Discussion Which Body Part(s) Has Your Character Lost?

[Yula Perl]

So I've been thinking about this lately. The beauty of fantasy writing is that you can cut whatever you want off and stick a cool futuristic replacement in its place (or not, if that's your thing). Not to mention, losing a limb or two gives you a vector to explore more struggles with a character.

What's your favorite body part to lose? Personally, I've only gone for arms and eyes. Curious to see what ya'll have done, what you've done with it, and what you learned.

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Yes.

 

[Elpsis Kerrigan]

Maiming or otherwise hurting my characters. One of my favourite topics.

 

[Starlin Rand]

So far, only a hand. I got to make jokes about the guy who cut it off being my father, and the replacement limb has some cool Wolverine claws made out of phrik.

 

[Aeshi Tillian]

Wouldn't let me vote for Hand twice.

 

[Zaavik Perl]

Ear

That's a new one.

 

[Jax Thio]

Everything.

 

[Aeshi Tillian]

Everything.

If being a Jedi doesn't work out that way, I hear the Bo'marr monks have a great healthcare plan.

 

[Noah Corek]

Does a portion of skull/brain count as 'Other (body part)' or 'Other (organ')?

 

[Jax Thio]

Aeshi Tillian Who are these monks?

 

[Caltin Vanagor]

Both eyes thanks to an alchemized crystal.

Scalp thanks to multiple a Hutt Gang

 

[Tovald Kahmen’’a]

Does losing all head hair count?

 

[Aeshi Tillian]

Aeshi Tillian Who are these monks?

The brains in jars attached to spider droids in Return of the Jedi

 

[Kyrel Ren]

The entire body, then put into a new body made of others body parts, with only the right arm being the only part of the same body. In a Frankenstein monster type way.

 

[Diocletian Kahmen’’a]

Right eye from a childhood incident.

 

[Yula Perl]

Does a portion of skull/brain count as 'Other (body part)' or 'Other (organ')?

Humm, maybe both? The skull itself would probably fit under 'body part' (thinking connective tissue) , and brain under 'organ'.

Does losing all head hair count?

Now I'm curious. How'd it happen?

 

[Tovald Kahmen’’a]

The cause is unknown but by the age of seven all his hair fell out.

 

[Tegan Starfall]

Tegan ripped out her own right eye once just as a show of her own brutality. She later used revitalization of the whuffa to regrow it.

She also never had any dignity. Lol

 

[Bright1]

Right eye from a childhood incident.

Was it bb gun related?

 

[Diocletian Kahmen’’a]

Mostly unsupervised rough housing, involving sharp objects.