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You do realize that paper was introduced to Europe only in the 13th century? And it took three other centuries for it to become commonplace. Including two centuries it took to invent the printing press. Before that commonplace was parchment. Made from animal skin and very, very expensive...

Okay since you're basing this on the Christian church, then please take a look at the church's history. The 'witch hunt' for example. Originally the church didn't care much for magic. They treated that mostly as a superstition. Only After the Black Death, did they start the whole thing. Also...

Sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about.

Recently I've wanted to write a fanfic, and since at the time I was reading a novel based on the Essence Cyoa, I've decided to do the same. Here's a full version of said Cyoa; and here's a simplified compilation that I'm using. I've decided to randomly roll for essences, and only then pick a...

Probably Negima, since it's a story you can't really get through any other medium. After all its anime adaptation has an original much weaker story.

Cultivation refers to a type of 'magical' practice where they use external power, and absorb it into themselves turning it into their own strength in pursuit of immortality. Xianxia is a genre revolving around that practice. Whatever the actual story, characters, and so on, the main goal of the...

Not to this extent. :) Like trying to climb over the ridge without checking if it can hold your weight, stuff like that. Or constantly miscalculating how much stamina you actually have. Small things that were so deeply ingrained in them that for two weeks we spent in field, they still couldn't...

Gaming is useful in warfare, and many militaries around the war actually developed some games for their own use. During my training my officer in charge had us playing Arma 3. I'm not a professional soldier, I just went through basic training. Though it's only ever used as a supplement in...

Can God create someone who can beat it? No. Because God from the Christian religion is an absolute. Not in terms of power or any quantifiable concept. It is everything that was, is, and will be. It cannot create anything equal to itself because there can only be one absolute. As for Bali, I'd...

I love how Lee's fight ended. Hard work doesn't always beat talent. In fact, more often than not it loses. It's a very real message. Much more impactful than if he'd miraculously won in a very shounen fashion. The theme of this fight is that no matter how hard you're hit, no matter how low you...

That's a pretty dark question. I never thought about it, but I'd probably organize my stuff, like my bank account, last will, and such. No point in giving my family more trouble than they would already have with my death.

Just threaten to follow through with crowds' demands. Mobs when riled up, are rarely thinking through their decisions. Just allude that when sisters leave, the village will be left alone to handle all the threats. Sisters are attacked because of fear and distrust, it's a close and easily focused...

Make the thing that he wants, his ambition, dream, aspiration, or whatever; not something achievable purely through strength.

Depends on a magic system. For example, if someone is capable of limited precognition plus enhanced reflexes, then long-range, precise weaponry is largely ineffective against them. As long as they're careful they can dodge the shot before it's ever taken. Or if you had the widespread ability to...

Depends on their own countries. There are some examples of such situations in Europe's history, though they're usually pretty obscured. For example, if there are substantial diplomatic exchanges between countries then yes, such situations are pretty common. Baron isn't really that important, so...

I assume that you're speaking about Webnovel. I've actually read that novel as an MTL before they tried to translate it manually, so it was a nice surprise when they did, but I haven't tried that version. This is pretty funny, because in I think chapter 6 hundred something author addressed this...

It's pretty similar to mechanics used in "Game of the World Tree". MC who is sort of an admin has an ability to easily create living bodies but not the souls and consciousness required to power them, so she OBVIOUSLY uses players from earth to move them. Through a synergy of different abilities...

Wow. The response was much faster and much bigger than I expected. Thank you for all your posts. My main interest here is more on the world-building of the setting than on the story in particular. That's why I listed TES and Warcraft which are predominantly game universes.

As the title states, I'm searching for fictional settings with a strong subplot, or even main focus, of power struggles between nations or similar factions. As culturally diverse as possible. Examples from the top of my head: Magi - The story that actually inspired the thread. A song of Ice and...