Can Krans bleed?

[SaintNuclear]

My char is a Kran, and I\'ll probebly stay that way after the CB purge too, but I just thought about something...

Can Krans bleed?
If a Kran gets hacked by an axe, will it just have a breaking mark like in stones, or will it actually have blood pouring out of it like living things?

Since Krans are made of silicon, and were created by magic and all, maybe they don\'t have blood?

But then how do we define \'blood\'? Is it the fluid that runs in humans and animals\' vains? If so, Krans probebly don\'t have blood. If it\'s something that passes nutrients and oxygen through the body, I guess they do have it.

If they have blood, how does it look? Is it sand that flows inside vain-like tunnels? What about the heart? Do they have a heart of stone? How does it pump the \'blood\' if it\'s made of stone?


This is actually interesting...

[Xelex]

I have no clue whether or not krans will bleed. If they do they might have like have liquid metal flow out. Or maybe lava, i beleive it is in some way melted rock.

[RussianVodka]

Well, if lava flows out when the Kran bleeds... than that just adds one more reason you dont wana get into a fist fight with one of them...

[Mage of Darkness]

that could be like a character specfic type attack. they could flare there hands up and punch for like some sorta fire punch thingy!

[Xelex]

Acutally I was thinking something like that except the lava will harden around the kran and his defence will skyrocket but his agility will slow down. This will go away if he dies or if it wares off. It is triggered when a kran has 10% of his health left.

[Mage of Darkness]

not bad Xelex that could be the defence move and the fire punch is an offensive move. another move is possible if the kran has enough health or so it can sacrifice health in order to spew lava from its mouth or something.

[Xelex]

Yeah you should start something like this in the Wish List.

[karakth]

Lava is impossible...How would it keep it hot enough without melting itself?

What it could have is water running around inside it, smae as us. It would not need red blood cells because Krans do not breath (Red blood cells are used to transport oxygen).

Hmm...The whole question of a Kran\'s respiration and sources of energy come to mind though. Does anyone have any idea how these might work? If you just use normal respiration instead of CO2 it would exhale SiO2 (sand) but we know it doesn\'t breathe. Still I imagine silicon-based organic compounds would be easier to break down than carbon-based compounds (what with carbon being more reactive and all).

So...Any ideas?

[Xelex]

The whole reason to play a fantasy game is to stray away from reality. They are polar opposites. If you want to be all logical save it for school. In a fantasy ANYTHING is possible....except reality.

[karakth]

You can\'t just throw the \"Er...\'Tis magic!\" argument in someone\'s face whenever you can\'t explain something. We\'re out of the medieval ages you know. If we can use science to explain how Kran function, it will be much better than saying \"They do...So there. Oh yeah, and they have uber-lava attacks because they\'re walking rocks.\"

Even magic can be explained scientifically -_-

[Kintall]

well I think their blodd should be like fine sand, like stabbing an hourglass, and they heal by maybe crystalising over the wound, like those cool \"grow your own crystal things you can buy at museums(they are SO cool)

and heck I wouldnt worry to much about reality in games, hell the klyros can fly and ther wings are itty bitty wiidle fings, any hang glider would think that this is just silly( or supremely cool, hang gliders are funny bout things)

it all comes down to creative licence

and as far as \"er.. its magic\" thats nothing when copmpared to the \"well..I say so, so \" response

[Moogie]

Hmmm, making a Kran bleed... that would be like getting blood out of a stone!

*budum-tiisshh!*


Er, anyways, Kran arn\'t completely stone, are they? They are living, moving creatures, after all. If they were 100% stone, they wouldn\'t have muscles. And without muscles, you don\'t move.

I think the stone parts of a Kran would be their so-called \"Kran natural armour\", mentioned on the website. These bits wouldn\'t bleed. But if you attacked a joint, or someplace that isn\'t as armoured, then that\'s perhaps where it could bleed from.

[hook]

i think Kran should crumble ...fall into pieces

as i remember it says in the Kran description that their skin is (as) hard (as) rock, it cannot be penetrated, but can crumble and crack ...when that happenes, there\'s a real problem healing it back

[kixoras1]

hmmm looks like im the last person who doesnt want the krans to bleed... my theory is that krans dont have blood that there are really shaped stones held together by magic. no blood what-so-ever. i think we should just hit them untill they start to crumble and limbs fall off, etc. This would create a strategy for the kran. EG: if a mage casts counter magic, the kran would essentially start falling apart. or if you cast a water spell it would start to erode. this would be a character unmatched in non magical weapon melee fighting but very vunerable in magic fighting. just my 2 cents though.

[MercenaryVII]

is it true that because krans are rocks they are hard to damage with cutting weapons but are weak against clubbing weapons. i\'m also a kran and seem to remember reading that somewhere