Comments on: Spider-kinden

By: low

low — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:56:51 +0000

So how strong is chitin anyway is stronger than leather, bronze, iron?

By: low

low — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:31:49 +0000

Why are spiders so rich? The silk trade?

By: low

low — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:25:09 +0000

Almost forgot. Spider bows. Long, short, re-curved, composite? (BTW if this stream of questions gets annoying just give me a heads up and I'll relent.)

By: low

low — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:05:06 +0000

Wow! Talk about speed of service. And yes, I am trying to start a setting based on S.O.T.A so you'll probably see many more questions along these lines.

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:56:29 +0000

Reply @ Low — sounds like someone's working up a gaming setting… Spiders do wear armour — generally light stuff, chitin and leather and silk, which they have in sufficient quantities that even their rank and file generally wears it (silk, as you probably know, is extremely good for stopping or slowing arrows, as the missiles spin in flight and so get tangled in the weave. Silk has even been found to protect from snapbow bolts to a small degree. Against a Wasp sting, however, it fries almost instantly.) Spider armies are anything but uniform, however, so heavier or stranger armour is known.

By: low

low — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:35:16 +0000

Do spiders wear Armour in battle?

By: joe

joe — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:53:47 +0000

Phenomenal art all of the Kinden, I have to say I like the spider kinden the best. Great work. WOW

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