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Werewolves, like wolves and human, need air, water, and food, among other things.
Depriving a werewolf of air, water and or food for a prolonged amount of time, as well as subjecting the werewolf to severe physical trauma, say, being run over by a tanker truck, struck by a falling grand piano, pushed out of a 10 story window, electrocution, and or being attacked by an irate king cobra will most likely kill the unfortunate werewolf.
Depriving a werewolf of air, water and or food for a prolonged amount of time, as well as subjecting the werewolf to severe physical trauma, say, being run over by a tanker truck, struck by a falling grand piano, pushed out of a 10 story window, electrocution, and or being attacked by an irate king cobra will most likely kill the unfortunate werewolf.
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Do note that the impact from falling from a 10 story window is enough to literally destroy a human body.Xiroteus wrote:Not mine.Baphnedia wrote:Being pushed out a 10 story window wouldn't be enough for the werewolf to perish?
Does not take long.Note that you can reach, as a human, terminal velocity in less than 12 feet. Ten stories, by the book, is 120 feet.
My health teacher from high school had a friend, with whom he'd joke about things like, "how high would a person bounce if he fell from a 10-story building?" The friend would go on to become a firefighter. One day, the friend attended the scene of the suicide of a man who jumped to his death from a 10 story building. With much reluctance upon being asked how high the suicide victim bounced, the friend told my teacher that they had to use a shovel to scrape what was left of him off of the pavement and into the body bag.
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Do also note that falls are more harmful/fatal for heavier creatures than lighter creatures, no matter their durability.
While it is true that a cat can survive a fall from 10 stories, due to its ability to turn and then land on its feet, a tiger falling 10 stories is very likely to suffer crippling, life-altering injuries, should it survive at all.
Logic strongly suggests that unless a werewolf possesses innate supernatural/magical healing powers, a werewolf will leave a bigger splat than a human will.
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Baphnedia wrote:We're speaking more of werewolves in general. If you're able to bounce or fly (on or before impact) or have a Portable Hole to fall through when you hit the ground - that's fine.
General werewolves would most likely not fair so well.
I made it from a couple words, I wanted a name that was one word and was not taken, doing well so far.Where'd you get the name Xiroteus?
I saw someone fall eighty feet from a tree without life threatening injuries, of course there was nine soft grass and dirt below and not concrete.Do note that the impact from falling from a 10 story window is enough to literally destroy a human body.
Regenerative healing abilites should help, most likely more durable to begin with, if everything was stronger then humans. I do not recall the name of the film, it was many years ago, ten plus, where a werewolf was blown up and it reassembled him self and did not die until shot with a silver bullet.I'd doubt that even supernatural healing powers would do much good, after the splat/fact.
A spider can fall from a hight of a thousand feet to us, without harm, if the spider was as large as a animal and feel from the same hight, splat. I wonder how fall humans could fall if we become small as a bug.Do also note that falls are more harmful/fatal for heavier creatures than lighter creatures, no matter their durability.
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First and foremost, one might speculate that the initial transformation process itself is highly risky and potentially lethal. In many of our storylines, we picture a significant risk of death by a number of horrible means, ranging from cerebral herniation, to thromboembolism while plaques tear loose from shifting arteries, to hemorrhagic fever.
But, I think the question implied someone already past that point. I think you're asking more about the seasoned shifter.
Excerpt from "Ways to Kill a Werewolf," by Dr. Rudolf van Richten:
1. A silver bullet straight through the heart
2. A silver bullet missing the heart but hitting the upper lobe of the left lung, causing a tension pneumothorax
3. A silver-coated copper bullet
4. A gold or platinum bullet
5. Any other bullet, fired in the right location
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237. Falling from a four story roof, landing on his head, and cracking open his skull
238. Watching Darkwolf, Howling II, or The Beast of Bray Road
239. A knife. Nah... too messy. Do you mind! He's my friend!
240. Hanging
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9023. Thermonuclear holocaust
9024. Being onboard a giant spacecraft that crashes into the sun
9025. Plasma ray bursts from an Illarthi fighter craft
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40,752. Quantum teleporer malfunction
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But, I think the question implied someone already past that point. I think you're asking more about the seasoned shifter.
Excerpt from "Ways to Kill a Werewolf," by Dr. Rudolf van Richten:
1. A silver bullet straight through the heart
2. A silver bullet missing the heart but hitting the upper lobe of the left lung, causing a tension pneumothorax
3. A silver-coated copper bullet
4. A gold or platinum bullet
5. Any other bullet, fired in the right location
...
237. Falling from a four story roof, landing on his head, and cracking open his skull
238. Watching Darkwolf, Howling II, or The Beast of Bray Road
239. A knife. Nah... too messy. Do you mind! He's my friend!
240. Hanging
...
9023. Thermonuclear holocaust
9024. Being onboard a giant spacecraft that crashes into the sun
9025. Plasma ray bursts from an Illarthi fighter craft
....
40,752. Quantum teleporer malfunction
....
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
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Do realize that most spiders are so small and weigh so little, that they can survive falls with little or no injury. On the other hand, a tarantula can be killed by a fall of less than 3 feet, i.e., when its owner inadvertantly drops it while handling it.Xiroteus wrote:A spider can fall from a hight of a thousand feet to us, without harm, if the spider was as large as a animal and feel from the same hight, splat. I wonder how fall humans could fall if we become small as a bug.Apokryltaros wrote:Do also note that falls are more harmful/fatal for heavier creatures than lighter creatures, no matter their durability.
This is primarily because the tarantula's abdomen is exceptionally fragile, akin to a bag of jelly.
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People and werewolves aren't really like bags of jelly, as, unlike a tarantula, neither people nor werewolves carry all of their vital innards in a sac, like a spider's abdomen.Baphnedia wrote:Yep - which begs the question - how much less like a bag of jelly is a werewolf as opposed to a human?
THen again, dropped from a high-enough height, it won't matter too much if the victim had an endoskeleton or exoskeleton.
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That's what I was kind of pointing at... I was being subtle.
A werewolf has greater mass. Therefore, their body must maintain a ratio of physical resistance to damage (kinetic transfer) to that of a human, to splatter with equal effect to a human.
To fall greater distances and surviving, whatever that toughness ratio normally is, it must be greatly surpassed. No matter what the ratio is, a great enough height will still be fatal, like you say Apok.
A werewolf has greater mass. Therefore, their body must maintain a ratio of physical resistance to damage (kinetic transfer) to that of a human, to splatter with equal effect to a human.
To fall greater distances and surviving, whatever that toughness ratio normally is, it must be greatly surpassed. No matter what the ratio is, a great enough height will still be fatal, like you say Apok.
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