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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5616439" data-attributes="member: 57383">Sorry for the confusion, I was thinking 1E AD&amp;D rounds for the &quot;5 rounds&quot;, where 1 round = 1 minute, so the middle bit should say &quot;caps out at 5 minutes&quot;.Those examples are more a question of toughness than brittleness. I was thinking of it in the engineering sense, i.e. a &quot;Brittle&quot; material will snap under a small strain (in the technical &quot;how much it is bent&quot; sense of strain), although it may require a large stress force to actually bend it.Besides, I wasn't thinking it was exactly like granite, hence the quotes around &quot;granite&quot;. For all we know, the &quot;stone&quot; flesh of the snake may be closer in mechanical properties to another, more fragile stone. The AD&amp;D version only says it &quot;a stony mineral that resembles granite&quot;, after all, so the similarity may be purely aesthetic.Also, this &quot;granite&quot; seems to be a &quot;hard outer body covering&quot;. Does it have a squishy internal organs inside, maybe Silicon-based?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5616439, member: 57383"] Sorry for the confusion, I was thinking 1E AD&D rounds for the "5 rounds", where 1 round = 1 minute, so the middle bit should say "caps out at 5 minutes". Those examples are more a question of toughness than brittleness. I was thinking of it in the engineering sense, i.e. a "Brittle" material will snap under a small strain (in the technical "how much it is bent" sense of strain), although it may require a large stress force to actually bend it. Besides, I wasn't thinking it was exactly like granite, hence the quotes around "granite". For all we know, the "stone" flesh of the snake may be closer in mechanical properties to another, more fragile stone. The AD&D version only says it "a stony mineral that resembles granite", after all, so the similarity may be purely aesthetic. Also, this "granite" seems to be a "hard outer body covering". Does it have a squishy internal organs inside, maybe Silicon-based? [/QUOTE]

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