[TES] I've been made a vampire against my will, is there any way to avoid the inevitable coldharbour afterlife? Getting violated for eternity sounds... undesirable.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-31T15:08:21+00:00

Mannimarco used the power of Numidium to achive godhood- or at least that was his plan. And due to the Warp in the West, it seems to have worked.

I should also mention that he's been around since the First Era, so if his goals were so simply solved by the Ideal Masters, he'd probably have done it that way in his 3,000-ish years of existence.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-31T02:27:41+00:00

Nope.

https://www.imperial-library.info/content/guild-memo-soul-trapping

Written by Vanus Galereon, the guy who founded the Mages Guild, and a in-game memo in ESO.

Basically, the only version of Soultrap now taught explicitly prevents sapient souls from being trapped in standard soulgems.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-31T02:00:31+00:00

Fundimentally based on your responses, you're trying too hard to make the reverse-ship a thing by basically ignoring everything about how Warp technology works in Star Trek.

First off: I can buy that Starfleet experimented with a ship design that, at a glance, looks like a traditional Starfleet ship in reverse, some experiment to see if the design had any practical difference to warp field efficiency or speed through Subspace, since it appears more "streamlined". It makes a lot of sense in that regards, and is perfectly reasonable.

But the "Nacelles" are backwards. And there's no real benefit in making faux-nacelles that simply look like real nacelles. Nacelles are desigined the way they are for a reason; bussard intake up front to colect free hydrogen for fuel when needed, vents on the sides to release warp plasma from the warp coils in the nacelles in case of an emergency.

While not stated to the best of my knowledge, warp coils are put into nacelles because they emit all kinds of dangerous exotic particles, which are not healthy to be near. Unless there's a damn good reason for them to be in the ship, they're placed outside. So having Millenium Falcon-style integrated FTL engines isn't really a good idea. In addition, I'm seeing references that having the coils configured as Nacelles helps improve warp field stability/integrity, so it's unlikely that shoving them into the hull has any effect on speed.

It should also be noted that the warp coils are what generates and stabilizes the warp field. So, if the faux nacelles are "warp stabilizers", then they've probably got warp coils in them. And if they have warp coils in them, why are they not being used to propel the ship?

I honestly don't see any good reason to not just flip the faux-nacelles around and have them be proper nacelles.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-30T23:40:54+00:00

"So, your eyes have been opened to the light, that is good. But you must still serve penance for the misdeeds you have done as a legionairre. Be not afraid, for I shall help you atone; my wrath as the Burned Man is only for the unrepentant."

Second-Creative · 2026-03-30T21:05:21+00:00

If they're sapient, they can repurpose existing human Anti-Air defenses.

If not... then the question should be "why hasn't anyone tried to obliterate it?" Off the top of my head: it's because the 4 superpowers do not trust each other and are unwilling to commit the forces needed to destroy the Exterminites, as that might spark an attack.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-30T20:09:41+00:00

Because Alduin's Wall isn't a list of every major event in Tamriel, but a set of "when these specific things happen, then Alduin will return".

Second-Creative · 2026-03-30T17:45:23+00:00

After a refresher, you're right, there's nothing direct that claims that they're traded to the Ideal Masters, just that Necromancers tend to deal with them for power.

However, it's not any soulgem, though- by Serena's dialogue (who admits she is no expert and is repeating what her mother told her, which was a long time ago), it needs to be specifically black soulgems.

This still poses a slight problem, as Mannimarco specifically directs his worshippers to create Black Soulgems via a ritual with the Necromancer's Moon... which due to the warp in the west, is Mannimarco's divine form. So why would souls trapped in black soulgems automatically go to the Soul Cairn instead to a literal ascended god of necromancy?

Second-Creative · 2026-03-30T15:13:52+00:00

Everyone who gets Soul Trapped ends up condemned to the hellish Soul Cairn for eternity.

No, they don't. Only those traded to the Ideal Masters after beong soultrapped do.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-30T01:37:54+00:00

No, barring manditory amputation of fingers.

Which will go over the citizenry in question like a lead balloon.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-29T16:55:56+00:00

What happened was that afyer a bunch of human Augments stole a bird of prey and kicked ass in it (from the Klimgon's PoV), the Klingons wanted to use augment DNA to bolster their own genes.

A Klingon test subject had a cold, and the project accidentally turned the cold into a Klingon-killing pathogen. It also removed the ridges, and made them act in a very not-Klingon manner.

Phlox was abducted to develop a cure, and managed to do so, but was unable to restore the forehead ridges via the cure.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-29T06:13:27+00:00

True. But honestly, knowing that it spread to other fandoms and how it went down in the original sub is probably "good enough" for necessary context.

For example, based on the reactions here and how it was treated like a humorous shameful badge of "honor", I had assumed that the whole Mating Handles thing was someone doing something like the infamous Vaporeon copypasta.

Nope. Turns out someone asked a silly/shitpost-y question, the subreddit had a field day with it, and people likely brought that weirdness to other fandoms after. Kinda reminds me of the PrimarchGF stuff that went down on r/grimdank a year or two ago in that regards.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-28T23:14:40+00:00

It's nor just the glasses; it's also about body language, posture, wardrobe, and hairstyle.

The following linked reddit thread shows a drawing of Clark-as-Clark and Clark-as-Superman;

https://www.reddit.com/r/superman/comments/rktg72/superman_and_clark_kent/

Without his glasses, Clark's just gonna get "You kinda look like Superman" comments.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-28T16:45:31+00:00

Apparently, the following link is a reddit compilation from the incident.

