General Q and A

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Question:

Are the Sphinxes not tauric? I understand the Pantaurs are for sure, but what about the Blue Sphinx? I was under the impression that all Spinxes were tauric but I want to verify that.

gt500x wrote:

Question:

Are the Sphinxes not tauric? I understand the Pantaurs are for sure, but what about the Blue Sphinx? I was under the impression that all Spinxes were tauric but I want to verify that.

Nearly all are. I think the Blue Sphinx is an exception, and it is a much older entry into the wiki, before a lot of the current rules and trends were set.

In general though, a Sphinx is generally just a winged Pantaur.

Personal Opinion: Pantaurs should be put in the shelf for a while to focus more on the normal variety. Almost everyone is on the Pantaurs.

It does seem unnecessary to have Pantaurs when we have Centaurs. I'm not a big fan of that, but oh well. Thanks for clearing that up. I wish there was some image out there of a Blue Sphinx so I can visualize it exactly. I don't want to describe it incorrectly in a story.


Another question:
Is everything in Felarya larger, sorta scaled up to the predators? What I mean to say is, is the relative height of a mountain to us humans on earth is equal to the relative height to giant predators on Felarya? It seems humans in should Felarya should be just a little taller than a blade of grass.

gt500x wrote:

Question:

Are the Sphinxes not tauric? I understand the Pantaurs are for sure, but what about the Blue Sphinx? I was under the impression that all Spinxes were tauric but I want to verify that.

Mos Sphinxes i know of are winged lions with a face mixed of human and cat and have 2 or 4 large breasts and they have browen or gold fur

If Felarya is a plain of existence that follows it own laws does it have a sun I know it has a day and night cycle

Kai Leingod wrote:

If Felarya is a plain of existence that follows it own laws does it have a sun I know it has a day and night cycle

Felarya has a sun... or suns... and they are not really Felarya's suns. It's more borrowing the suns.

Your answer should be found here.

http://felarya.com/wiki/index.php?title=Physics#The_Felaryan_sky

hmm strange question but hey are a Nagas stomach immune to chemicals that would make some one throw up and how does the anti magic thing work does it mean no arcana can channeled once consumed

The anti-magic is not a trait for all species, only a very few ones. As for the stomach, probably. I think the strength is that it's very stretchy, you know, like a snake's.

Sean Okotami wrote:

The anti-magic is not a trait for all species, only a very few ones. As for the stomach, probably. I think the strength is that it's very stretchy, you know, like a snake's.

ah cool was thinking what if a potions master had gotten himself eaten by mistake only to pull a vial to make said predator sick through chemicals and the like the ones on earth that cause you to throw up.

A naga's stomach has 2 chambers, one is for human sized prey. However when the naga eats something big, the opening between the first and second chambers will expand, making room.

I noticed on the Felaryian map that there appears to be a cave entrance right next to the Jungle Bowl that leads into or under the unnamed mountain peak that surrounds Frost Peak. While I've heard several times that the map is not to scale, based on how it looks now it appears to be rather large. Does it have a name or been mentioned in any stories?

wow you really manage to pick details uh ?

Indeed I was wondering about making something here when I made the map then finally left the place blank. Another placeholder for the future I imagine ( a bit like that square north of the rosic nekos village )

New question. Who are Menyssan's two compatriots (the redhead and dark-haired succubi)?

I don't think they have names (yet).

Hmm... I thought they did. Strange if they don't seeing as they appear both in a story and art done by Karbo.

Are they still her sisters or were they changed to cousins? I could have sworn that I read about that somewhere, though I might be mistaken.

Indeed they have no official names yet.

And they are neither her cousins or sisters ^^ "sister" is just a name commonly used by succubi to refer to each others.

Okay. New question. What determines the size of a demon and what is the significance (is a demon's size permanent and they are big or small for "life", or is it possible that some can grow larger by, lets say, claiming enough souls?) I ask this as I've seen Karbo's demons which include Succubi (which are large) as well as the impish-looking ones that are human-sized, as well as whatever Agnashrak is, who is also large and appears to be as big as Menyssan (I guess he might be an incubi which would probably be just as big as succubi)

I may be extrapolating too much, but would a demon's size vary when they come into Felarya?

In hell, as its own dimension, I guess its sort of a fuzzy point - either demons are all big there or anyone else there is small. Demons close to that source of power probably have enough magic to whip up some size changing.

But anyways, I assume imps are smaller than "regular" demons. As to the nature of incubi, that is unsure.

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Now, I have a question. What is the level of technology for someone in Negav? Felarya itself has a wide variety of technology levels, from tribal level out in the wilderness to the sci-fi stuff we see Vishmitals, Miratans and Delurans wielding. Add to this technology the "Alternate technology" of magic.

So, anyways, would people in Negav have stuff like fridges, TVs, internet? Do they have electricity there, I mean? I mean, the Vishmitals certainly have such stuff, but do they share?

Or is Negav more a magically powered place? (i.e. instead of fridges there are boxes with runes of freezing. People watch local broadcasts and surf the "network" via a magic mirror or something.)

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Now, I have a question. What is the level of technology for someone in Negav? Felarya itself has a wide variety of technology levels, from tribal level out in the wilderness to the sci-fi stuff we see Vishmitals, Miratans and Delurans wielding. Add to this technology the "Alternate technology" of magic.

So, anyways, would people in Negav have stuff like fridges, TVs, internet? Do they have electricity there, I mean? I mean, the Vishmitals certainly have such stuff, but do they share?

Or is Negav more a magically powered place? (i.e. instead of fridges there are boxes with runes of freezing. People watch local broadcasts and surf the "network" via a magic mirror or something.)

I think it'd be a real interesting mix.

