[DF] Statting a Dire Mantis Shrimp

[Stix4armz]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

On the other hand as fairly tiny critters, a momentum-based attack may be less effective than a human-sized type would think. Those claws might move at bullet speeds but they don't have the same areal density backing that up.

Right, but that's why I want to make them man sized, those punches would be deadly if the mantis shrimp was as big as the delvers that would be facing it.

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Stix4armz

Right, but that's why I want to make them man sized, those punches would be deadly if the mantis shrimp was as big as the delvers that would be facing it.

...Yeah. Honestly, they'd probably hit like cannon at that scale. Assuming of course that the dire shrimp's punching claws are tipped in some sort of unobtanium so that they don't smash to bits on impact.

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Assuming of course that the dire shrimp's punching claws are tipped in some sort of unobtanium so that they don't smash to bits on impact.

Mantis shrimp can drop unobtanium claw shells? Hey, gang, forget the dragonscale armor. Guess what just jumped to #1 on our hunting list?

[cltchrn]

Originally Posted by The Oatmeal, emphasis mine

It has two raptorial appendages on the front of its body. These accelerate with the same velocity as a gunshot from a twenty-two caliber rifle, and in less than three-thousandths of a second can strike prey with 1,500 Newtons of force. To put this in perspective, if human beings could accelerate our arms at 1/10 that speed, we'd be able to throw a baseball into orbit.

The bolded portion here is of particular interest to me. :}