Talk:Wurm/@comment-5426290-20141002083234/@comment-50.141.109.24-20150210140721

The question is twofold, really. First do the scales retain strength after being shed? What if they go brittle or even increase in strength? Second, if they do remain useful, how much impact force does a Wurm generate when smashing bodily through a castle or burrowing through a granite mountain? If the forces involved exceed the pressure per millimeter per second of a bullet impact, then that scale is proof against that bullet. Would shed Wurmscales be bulletproof against anti-materiel rifles? No way to know without testing.