Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Saturday, 2nd October 2021, 20:23I understand the limits of octopodes but I see zero reasons one couldn't wear scarf. You can wear an amulet around your mantle, but not a scarf..?
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Posted: Saturday, 2nd October 2021, 20:23Re: Ocopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Sunday, 3rd October 2021, 12:50Kittens too
Re: Ocopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Sunday, 3rd October 2021, 17:23I've always thought of felids as roughly the no-item species.
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Wednesday, 13th October 2021, 19:23i don't think they should !!! 
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Monday, 18th October 2021, 19:22Why?
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Monday, 18th October 2021, 23:23Scarves are absorbent and would fatally dry out an octopode through their semi porous skin. Hats, with less material and leather bands don’t share this flaw.
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Tuesday, 19th October 2021, 04:44I knew there would be a good reason.
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Tuesday, 19th October 2021, 06:27ebering wrote:Scarves are absorbent and would fatally dry out an octopode through their semi porous skin. Hats, with less material and leather bands don’t share this flaw.
Wouldn't this be a reason to allow helmets but disallow hats?
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Monday, 25th October 2021, 19:37ebering wrote:Scarves are absorbent and would fatally dry out an octopode through their semi porous skin. Hats, with less material and leather bands don’t share this flaw.
So in other words, you admit there's no *real* reason not to allow this. Gotcha.
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Tuesday, 26th October 2021, 05:58Bozobub wrote:ebering wrote:Scarves are absorbent and would fatally dry out an octopode through their semi porous skin. Hats, with less material and leather bands don’t share this flaw.
So in other words, you admit there's no *real* reason not to allow this. Gotcha.
That's a misrepresentation of what Ebering said. The "real" reason is a character concept where body slots (with one exception) are entirely reserved for jewellery, and this is not going to change. He jokingly added a flavour-sounding explanation for those who need it.
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Wednesday, 27th October 2021, 19:11Hats and amulets make *two* exceptions, actually.
Re: Octopodes should be able to use scarves
Posted: Thursday, 28th October 2021, 09:08Bozobub wrote:Hats and amulets make *two* exceptions, actually.
Last time I checked, amulets qualified as jewellery.