The main issue with any kind of modern appliances is power. You would either need generators, which require fuel, or a magi-tech solution. I think Negav would have some kind of electric grid, primarily in the high and middle districts, but I could see some of the better off low district places like taverns, inns, and such being able to tap in for a fee. The most likely source for such a grid, if any, would be several massive pieces of highly refined Actinite, likely tended to by a group of electrically oriented mages to maintain them (The Negav Electrical Society? Or something like that, I guess. lol). This is just guessing of course. A power system made of fuel-powered generators is possible as well, at least for the Vishmitals and Magiocrats, who would have the influence and funds to import fuels from offworld.

It is also possible that the Vishmitals, and even the Magiocrats really, may have their own personal power generation systems tucked away for themselves. Advanced power generators, in the case of the Vishmitals...and some kind of magic-based generators, or off-world imported generators for the Magiocrats.

As for TV and Internet...I really doubt that. Its just too complex for a place like Negav. I could see radio stations though. They would just need the power to transmit throughout Negav and The Commons beyond the walls. Portable radios (also likely powered by actinite shards) shouldn't be too hard to come by at any tech market, and its possible that various establishments could have more expensive, full-sized radios.

As for other things, I think its going to be a wierd mixture of purely magical solutions, purely technological solutions, and magi-technical solutions that bridge the gap between the two. Either way, it should be a pretty interesting place, since we all know that magi-tech is the only thing out there that is cooler than steampunk. ^^

rcs619 wrote:

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Now, I have a question. What is the level of technology for someone in Negav? Felarya itself has a wide variety of technology levels, from tribal level out in the wilderness to the sci-fi stuff we see Vishmitals, Miratans and Delurans wielding. Add to this technology the "Alternate technology" of magic.

So, anyways, would people in Negav have stuff like fridges, TVs, internet? Do they have electricity there, I mean? I mean, the Vishmitals certainly have such stuff, but do they share?

Or is Negav more a magically powered place? (i.e. instead of fridges there are boxes with runes of freezing. People watch local broadcasts and surf the "network" via a magic mirror or something.)

I think it'd be a real interesting mix.

The main issue with any kind of modern appliances is power. You would either need generators, which require fuel, or a magi-tech solution. I think Negav would have some kind of electric grid, primarily in the high and middle districts, but I could see some of the better off low district places like taverns, inns, and such being able to tap in for a fee. The most likely source for such a grid, if any, would be several massive pieces of highly refined Actinite, likely tended to by a group of electrically oriented mages to maintain them (The Negav Electrical Society? Or something like that, I guess. lol). This is just guessing of course. A power system made of fuel-powered generators is possible as well, at least for the Vishmitals and Magiocrats, who would have the influence and funds to import fuels from offworld.

It is also possible that the Vishmitals, and even the Magiocrats really, may have their own personal power generation systems tucked away for themselves. Advanced power generators, in the case of the Vishmitals...and some kind of magic-based generators, or off-world imported generators for the Magiocrats.

As for TV and Internet...I really doubt that. Its just too complex for a place like Negav. I could see radio stations though. They would just need the power to transmit throughout Negav and The Commons beyond the walls. Portable radios (also likely powered by actinite shards) shouldn't be too hard to come by at any tech market, and its possible that various establishments could have more expensive, full-sized radios.

As for other things, I think its going to be a wierd mixture of purely magical solutions, purely technological solutions, and magi-technical solutions that bridge the gap between the two. Either way, it should be a pretty interesting place, since we all know that magi-tech is the only thing out there that is cooler than steampunk. ^^

Steampunk is the coolest. I am glad we can agree on this.

It would make sense that there would be mages keeping everything charged - just another way that the Psi'ols keep everyone in debt to them.

I used computers in Negav in two of my recent stories. You can't blame me for anything since the wiki describes Negav as "a marvel of science and magic", so I assumed they used both at least modern technology and magic, so computers and such would be common.

Addendum: I'm not a fan of steampunk because I'm seeing too much of it nowadays.

The only problem with steampunk is to find an alternative to coal contrary to the fossil fuel it deliver less energy, oil is more dense which make with a lower quantity you have more power than the same quantity in coal. To make it viable you have to design a new combustible more efficient than coal and a metal lighter and more resistant than steel.

rcs619 wrote:

Computers would be a bit iffy though, I think. I mean, you'd really ONLY have places to plug them in inside Negav. I could see merchants and such bringing them in from off-world to help make business a LOT easier. A wireless network could be possible for the Magiocrats, Vishmitals, and even some of the more successful local busniesses through off-world imported electronics.

Wireless network in cheaper to set up than the traditional network. Computer in overall are more destined to a large audience for example many people have private computer more powerful than the one used in some big organize like Nasa because the needs are not the same. Only the server need to be powerful because they manage an important amount of data. The client to access to them are light and consume few resource for example a web browser. Most of the work the access to the data and the security is managed and hosted by the servers and the network device which make you have just to plug the computer and enter your login and password.

The more powerful PC are for gaming because graphical effects are cost cost full in material resource but to professional things you don't need a very powerful computers.

Computers and mobile phone are technologies designed to target a large audience not a particular elite. Anyone in Negav can have the latest computer or mobile phones easily.

rcs619 wrote:

Computers would be a bit iffy though, I think. I mean, you'd really ONLY have places to plug them in inside Negav. I could see merchants and such bringing them in from off-world to help make business a LOT easier. A wireless network could be possible for the Magiocrats, Vishmitals, and even some of the more successful local busniesses through off-world imported electronics.

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Computers and mobile phone are technologies designed to target a large audience not a particular elite. Anyone in Negav can have the latest computer or mobile phones easily.

Now there's the business factor. how much of a free market, If at all is Negav? is all charges and bills maintained and watched by the government, or is it similar to the Capitalistic view where you got multiple companies making their own regularities to charge the customer