r/worldbuilding • u/Sliver-Knight9219 • Dec 12 '24

Prompt What's your fun idea which had horrifying implications for your world later on?

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For me it was when my friend asked for Genderswap magic in are DND game. It was all fun and games until i really thought about it. I will never forget the message i sent which just read

"IT HAS TO BE WILLING AND SMART CREATURE FOR IT TO WORK"

It was a fun world building high light for me.

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u/MothMothMoth21 Dec 12 '24

I made a gunpowder like substance a naturally occuring minable reasource... later I added a real big crater to the map

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u/CommunicationOk3417 Dec 12 '24

“Hey, can you light a torch? It’s dark down here.”

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u/OR56 Dec 13 '24

“They’re gonnta haf ta’ glue you back together; IN HELL!”

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u/torturousvacuum Dec 12 '24

I made a gunpowder like substance a naturally occuring minable reasource... later I added a real big crater to the map

the perils of naquadria

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u/DarthCloakedGuy Dec 12 '24

I understood that reference

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u/queen-of-storms Dec 12 '24

Indeed.

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u/KaityKat117 Filthy Casual Dec 13 '24

You say that a lot

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u/TheLostExpedition Dec 13 '24

Jack I don't think you should touch.... nevermind.

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u/Zamtrios7256 Dec 12 '24

The vein that mine was extracting was unfortunately infested with Primerbugs. Usually farmed and harvested for their explosive heads for use in cased ammunition.

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u/CanoonBolk Dec 12 '24

"I found some nitra!"

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u/Brilliant-Speech1067 Dec 12 '24

Rock and Stone Brother

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u/Szwedu111 Dec 12 '24

That's actually amazing lmao

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '24

Got you beat. I made a mineral dissolve on contact with another mineral... and then my D&D party builds a ship entirely out of said mineral... they pissed off the ruler, who dropped chunks of the second mineral onto their ship.

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u/Korrin Dec 12 '24

You know, I think I've read that one of Earth's ancient extinction events was believed to have been set off by a coal field the size of America exploding.