Message from @shadow of the sun
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this is unironically what the pre-mutation basic mirelurk is
I have 0 repulsion or disgust towards them
They are kinda cute
I like the mirelurk designs in 4 more than in 3 ngl
the main difference is their shell is a lot bigger and overall have a profile that resembles the creature it once was but if you blow their shells off they actually kinda resemble the crab men in 3 they was
I am quite fond of this critters too
They didn't change much for millions of years
mirelurk hunters are giant crayfish
And their blood is green due to being copper-based
not even sure what mirelurk kings are
also far harbor introduces like mirelurk hermit crabs that live in the shells of vans
horseshoe crabs are strange yeah
I guess if it works they dont change
Their blood is used to make medicine to clot our blood
good for stopping bleeding
It is also a disinfectant in addition to being an amazing clotting agent
The yellow stuff on those blood-stopping sponges? Horseshoe crab blood
They are not killed in the process though. Just harvested blood, nursed and then released back
headcrab blood
the green stuff in the health vials in hl2 is the gunk that comes out of antlion grubs when you squish them btw
same for combine health dispensers
Their biology is something fascinating.
They resemble xenomorphs in how hostile their blood is to other living organisms
Bacteria can't survive in horseshoe crab's bloodstream
Yet their own tissues can do just fine.
looks like someone didnt haggle for more.
I do like that you can ask for like 200 more damn crowns from the rich guy hiring you to clear out his house of a supposed haunting and he'll just go 'ok sure yeah' because he's rich
*Always* haggle for more.
the most I can get away with before they get annoyed is around 30~ with most of the witcher contract givers
And if they refuse, you have a sword for that (or a savefile XD).
the items the monster has usually is worth selling
most of the time its an orange tier sword a blacksmith would buy for more than the contract was in a lot of the easier ones
man tho there is like one gripe I have with witcher 3 and its that I can't use Axii(?) more in conversations to cheese the peasant folk. there's a couple times where I coulda totally hypnotise my way through a situation like during geralt's dwarf friend's quest with getting that gwent card collection to pay off a debt, I hadnt bothered to learn how to play gwent or get many gwent cards, so uh, sorry random peasant guy. I can't just hypnotise the guy with the knife on your back to drop the knife and then kick their asses
I know the hypnotise doesnt really work well when theres multiple guys in the conversation but I also seen geralt hypnotise two guys at once
so ree