DoctaDajman Posted January 30, 2025 Posted January 30, 2025 Hello all. New thought about an aetherbound kandra. I have seen some speculation on whether hydration can be traded only once it was flowing through the veins or if you could chug a gallon of water and use that, so long as it's in your gut, as a fuel source for aetherbinding. But then I thought about Kandra... now, I assume that a kandra can get dehydrated, in fact no food and water is one of their executions if my memory serves me well. But what I am most curious about is if a kandra could "drink" out of nearly any part of their body and basically absorb water like sponge turning it into nearly instant fuel for aetherbinding. The two powers seem really synergistic to me so long as there is any water source around. And the way aethers work, I think a kandra with just enough meaty bits left to hold their spikes could grow an enormous suit of aether and operate it needing to only touch the water source available to do it. For spoilers: I am just starting White Sand but I welcome all spoilers if it means more understanding of the magic. Don't worry about ruining anything for me because I genuinely only read for the world building and magic systems... if the coppermind could answer these theoretical questions for me I would let it!
Quantus he/him Posted January 30, 2025 Posted January 30, 2025 To absorb it at any sort of speed they'd need to thin the skin down to a more absorbent internal-like membrane flesh, but otherwise it should work. They could also wildly increase their internal storage by expanding their stomach to crazy proportions (or possibly even creating a new bladder-sack for water storage). Have you ever heard the saying "they drink like they have a hollow leg"?
DoctaDajman Posted January 30, 2025 Author Posted January 30, 2025 1 minute ago, Quantus said: To absorb it at any sort of speed they'd need to thin the skin down to a more absorbent internal-like membrane flesh, but otherwise it should work. They could also wildly increase their internal storage by expanding their stomach to crazy proportions (or possibly even creating a new bladder-sack for water storage). Have you ever heard the saying "they drink like they have a hollow leg"? Yes. Large internal cavities to store water would be great. And if it is a more solid Aether they could even craft their skeleton with it. I dont know how much water is required to maintain aether once is it grown from an aetherbound... but an aetherbound kandra could totally craft a hollow skeleton to carry more water in in addition to the hydration they typically carry in their tissue. Knowing a kandra can be as large as a horse... there is a ton of potential for carrying weeks worth of water for use.
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