman
    Nov 24, 2024
  6. Starcatcher

    Logistics of a land made of metal

    Starcatcher, Nov 14, 2024
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    Naomasa298
    Nov 17, 2024
  7. Unknown13
    Locked

    Question about revenge

    Unknown13, Oct 28, 2024
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    big soft moose
    Nov 9, 2024
  8. Homer Potvin

    Kepler's Supernova, Time, and Stellar Distances in Sci-fi

    Homer Potvin, Oct 3, 2024
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    Naomasa298
    Oct 22, 2024
  9. christos200

    Do I need technobabble?

    christos200, Nov 8, 2023 ... 2
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    Gravy
    Sep 8, 2024
  10. Bakkerbaard

    Wicked fah Boston

    Bakkerbaard, Aug 30, 2024
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    Bakkerbaard
    Aug 31, 2024
  11. Nathan Bernacki

    How hard would it be to travel from the port of Kazma to Cstephon in the 7th Century?

    Nathan Bernacki, Aug 27, 2024
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    Naomasa298
    Aug 27, 2024
  12. Catrin Lewis

    12 or 24 hour clock, 1980s West Germany?

    Catrin Lewis, Aug 9, 2024
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    481
    misstwocoins
    Aug 26, 2024
  13. Mr magician

    Oh! Terrifying World Set Disease!

    Mr magician, Apr 13, 2024
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    Xoic
    Aug 24, 2024
  14. wdsouth

    Grimdark

    wdsouth, Aug 22, 2024
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    trevorD
    Aug 23, 2024
  15. Urban_Scrapyard

    How far into the future is too far?

    Urban_Scrapyard, Aug 1, 2024
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    Naomasa298
    Aug 7, 2024
  16. MissNovember

    Is it okay to add fictional business names with real ones in a story?

    MissNovember, Jan 4, 2022
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    Catrin Lewis
    Jul 31, 2024
  17. Rake

    creating boundaries

    Rake, Jul 21, 2024
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    322
    Homer Potvin
    Jul 22, 2024
  18. Gammer

    Would Merfolk Have Senstive Hearing on Land or Be Hard of Hearing?

    Gammer, Jul 14, 2024
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    Gammer
    Jul 14, 2024
  19. Madman

    Currency System for a Sci-Fi Civilization

    Madman, Sep 19, 2023
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    fsir
    Jul 3, 2024
  20. Madman

    Dark Energy/Matter as a type of Magic Force?

    Madman, Jun 23, 2024
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    505
    Xoic
    Jun 23, 2024
  21. Starcatcher

    Portugal myths

    Starcatcher, Apr 21, 2024
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    Rath Darkblade
    Jun 12, 2024
  22. Shane the writer

    Writing my own life story as "Science Fiction"

    Shane the writer, Jun 9, 2024
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    Rath Darkblade
    Jun 10, 2024
  23. Fervidor

    What to call the monsters in my fantasy story.

    Fervidor, May 31, 2024
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    Fervidor
    Jun 5, 2024
  24. X Equestris

    Sorcery in the hands of a Sword & Sorcery MC

    X Equestris, Feb 23, 2024 ... 2
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    1,999
    Le Panda Du Mal
    Feb 29, 2024
  25. Madman

    Mind Doctor Profession Title?

    Madman, Feb 9, 2024
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    912
    Madman
    Feb 16, 2024
  26. FrigidWriter

    Combining real and fictional locations.

    FrigidWriter, Jan 16, 2024
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    SilverBear
    Jan 17, 2024
  27. royalbardofcanterlot

    How would romance as a genre develop in a society of telepathic, polyamorous elves?

    royalbardofcanterlot, Dec 24, 2023
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    KiraAnn
    Jan 11, 2024
  28. deadrats

    Have you been there?

    deadrats, Dec 11, 2023
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    845
    Rzero
    Jan 8, 2024
  29. Death728

    Armando: King of the Battlefield

    Death728, Nov 28, 2023
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    752
    w. bogart
    Dec 2, 2023
  30. frigocc

    What would be the consequences of an impenetrable barrier splitting a land in two?

    frigocc, Nov 30, 2023
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    587
    Naomasa298
    Nov 30, 2023
  31. paige appeal

    How detailed?

    paige appeal, Nov 24, 2023
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    581
    trevorD
    Nov 28, 2023
  32. Bakkerbaard

    Locomotive description

    Bakkerbaard, Oct 4, 2023
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    Homer Potvin
    Oct 6, 2023
  33. kuronokenshi
    Locked

    Looking for scientific explanation + I don't know where to start.

    kuronokenshi, Sep 26, 2023
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    big soft moose
    Sep 26, 2023
  34. X Equestris

    Interstellar Banking and Finance without Real-Time Communications

    X Equestris, Aug 18, 2023
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    1,154
    w. bogart
    Aug 19, 2023
  35. deadrats

    Who is on the move?

    deadrats, May 21, 2023 ... 2
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    1,718
    AntPoems
    Jul 17, 2023
  36. naruzeldamaster

    Does tying Scientific Concepts to Magic Concepts Make sense?

    naruzeldamaster, Apr 22, 2023
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    1,297
    Le Panda Du Mal
    Jun 12, 2023
  37. Sinteya

    Does a magical academy have a student council president?

    Sinteya, Apr 7, 2023 ... 2
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    1,626
    Homer Potvin
    May 9, 2023
  38. naruzeldamaster

    Turning an obvious Mc Guffin into a NOT Mc Guffin but also important item?

    naruzeldamaster, Apr 24, 2023
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    944
    Not the Territory
    Apr 25, 2023
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