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| - Spiderweb (蜘蛛の糸, Kumo no ito) is a Magic Arachne would develop with her "magic training" to later assist herself with her Madness abilities.
- A spiderweb or web is a barrier found in some poorly-maintained corridors, especially those found underground. For example, there is a spiderweb just east of the deadly red spiders in Varrock Sewers. Some spiderwebs require players to use a blade (such as a knife, an axe or a bladed weapon like a longsword) to slash it before they can pass through. Some of the places where players still need a blade to cut through webs include the Mage Arena, at the Deserted Keep and the Yanille Agility dungeon.
- 'Struggle' is what the spider web tattoo symbolizes -- struggling in the ‘web of life’. And struggle in a spider's web implies capture, and the multiple strands of the web itself is often a metaphor for bars. Prison bars. In the West those bars usually represent criminal activity. In the East, or Communist Russia, prisoners may be criminal or political. And when captured, our most primal instinct is to seek escape, no less than the moth or the fly. But of course a spider's web is notoriously difficult to escape from.
- A spiderweb or web is a barrier found in some poorly-maintained corridors, especially those found underground. For example, there is a spiderweb just east of the deadly red spiders in Varrock Sewers. Some spiderwebs require players to use a blade (such as a knife, an axe or a bladed weapon like a longsword) to slash it before they can pass through. Since the player has a knife on their tool belt, there is no need for a knife or other slashing weapon in the inventory, as the tool belt knife will be used. File:Temple of Ikov boots of lightness.png
- A Spiderweb was a type of weapon that was used occasionally by terrorists and other criminals. In the 23rd century the weapon had been banned throughout the United Federation of Planets. Most often spiderwebs were placed inside bullets that were fired from projectile weapons. When the spiderweb entered an individual's body, it would begin to spread through the nervous system, inhibiting the transmission of nerve signals throughout the body. When the spiderweb reached the brain, it would halt all neurological activity in the brain, resulting in brain death. A spiderweb victim's eyes would cloud over and become silver in color due to the spiderweb spreading across their eyes. Spiderweb was always fatal, with no known treatment discovered by the mid 23rd century.
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| - A spiderweb or web is a barrier found in some poorly-maintained corridors, especially those found underground. For example, there is a spiderweb just east of the deadly red spiders in Varrock Sewers. Some spiderwebs require players to use a blade (such as a knife, an axe or a bladed weapon like a longsword) to slash it before they can pass through. Since the player has a knife on their tool belt, there is no need for a knife or other slashing weapon in the inventory, as the tool belt knife will be used. Players can left-click on some spiderwebs to attempt to pass through them, though this will not always be successful. Failure does not have any particular consequences, except that players will need to keep trying until they succeed. The first webs that did not need a blade to cut through may have been those introduced in the 2007 Hallowe'en event. However, the web in Varrock Sewers no longer needs a blade. File:Temple of Ikov boots of lightness.png Some of the places where players still need a blade to cut through webs include the Mage Arena, at the Deserted Keep and the Yanille Agility dungeon. Other places where players need a blade cut slash a web include the Temple of Ikov in a room down a flight of stairs west of the entrance. It is inhabited by two level 4 giant spiders, but players can pick up free boots of lightness here.
