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    position in bank?

    If your character is a bounty hunter, there is probably some guy (below the mayor/magistrate/whatever local authority) who is in charge of posting bounties and paying them out. If your character generally helps out by informing about security issues he would most likely contact whoever is in...
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    Need help coming up with a term for a magical occupation.

    Thaumic Engineer? Intelligent Thaumics? You could try those with some form of sorcerer?
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    How do you name gods?

    I name my gods based on their domain (mostly, there are a few exceptions) when I map out family trees, pantheons, etc. Then, I generally come up with a few things for each, combine/mutate them, and then ask my friends which they like best. I also occasionally slur the words and write down what I...
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    Labyrinth - Character/Group/Plot Relation Builder

    Labyrinth is a pretty cool piece of free software I found a few years ago, but then forgot about. It is great for worldbuilding an organization or social structure. There is a framework for addons (two made by author) that is easy to use, with quite a bit of capability. It is quite old and is...
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    Ask me about herbal medicine!

    Are there any common(ish) anti-fungal herbs that grow in temperate regions?
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    The most basic questions--my 1st story :P

    I plan first, throwing in ideas that seem interesting, and then I add some other scenes, to connect those ideas (sort of like flour in baking). Then, I flesh out the locations, characters, factions, etc., until I am satisfied. Then I write it.
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    My magic system: feedback needed

    Nice system, seems a teensy bit overpowered. Does the magic follow any sort of equivalent exchange system or something similar? Does the power actually come from anywhere or is it just there? How is magic channeled? Are any special abilities required to channel magic?
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    Underground Sugar?

    Pretty much all plants have glucose (blood sugar) in them. If it has to be sucrose (table sugar) then there could be a magic feeding underground plant. Or there could be naturally occurring sugar crystals in the rock (or a crystal sugar can be extracted from). If it can be any sort of sugar the...
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    Grenades vs. Knight Armor

    To answer your question, they used to be human, but were devoured from the inside out by a parasitic entity (it is sort of fungal, and sort of plantlike) which removed the need for organs. They are wearing armor for ceremonial reasons (a cult worships the parasite and sacrifices hosts to it, in...
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    Rookie world builder- questions and thoughts

    You should probably figure out how to make these things work for you, because everyone writes differently. That being said, I try to avoid real world history as it is often a "charged" topic and can anger people (unless I am trying to be controversial). I usually use the names of people who I...
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    Technicalities of Airships

    Do these airships have pirates? I am guessing they do. A few tactics would be to fly above the enemy ship, and harpoon structural areas of the enemy, while at the same time puncturing the balloon. That way they would be at your mercy. Also, these pirates might fly underneath the enemy ship with...
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    The dictatorship of Vox

    I'm guessing the average term length is about 6 to 9 months.
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    Writer-Editor challenge

    I've got a friend who will beta-read all of my work. Yay for bookworm friends!
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    Examples of characters fighting with the narrator?

    The Stanley Parable seems like it would fit. You can obey or disobey the narrator, and get different results for it. The more you disobey the narrator, the more flustered he becomes. Also, there is Happily Never After which sort of fits your description (it has a plot within a plot).
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    Your writing habits

    Procrastination and name-inventing are the two biggest ones for me. Whenever you resolve to do something, everything else quintuples in appeal.
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