Questions tagged [medieval]
For questions about the medieval era (500-1500AD o.e.) as a whole, regardless of the location.
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How to construct a re-arming mechanism for a medieval crossbow using medieval technology?
In my world I have a genius inventor like DaVinci and my inventor has been asked to create a hand-held semi-automatic crossbow. The crossbow reloads and cocks itself without human input.
What is a ...
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Weapon damage assessment, or What hell have I unleashed?
In Weaponizing the return-energy channel of a one-way portal, I describe the function of a hermes portal, which are magical devices that, when activated by some command, create a connection to a ...
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Medieval Setting - Castles Per Capita
I'm creating an rpg medieval setting, and I want it to feel pretty real. Castles make fun locales, so I'm trying to figure out how many castles I can plausibly cram into a 5,000 mi² region. The ...
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what would allow for the use of cannons but not handheld guns
I'm looking to create a low fantasy world set in roughly the equivalent of the dark ages such that cities are defended with castle walls and armies are equipped with swords, axes, spears, bows, ...
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How to communicate between planets without radios
The College of Lumina sent several explorers through magical gates they found in the ancient caves. They learned that these gates go to their moon. Now, the problem is, they have no way to get the ...
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How does ascension in a royal family work if there is a king, queen with 5 children and the 3rd child kills both the king,queen and 1st,2nd oldest? [closed]
There were close votes because original question might be answered with "whatever you need for your story can happen. You are the writer, after all." I edited it to make it more answerable.
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How many generations would it take until the noble and peasant classes become different species and cannot interbreed?
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Technology: medieval, it should fit with real world history, for example:
Low life life expectancy due to poor medical technology (vulnerable to disease), warfare,
High infant ...
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Are bones and skulls actually good building material?
If you see this type of road and you are Czech, you are going to say, that is made from cats heads:
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Imagine I am Joe the Average, who was sent to medieval Europe (by accident)
Not ...
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Making the most out of rawhide armour
So i'm writing a parody LOTR/DnD/ASOIF (except with no magic) setting where the classic axe-wielding barbarians defending their forest look like ... generic muscle-bound ill-proportioned monstrosities ...
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What should a modern human-turned-king do to accelerate medieval society and science to modern standards?
Bob is a thirty year old atheist man from our modern times. One day, he is irreversibly thrown back into medieval France around 1300 C.E. His education consists of a Bachelor's degree in mathematics, ...
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How long do Brown Bear coats/pelts last?
I have a character who intends to wear the pelt of a Brown Bear at a particular point in time. That doesn't come about for a decade. I was wondering how badly degraded, or preserved will the coat be ...
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How Dangerous Are Evolved Ploppers? [closed]
This is the sequel to How Dangerous Are Ploppers?
and covers one vital aspect of Ploppers: evolution.
Sure, Ploppers aren't much of a threat, but they grow up, evolving into a stronger equivalent of a ...
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Systematic king's overthrown culture [closed]
How can a society thrive if it's monarchical apparatus is based on a systematic overthrown of their king by a stronger claimant? Would any society withstand such political instability? How? As stated ...
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How can aliens take over the [Medieval] world without force?
The Kroll Technocracy is a xenophilic and pacifist conglomerate consisting of 3 different alien mammalian species,They have a high sense of morality and would like to annex earth without bloodshed,How ...
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What is the maximum sustainable population of an all-female species that relies on monogamous human men to reproduce?
In my fantasy setting, there's an all-female humanoid species called Venusians. They are massive, pink-skinned warrior women with pointed ears. Venusians are significantly stronger, faster, and more ...
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