Comments on: Scorpion-kinden, by David Mumford http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168 The Insect Man / Empire Rising Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: inquiring ant http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1884 inquiring ant Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:56:42 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1884 wait, cancel that. i finished book 3, and an ant had acidic hands! you were right! wait, cancel that. i finished book 3, and an ant had acidic hands! you were right!

]]> By: Thankful Tarkesh http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1844 Thankful Tarkesh Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:31:43 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1844 i just read a part in bookj 3, where the emperor Alvdan III and the misquito kinden are watching an arena fight, and it mentions one of the the ants fighting has a bone blade on his arm...maybe seperate ant kinden city-states have different art powers??? i just read a part in bookj 3, where the emperor Alvdan III and the misquito kinden are watching an arena fight, and it mentions one of the the ants fighting has a bone blade on his arm…maybe seperate ant kinden city-states have different art powers???

]]> By: Adrian Tchaikovsky http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1841 Adrian Tchaikovsky Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:17:54 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1841 Challenge accepted:) p287 UK edition "The Guard he had just struck put one hand to his shoulder, and immediately a searing pain burnt into him, accompanied by the smell of burning cloth and flesh." Lovely fellows, the Sarnesh. Challenge accepted:) p287 UK edition "The Guard he had just struck put one hand to his shoulder, and immediately a searing pain burnt into him, accompanied by the smell of burning cloth and flesh." Lovely fellows, the Sarnesh.

]]> By: Thankful Tarkesh http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1838 Thankful Tarkesh Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:42:30 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1838 i will reread it soon, but i cant seem to recall ant kinden having an acidic touch in book 3... i will reread it soon, but i cant seem to recall ant kinden having an acidic touch in book 3…

]]> By: Adrian Tchaikovsky http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1777 Adrian Tchaikovsky Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:34:23 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1777 That sounds obscene, when you say it like that. Yes, Ant-kinden have a sort of acid touch Art the same as the Bees - it's used in (I think!) Blood of the Mantis. That sounds obscene, when you say it like that. Yes, Ant-kinden have a sort of acid touch Art the same as the Bees — it's used in (I think!) Blood of the Mantis.

]]> By: inquiring ant http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1771 inquiring ant Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:03:23 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1771 do ant-kinden have a hand art? it seems like everyone else has a hand-art but them... do ant-kinden have a hand art? it seems like everyone else has a hand-art but them…

]]> By: low http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1681 low Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:34:35 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1681 Scary, giant, tusked desert dwelling kinden? Scary, giant, tusked desert dwelling kinden?

]]> By: low http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1045 low Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:30:51 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1045 Almost forgot the crescent thumb blades of the dragonflies. Almost forgot the crescent thumb blades of the dragonflies.

]]> By: Adrian Tchaikovsky http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1044 Adrian Tchaikovsky Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:59:11 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1044 Beetles turn up with over-calloused, bludgeoning knuckles (there's an example in The Scarab Path in fact). The Scorpion blades are actually more the outside of thumb and forefinger, forming over-arching blades considerably longer than the actual digits, but leaving the inside of the hand free for holding things. Thorn bugs have... well, full body weaponry. Scorpion and Spider natural weapons can also be somewhat venomous, with the right Art. Beetles turn up with over-calloused, bludgeoning knuckles (there's an example in The Scarab Path in fact).

The Scorpion blades are actually more the outside of thumb and forefinger, forming over-arching blades considerably longer than the actual digits, but leaving the inside of the hand free for holding things. Thorn bugs have… well, full body weaponry.

Scorpion and Spider natural weapons can also be somewhat venomous, with the right Art.

]]> By: low http://shadowsoftheapt.com/world/kinden/168/comment-page-1#comment-1034 low Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:20:04 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=168#comment-1034 Correct me if I get any of this wrong. Scorpions have blades along the inside of their thumb and forefinger, mantises have spines running along their forearm. Neither are retractable. Spiders have bone needles, ants have blades, wasps have barbed hooks, beetles have bees have spikes. Mole crickets have chisel-like nails grasshoppers have blades upon their heels and an assassin bug's bare hands pass through Armour and cut flesh like a razor. Any other apt powered killing blades I'm missing? Flies, skaters, soldier beetle, roaches, moth? (I know most of these aren't likely but I'm still curious.) Correct me if I get any of this wrong. Scorpions have blades along the inside of their thumb and forefinger, mantises have spines running along their forearm. Neither are retractable. Spiders have bone needles, ants have blades, wasps have barbed hooks, beetles have bees have spikes.
Mole crickets have chisel-like nails grasshoppers have blades upon their heels and an assassin bug's bare hands pass through Armour and cut flesh like a razor. Any other apt powered killing blades I'm missing? Flies, skaters, soldier beetle, roaches, moth? (I know most of these aren't likely but I'm still curious.)

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