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@GuyYouWishYouDidn'tKnow: Tsukumogami are not former humans(and in fact contracts that were formerly humans do not exist in this setting). They are objects that have gained a living form and sentience of their own.[/quote]

I was more of referring to the whole aspect of the legend in terms of how the soul they acquire is based on the life-force of the origin point, but that's just semantics so I'm fine with changing that. Are there any other issues on that front?

[quote]Arachne is actually fine given her nature(she'd probably haven been something slightly different from human originally but I can't imagine her not being available as a contract). That said, I do see one particular issue in her powers area and one thing I want further clarification on.

Firstly, the issue I see is the web ability, which enters into an uncomfortable area of omniscience, even if it takes a little while to establish.

Secondly, what exactly would be able to be severed using the string-cutting abilities?[/quote]

On the web, it's no so much omniscience as an expanded perception to allow what's basically the equivalent of "scrying". She can't be fully aware of all states of reality at any given time, nor can she do something like "use the present state of affairs to reach a calculation of the future", but if she wanted to find a specific person on the web after it's made she could. That said, she can't tell what the person's doing or anything, she can only conclude that "there is a person at this location" and "that person is X".

If that's still too much I can remove it, of course.

On string-severing it's in theory anything based on connections or boundaries. I'm guessing your worry is her doing something like severing the connection between one part of a person's body and another, basically allowing an instakill. In which case, the way I was going to handle that was that, even for Fusion/Summon, she can't sever strings where one end is attached to a Contractor or similar being without said being's consent, if that makes sense. Let me know if you need more limits attached or whatnot.