Questions tagged [urban-fantasy]
Questions for incorporating fantastical elements into the modern world (20th century or later), with an emphasis on cities.
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How to Communicate Something Secret to Many People in an Urban Fantasy World? [closed]
(Hi, this is my 1st question on here, so feel free to LMK if you need more info to help answer...)
In my story, the world is like ours, with the exception that there are some aliens who telepathically ...
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How can a bloodline be rare without completely dying out?
This is an urban fantasy setting in which all manner of fantastical species of humanoid, called monsters, exist under humanity's nose, and in this setting there is a system of magical bloodlines ...
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what types for guns and magic would be suited, for a arabian-style steampunk 5e setting? [closed]
I am in the process of doing a homebrew setting for 5e. That is based around a steampunk arabian aesthetic. My setting will include guns alongside magic, though both won't be common nor rare but ...
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How many miles of subterranean caverns could exist unknown to science?
In a setting I'm working on, a creepy fungus-based ecosystem exists in a cave network below the Earth's surface.
I don't know how/if this is an answerable question, but -- how many miles (I don't need ...
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Is it possible to design a bottle that can always be "full"?
The people in my setting (urban fantasy, starting in 1998 America and moving forward) have a bit of an engineering dilemma they need to work out regarding potionmaking. The magical substances they ...
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What is the libertarian solution to my setting's magical consequences for overpopulation?
I am writing an urban fantasy story set in the late 90s/early 00s revolving around the societies of magical immortal beings that secretly live amongst the human race. Despite their magical genetics ...
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What cutlery would rotifer monsters use?
The rotifer monsters are monstrous rotifers with a roughly human level of intellect. They are roughly 7 metres in length and 2 metres in diameter. They possess the power to manipulate gravity, ...
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Setting Up a Snow Elf Portal Network, Part 1: The Framework
My urban fantasy setting, in which mythical creatures live in secret amongst the human race in the late 90s USA, has a species known as snow elves (my setting's take on Christmas elves) who are ...
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How many customers per day would a medieval-era tavern serve on average in a big city? [closed]
Additionally, how many meals and/or drinks would they serve per day on average?
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Modern era with magic that will stop gunpowder from igniting, what weapons are used instead?
One of the annoying problems with most urban fantasy series I've read is that they seem to mostly try to avoid discussing the fact that most of their fearsome magical foes could be felled with a ...
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How would zombies affect trench warfare?
After thousands of years the mightiest of magic uses have finally cracked the code to revive the dead... Kind of. The resurrection spell, while restoring the body to a basic capacity, leaves them a ...
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Can my city be full of giant rats?
The rodents of unusual size in question are not implausibly large from a biological standpoint, being roughly the same weight as an American Beaver, but much more adapted for land living and with an ...
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What sorts of media would a secret subculture of immortals most prominently produce?
Vampires, werewolves, elves, dwarves, merfolk and all manner of other magical creatures, collectively known as "immortals" due to their eternal youth and immunity to disease, secretly live ...
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In an Urban Fantasy Setting, Why Would a Magical Courier Be Hired Over Traditional Couriers? [closed]
The premise is that there's a guild of couriers that use a dangerous parallel spirit world for shortcuts through mortal space to deliver packages at great speed.
Despite the advantage of speed, why ...
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What level of Endurance does a player have to have to shrug off a 9mm round from a pistol? [closed]
Weird one, but here we go.
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-A modern world, with the same laws of physics/same materials, weapons, etc.
-The player is a normal human. Think baseline average American citizen that has a ...
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