Originally posted by sashok20
A more interesting question would be, why were they created, for what purpose, when and by who.
But since these questions have been answered on the settings page, they\'re not worthy of discussion anymore.
While I agree that it isn\'t strictly necessary to know how every single monster works, it is still quite a different matter with playable races, simply because you need to make highly detailed models and effects based on this, and you also need to be able to RP.
@ Uitra: This
might actually be the case. Quartz, which is a form that SiO2 can take, will contract if energy is applied, so millions of tiny quartzes could be assembled to form a muscle-like actuator. Solar panels are mainly made up of silicone as well. Therefore, Kran might indeed be electrical, except for their digestion. Their brains would be computer-like. I, however, don\'t think that they\'d have magnetic tubes, because almost all minerals aren\'t magnetic. The tubes could, however, be actuated by mucle-like structures made from quartz, that mechanically distribute the minerals, which immediately brings us the answer to the question of their blood: it\'d be extremely fine-ground minerals in this case.
Furthermore, this might even explain why magic doesn\'t work on them: the spells are constructed to work on organic lifeforms, not on machines. Therefore, it would be a matter of adapting the spells to make them as effective on Kran as on other beings. Also, they\'d have problems surviving in the dark.
The only problem is that the race description states that they also make use of the oxygen-binding feature of silicon, which implies something that is \"organic-like\", not electrical, therefore I don\'t think that Kran work by electricity, at least not solely.
