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Published: 2018-06-17 22:30:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 349; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 0
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- Less sexual dimorphism, with an average 5% difference in height/weight, 2% difference in body fat, and with sex hormones disconnected from emotions or muscular growth, along with a built-in anti-rape mechanism.
- Lower birth weight—made possible by greater nerve generation ability—means pregnancy and childbirth is typically not very onerous.
- Electrosensing ability, especially fine under water. Therefore, trained lodians can do low-precision measurements on various electromagnetic quantities without needing e.g. a separate compass or multimeter.
- Greater access to immediate strength, with the highest instantaneous power ever recorded being ~4800 W (6.4 hp).
- Faster sprinting, climbing, and swimming to the extent that decently fit, accultured lodians are equivalent to human champions.
- Sharper vision, with the average acuity comparable to a human 20:15.
- At least in the Selsian race, pupils contract in water for visual clarity almost as good as on land.
- Can see near UV light down to a wavelength of 310 nm.
- Higher hearing of up to 35,000 Hz, with some exceptional individuals able to hear up to 50,000 Hz.
- A semi-prehensile tail that can assist in object manipulation, climbing, and swimming.
- Fucking fangs!
- Residual photosynthetic ability from cillia on the back of the head and occasionally skin pigmentation.
- An ability to digest some of the cellulose from food, thanks to a large caecum.
- Polyphydont—that is, infinitely regenerating—teeth.
- Most importantly, the ability to directly manipulate quantum probabilities (aka fucking magic), with energy constraints tied to their metabolism and with skill external energy sources. A sufficiently adept lodian mage can take a hit from a Main Battle Tank and survive.
- The Selsian race often has a bicornuate uterus and higher birth weights than the Jade race, leading to a potentially riskier pregnancy and more painful birth.
- Electrosensing ability means certain electromagnetic fields are physically painful.
- Inability to see very deep reds past 700 nm.
- Poorer hearing, due to having only 2 inner ear bones.
- Inability to hear sound below 50 Hz.
- Poorer grip, because they lack true fingerprints.
- Poorer touch, for much the same reason.
- Poorer endurance, with the result being that in most foot races longer than ~1 km, humans have a decisive edge.
- More limited hands—in general, it is impossible to simultaneously rotate the wrist and move the digits without OWW!!!
- Abdominal weakness resulting from an imperfect closing process for the navel, "conveniently" right over the ganglion that controls lower body movement. With enough skill, you can paralyze a lodian using a bent paperclip.
- The photosynthetic cillia are typically the first part of the body to die off in famine.
- Smaller intestinal diameter limits the ability to binge eat/feast and take comfort from it. (Come to think of it, that may also be a good thing... nah!)
- Subsequent generations of teeth more brittle and prone to pain than the last, due to replacement of apatite with calcite.
- Often non-sterile urine, because of the same anatomy that provides them with an anti-rape mechanism... they have a partial cloaca.
