Bodily Weaponry Addendum

[Tllmbrg]

Bodily Weaponry

Many living beings, from animals to plants, have evolved in order to use specific parts of their body as weapons. Sometimes fictional characters and creatures possess unconventional weapons in regards to their structure, the placement on the body, and the way they are utilized, for almost...

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I think the page should have a note saying something to the effect:

"Despite humans having teeth and nails, they do not count for this power, as it is defined through weapons different from those"

 

[Tllmbrg]

@Antvasima @Agnaa @SamanPatou @Damage3245 @Mr. Bambu

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Abilities on a human level have never been sufficient to grant actual listed abilities on this wiki. I don't really care if we add a note, but this does feel self evident.

 

[Flashlight237]

I think this is straightforward enough to warrant the addendum. Our teeth aren't exactly sharp; in fact, you'd have to really be trying to maim someone in order to break the skin when biting someone. I think this would extend to similarly-dull teeth as well, but that's just my opinion. I'll flag someone more into real-world stuff for input.

@H3110l12345I20

 

[H3110l12345I20]

For anyone who doesn't know, an ability has to be a superpower or at the very least, above average.

Generally, this unwritten rule is enforced by the group psychology and reminders from others on site. Typing this rule here is more of a cherry-on-top type of optional thing unless if you have a good counter or it's a common misconception.

Don't get me wrong, it's not necessary, it's just that there's also nothing wrong with adding it either if you really, really want it to be added. Not to mention it just takes a short couple minutes to add it.

And if anyone asks: If it's not needed and very time consuming to put bodily weaponry for every human on site, I don't see why we have to when common sense already takes care of this.

 

[Ebihara]

I agree with this, I have seen some people trying to justify these exact things. While it is obvious and should be self evdient that clearly nails on a human arent a natural weapon... But people have tried to treat them as such so I think the note can only really help on average cause some people will find any reason or excuse to wiggle in extra abilities on characters .

 

[Agnaa]

I think the page should have a note saying something to the effect:

"Despite humans having teeth and nails, they do not count for this power, as it is defined through weapons different from those"

I don't like that wording, how about something more like:

Despite humans having teeth and nails, they do not count for this power, as we reserve abilities for qualities which are exceptional compared to ordinary humans. Only teeth and nails which are noticeably superhuman should be given this.

On whether it's worth adding or not, I'm neutral.

 

[Tllmbrg]

I feel like we should further clarify what superhuman means here. Otherwise, someone could argue that a tier 8 human who uses biting qualifies for it since their teeth are stronger than any IRL human's.

Maybe:

Despite humans having teeth and nails, they do not count for this power, as we reserve abilities for qualities that are exceptional compared to ordinary humans. Only teeth and nails that are distinct anatomically should be given this.

 

[Damage3245]

I agree with this update.

 

[Bernkastelll]

Shouldn't this be moved to a staff thread?

 

[Axxtentacle]

Typically only serious topics get brought to staff-only yeah? This seems minor enough. This is a fine change, extra clarification is rarely bad.

 

[Tllmbrg]

Alright grace ended, I have several staff approvals, and it's a relatively minor addition.
I applied the CRT and the thread can be closed

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you to everybody who helped out here.