This is a cool idea.

How do the werewolves hold the rings in their wolf form?

The one major potential problem I see here is that these are unbalancingly powerful; if a protagonist's group has a few of these, it may take some doing to make their opposition appear credible and sufficiently threatening to create dramatic tension. They're not quite the Ultimate Weapon, but far closer than I would care to write .

They just wear them, I was sort of assuming wolves have enough "finger" to hold a ring, but if that's not the case, I'll just note that their wolf form isn't quite the same as a normal wolf, and that could provide for their ability to wear it in wolf form even though they wouldn't be able to hold it...I think. Does that seem workable?

I'm not sure that a wolf has enough "finger", but it's possible that since their form isn't exactly the same as a normal wolf, that could explain it. However, since the ring would be on their paw, would the fact that it was against the ground while the wolf walked and ran harm the ring?

Yes, a virtually invincible ring would be fine, it seems.

If they could wear it comfortably while walking, then they could probably learn to run with it.

Yeah, that makes sense, scratch the holding-it-in-the-mouth idea, even though it'd not likely happen, the possibilities for what could go wrong if they carried them that way are disturbing.

They sound fascinating.


Maybe the ring could fit around their paw, almost like we'd wear a bracelet?

I was thinking about it last night as I tried to sleep, I think (a bad habit, I know), and I thought maybe it would fit on their "finger" still, but it wouldn't be able to come off very well because the end of that toe would be bigger than the more slender part on which the ring is placed. Does that seem to make sense? That way they wouldn't need to worry about it falling off...

I wonder... since the ring already has shifting powers, if it expands and turns into a sort of tight bracelet which would be far more comfortable for a wolf to wear. How does that sound Jon and Lycan?

Very cool idea Lycan.

I wonder... since the ring already has shifting powers, if it expands and turns into a sort of tight bracelet which would be far more comfortable for a wolf to wear. How does that sound Jon and Lycan?

That makes sense, since dog "toes" tend to be like that.


I think it sounds fine, either way. I looked at our dog's foot, and the "toes" seemed to be situated in such a way that theoretically a ring would stay on (and in fact be unable to come off...) as well as stay off the ground, and beyond that it's just whether it would be comfortable for walking/running.

Awesome idea.

Can they turn the rings into anything other then swords?

Neat idea.

Forgive me if I missed this somewhere on the thread, but is there anything about the rings that makes them useful when a werewolf is in wolf form? Wouldn't a sword be useless to a creature with paws instead of hands?