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Right. I posted something very similar not too far upthread, I think in reply to @clearstream. And the Decanter of Endless Water...

Isn't the bigger issue with FTL settings that even if you have something like an Alcubierre drive that is powered by some kind of...

Usually the reason is to set The Rules when important parts of the story are going to turn on How the FTL Works in some fashion (or...

When I had plenty of spare time 30+ years ago, I spent a lot of time coming up with "realistic" patterns of social and intellectual...

As best I can tell, @Hussar is relying on widespread consensus that RuneQuest, Rolemaster, Chivalry & Sorcery, HERO, GURPS and the like...

I guess you made a mistake in saying "everything looks normal" instead of "everything nearby, moving along with you looks normal". The...

That is 100% wrong. Like, not even close to right.

I don't believe there are any "authority figures" who are dictating definitions from on high. And, frankly, it would be a fallacy to...

The technique that I use is conversation with the players. As I posted upthread, this technique is probably not as readily available in...

I think this talk about these things that shouldn't be investigated to deeply opens up another interesting question: How to flag things...

Yes. That was the premise of my reply to @Don Durito that you subsequently responded to. The point I then made was that So I don't know...

Only one creates a fiction where no explanation is possible. Playing my MHRP Fantasy game, it is not possible for the characters to...

Nah, it doesn't follow the laws of physics as we understand them. But it has a neat trick to avoid the popular special relativity issue...

Referring to @AlViking's link: 'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests: In 1994, Mexican physicist Miguel...

Because one is inherent - it's a necessary consequence of (i) breaking known physical law in the imagined world while (ii) maintaining...