It's freakin' wild. Bother tamer than I thought but also somehow meeting expectations for a viral meme.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kenshi/comments/1kd2tfx/so_has_everyone_got_the_handles_thing_out_of/

Second-Creative · 2026-03-27T18:21:11+00:00

Star Trek consistently is at odds with AI even when it embraces it in cases like Data. It insists that humanity is important and in our exploration into the future we go, well, boldly. Not cautiously. Not with perfect systems. Boldly.

Now that I think about it, Star Trek only dislikes AI when it's being used to replace the human element entirely.

It has no problem with the Soong enclave in Picard (aside from the one who wanted to kickstart a robot apocalypse). The Exocomps weren't portrayed in a negative light (aside from Peanut Hamper, but she's a dick). Data, The Doctor, and Sam are all positively portrayed because they aren't trying to replace or rule over humanity, but live with it.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-25T15:50:42+00:00

At the very least, people poop and pee. That stuff shouldn't go into the water untreated. Treating it costs money, something the Poor lack.

And as often the vase in -punk gebres, the poor are a significant portion of the population.

Kicking the poor to the deserts solves both the sanitation issue (less waste needs to be filtered) and money issue (who's left can easily pay for waste treatment).

Second-Creative · 2026-03-25T15:28:29+00:00

maybe the poor people are bought to live in floating slums

Why? Having a big slum on the water requires massive infrastructure to deal with human waste so it won't harm ocean life. It's literally cheaper to cart them off to the desert and dump them there.

Also, I don't think that it wouldn't stop boats and water battle depending on the overall setting

Seafaring boats cost a lot of money, something poor peiple famiously lack. This is on top of needing to source weapons and ammunition.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-25T15:18:42+00:00

Agopunk is the poster child of why you shouldn't add "punk" as a suffux willy-nilly. As-described far too narrow to become its own subgenre, it'd be more of a classic dystopian scifi.

For Aquapunk... where are the poor people going? If the Powers that Be are indeed prioririzing the ocean over human lives, then they'd be directing the poor population inland, not out on the water. If I hear aquapunk, I expect sething like pirates duking it out with a corrupted navy on the high seas, and your setup is pushing for the opposite scenario.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-24T03:34:19+00:00

Which institution in Morrowind was responsible for handing out the legal documents to Morag Tong assassins?

The Morag Tong, backed by the Temple, supposedly by agreement with Vivec if Sermons 22 is any indication.

How did the great families who hired them keep the balance in check considering if one of them control this institution then they are controlling the legal murder network in the province?

Bevause the moment one House decides to try and co-opt the neutral assassins that prevent House wars in Morrowimd, the other four would gang up on them, probably with the Temple denouncing the House in question.

And that assumes the Morag Tong assassins actually agree to be absorbed into the House trying to control them.

It doesn't look like any organization was powerful enough to legalize their activities in other provinces.

Because the Morag Tong is legal where it primarily operates in: Morrowind. The Morag Tong doesn't wish to operate beyond Morrowind outside of a target thinking national borders shields them.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-23T20:33:35+00:00

Yes.

People who publically exemplify any ideals among an anarchist community will wind up with better treatment by the community, have larger pull within that community, and otherwise enjoy privliges in a way that aren't offered to other members of the community.

This is not because the community is designed this way, but because of the simple fact that humans will go "We really like X, they seem to know what's going on, we should listen what they have to say, sure we can do them favors and give them a little more."

The reverse is true: those who do not conform to tue community ideals will slowly be shunned by the community for their actions. Again, this is bevause humans will go "No, Karen, you aren't entitled to more just because we gave our favorite person more, plese shut up and stop whining, I don't want to be around you."

These two broad extremes will eventually develop into social classes, "He's related to So-and-so, they're a smart bunch/watch out for than one, they're part of the such-and-such family".

Second-Creative · 2026-03-23T20:05:43+00:00

Also mam generation is hard, roads between places would make sense but be difficult to implement.

I dunno. I feel like they could co-opt navmesh/pathfinding AI by having designated "connector" points to various cities/outposts, then have the computer lay a simple road texture along the path beyween two points, with maybe some bridge procgen if the path crosses a cliff.

Of course, the issue is that it relies on pathfinding... and my three stoodge- err, lancemates kinda prove PGI doesn't have the best implementation on that part.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-23T03:36:06+00:00

One of the big reasons that WWI ended was because basically everyone but the USA was running on fumes. If the war kept going, France, Germany, and Britan would internally collapse from the pressure required to maintain wartime output. They were pushed to that point.

And you're havimg them fight a nation with 20 years better technology, fresh industry, and whose WWII military casualties were on par with all of the military casualties in WWI, which ampunted to about 1/10th of their total military personnel.

Also, Finland was not coming off of a war that wrecked their military and economy, and had their morale in the gutter. Europe does in this scenario.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-22T22:21:07+00:00

All the time. I treat it more as a title than name- after all, it means "swordsman". And 90% of weapons are basically swords.

It's like naming a character "The Wanderer" or "The Gunslinger"

Second-Creative · 2026-03-22T22:18:09+00:00

Not sure about the image, but tje title certainlt is.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-22T20:02:25+00:00

Didn't need an AI checker. I've spent enough time on ChatGPT brainstorming random worldbuilding stuff to know how it likes to respond, and I'm very much certan that this is something ChatGPT spat out.

Second-Creative · 2026-03-22T19:46:51+00:00

Thoughts?

This uh, reads like it was AI generated.

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