- 'Struggle' is what the spider web tattoo symbolizes -- struggling in the ‘web of life’. And struggle in a spider's web implies capture, and the multiple strands of the web itself is often a metaphor for bars. Prison bars. In the West those bars usually represent criminal activity. In the East, or Communist Russia, prisoners may be criminal or political. And when captured, our most primal instinct is to seek escape, no less than the moth or the fly. But of course a spider's web is notoriously difficult to escape from. As a tattoo design, a spider web can also express other forms of 'struggle'. It may be the struggle against the dictatorship of drugs, or the feeling of being caught in a political, social or economic system you can't escape, or an even more general sense of wishing you were never born. For the wearer of the spider web tattoo, it likely means something very unique, very personal -- it means what they want it to mean Spider web tattoos have a dark history going back some seventy years, when Aryan, or White Supremacy gangs reportedly wore the spider web tattoo as a form of racist braggadocio, reportedly a sign that they had terminated a visible minority. The spider web became de rigeur in prisons, with each ring of the web representing time spent inside, or how many ‘prey’ have been ensnared in the wearer’s web. You might spot one on an elbow, sometimes on the back, or on the side of the neck, emerging from behind the ear, and more rarely, on the face. It has served as a billboard that the wearer is in for murder, or as a warning to enemies to keep their distance -- especially one worn on the left elbow -- which advertises the web-wearer as one who has a deadly weapon tucked away. A more philosophic prisoner might use the spider web as a reminder that they aspire to freedom, to escape the web from which they have become entangled. For some, say those with a 'Gallow's' sense of humour, the spider's web design can be taken more literally, almost as a joke, a statement to the world that goes; ‘Hey, I’ve been locked up for so long, I’ve got cobwebs.’ In the Russian prison system, where an elaborate language of tattoo designs and symbols has evolved, the spider web is often tattooed between the thumb and index finger. A web with resident spider is a confession to drug addiction. Sans spider means the wearer is a thief. On the neck, the spider web is a sign of repeated prison terms and solitary confinement for breaking prison rules. Spider web tattoos have traditionally been associated with racists and other antisocial elements, but as the tattoo has become more main-stream it has taken on different meanings -- or none at all. Prisoners, bikers, gang members and ex-cons must be dismayed to see the spider web co-opted by members of the middle class, who might take to the spider web in order to be ‘cool’. Like ‘Gap’ and ‘Nike’, the ‘gangsta’ ethos is a brand many youth want to wear, and nothing’s stopping them. Rapper Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) is one rapper among many who sport the spider web. For fans of 'Old School' tattoo designs from the '40's and '50's, spider webs are also a popular motif. From Paris comes a different take on the spider web worn on the elbow. Imagine a patron at a zinc bar, a drink in front of them for hours as they sit, head in hand, elbow on the bar. The spider web suggests that the wearer has spent so long propping up the bar that they’ve become pillier de comptoir - literally, pillar of the bar counter. Spiders have had no difficulty making camp on such a person’s being. Only about 50% of spiders are web-spinners, the other half are predators who stalk their prey and prefer to go hunting for their meals rather than waiting around French bars to spin their traps.
- Spiderweb (蜘蛛の糸, Kumo no ito) is a Magic Arachne would develop with her "magic training" to later assist herself with her Madness abilities.
- A Spiderweb was a type of weapon that was used occasionally by terrorists and other criminals. In the 23rd century the weapon had been banned throughout the United Federation of Planets. Most often spiderwebs were placed inside bullets that were fired from projectile weapons. When the spiderweb entered an individual's body, it would begin to spread through the nervous system, inhibiting the transmission of nerve signals throughout the body. When the spiderweb reached the brain, it would halt all neurological activity in the brain, resulting in brain death. A spiderweb victim's eyes would cloud over and become silver in color due to the spiderweb spreading across their eyes. Spiderweb was always fatal, with no known treatment discovered by the mid 23rd century. Fortunately spiderweb was rarely used as a weapon. The weapons were used in the mid 23rd century by a few terrorist organizations. In an alternate timeline, Doctor Georges Mordreaux shot both Captain James T. Kirk and Lieutenant Commander Mandala Flynn with a spiderweb gun. Kirk died almost immediately. At first Flynn was able to move under her own power, and went to begin a search for Doctor Mordreaux before collapsing in a corridor and dying herself. Commander Spock was later able to prevent this timeline from occuring. (TOS novel: The Entropy Effect)
- A spiderweb or web is a barrier found in some poorly-maintained corridors, especially those found underground. For example, there is a spiderweb just east of the deadly red spiders in Varrock Sewers. Some spiderwebs require players to use a blade (such as a knife, an axe or a bladed weapon like a longsword) to slash it before they can pass through. Players can left-click on some spiderwebs to attempt to pass through them, though this will not always be successful. Failure does not have any particular consequences, except that players will need to keep trying until they succeed. The first webs that did not need a blade to cut through may have been those introduced in the 2007 Hallowe'en event. The Varrock Sewer spider-web still requires an item to slash through. An axe does not work. Some of the places where players still need a blade to cut through webs include the Mage Arena, at the Deserted Keep and the Yanille Agility dungeon. Other places where players need a blade cut slash a web include the Temple of Ikov in a room down a flight of stairs west of the entrance. It is inhabited by two level 4 giant spiders, but players can pick up free boots of lightness here.
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