8 $\begingroup$ I am creating a post apocalyptic world where it is nearly impossible to walk anywhere habitable without being stabbed by about a dozen neurotoxic barbed tendrils that shoot from the ground, with the force of a crossbow bolt, which proceed to pull you into and under the earth. This carnivorous subsolic organism spans nearly the entire globe, save for deserts and places that are snowy all year round. It only kills organisms larger than about a german shepherd, simply because the small animals don’t have enough mass to be worth the effort of killing. Unfortunately, people are above the weight limit, and therefore, will be inevitably killed if they walk on my organism’s territory. This poses a problem for my characters, and I must know, how would the get from one tree-city to another? I would prefer if they didn’t have cars, as this is set 124 years after the downfall of civilization. I was thinking stilts, but are there any other ideas? technologyxenobiologypost-apocalypsetransportationlogistics Share Improve this question Follow edited yesterday L.Dutch♦ 301k6161 gold badges620620 silver badges1.3k1.3k bronze badges asked yesterday MerpamerpMerpamerp 16944 bronze badges $\endgroup$ 7 2 $\begingroup$ What you are asking is plot element, it has nothing to do with the rules of your world. Off topic. $\endgroup$ – L.Dutch ♦ Commented yesterday 7 $\begingroup$ Not sure I agree that this is plot element/off-topic, the question is basically "given a certain technology level, what's the best way to move around when 70% of the earth is trying to kill you", which in theory seems to be OK to me. The tech level and capabilities of the organism need to be more clearly defined though. What reach does it have, what, if any, material is it capable of piercing, if you're on stilts why can't it grab the stilts and pull you down, etc. $\endgroup$ – user111403 Commented yesterday 6 $\begingroup$ Forget travel, how do people farm? $\endgroup$ – Cadence Commented yesterday 2 $\begingroup$ how does it detect its victims, would snowshoes work? $\endgroup$ – John Commented yesterday 3 $\begingroup$ Detail request: What are this plant's weaknesses? We receive "how do I defeat my godlike character?" requests regularly and they always have the same answer: "you can't unless you give it an exploitable weakness." So, what're the plant's weaknesses? Note you can ask about ways to exploit defined weaknesses or you can ask for help defining weaknesses - you can't ask for both in the same question. $\endgroup$ – JBH Commented 21 hours ago  |  Show 2 more comments