I'm gonna put up another post in Mystique for Jessibelle.

Meanwhile, Evvie falls asleep out of boredom.

Eh, depending on Skall, if Evvie survived but badly wounded. this once, Niks might help and stitch her up. Just so she can answer the question on how she survived.

Just making sure - increasing the thickness of muscle is what makes one stronger, not the overall mass?Also, square cube law and all that jazz applied, a being wouldn't greatly benefit from growing in height - BUT with longer limbs it would have a longer lever to swing, and stronger-than-human muscles would compensate for the volume increase, actualy making such growth efficient, right?

Vordak said
Just making sure - increasing the thickness of muscle is what makes one stronger, not the overall mass?Also, square cube law and all that jazz applied, a being wouldn't greatly benefit from growing in height - BUT with longer limbs it would have a longer lever to swing, and stronger-than-human muscles would compensate for the volume increase, actualy making such growth efficient, right?

Strength is a little...funny when it comes to various animals native to our world.

For example, a Silverback Gorilla, on average, is shorter than your run-of-the-mill human male (mostly because this particular species of animal is quasi-bipedal, moving about on land via knuckle-walking, so true bipedal locomotion isn't needed for them). The gorilla's immense physical strength comes from its refined arm muscles; it's a top-heavy creature, and requires all of that physical power to swing its hefty mass from tree to tree. It's a factor in a lot of creatures, but automatically coming to the assumption that a tall creature is an immensely strong one is kind of odd when I think about it.

A lot of factors are thrown into calculating muscle power, like how the organism's skeleton is structured, what type of muscle the creature specializes in (either in slow-twitch muscle fibers or fast-twitch muscle fibers), the creature's metabolic rate, how tightly-woven the muscle fibers are, and more. You might even run into an animal that suffers from an unusual condition that causes its body to pack on more muscle than it should, like in the incredibly rare cases where some humans are born with myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy.

It's basically superhuman strength, caused by your body's low sensitivity to myostatin, a protein that restricts muscle growth. Very odd mutation, honestly. What's weird is that, as far as doctors know, it doesn't come with any real risks to the one affected by it.

Larger animals would normally be stronger because they'd need larger muscles to support their weight and they'd also have more momentum if moving at the same speed.

ImportantNobody said
Larger animals would normally be stronger because they'd need larger muscles to support their weight and they'd also have more momentum if moving at the same speed.

True.

Giant Evvie could kick the giant bear's butt so he can keep dying more then Evvie does.

Maybe she turns into dragon and then when she turns back she's still at dragon sized!

Just a checking up question:
Anyone know when Skallagrim'll be back?

DragQueen said
Sorry 'bout that, I use everything in Fahrenheit, as I'm an Amurrican. It's about 2000°F.

I'm from the USA, and I use both Imperial AND Metric. Generally metric, however... as that's what the rest of the world uses.

Second Jessibelle post, more revolving around her companions and soldiers than about her this time. I don't want to spoil anything of how Jessibelle fights this early.

LeeRoy said
Just a checking up question:Anyone know when Skallagrim'll be back?

I don't know but it's been a week for my battle. Evvie shall have victory by default pretty soon and slaughter the elf army single handedly.

As a medical professional I exercise the right to operate directly on the BRAIN!!!!!

Irrational screaming and the sound of bone being drilled follows.

Hey, LeeRoy. I might be a bit slow with posting a reply in Necropolis, but I'm working on a movie script for a film exam pitch on Tuesday, so it's hard to prioritize. Just figured I'd give you a head up ^_^

So, where did you get to Khan? Got my space ship now.

Alright, Green.

So, Clockwork and Arty are leaving Mystique?

Leaving Jessibelle alone on the planet, besides the people of course, correct?

Heya Rilla.

It's been awful slow these past few days.

The kids are gone so now I'll have more time tomorrow to hopefully, at long last, post my alien guy. Maybe I can have him with intermediate and high technology so he can fight in either one. Maybe he could fight Jessibelle if she's all alone now?

Hmm...how feasible would a roleplay battle like this be? Not for this multiverse.