Or use the tooth as an arrowhead, for that matter.
Even regular vampires can catch arrows in midflight. At least they can if they are protagonists or anything from Giant Mook up. The Twilight kind should have no problem; even if they are facing the other direction they should hear it coming in time. I’m not sure how much better it would work in a gun—that’s where the physics gets a bit arbitrary for the sake of narrative appeal.
How about fingernails (or fingertips). That would seem to be a prudent method of disarming prisoners or the guests that are security risks without, well, actually disarming them.
Does this kind of vampire require their fangs to drink? Some need to use their fangs as straws to feed, making defanging a particularly brutal form of punishment (admittedly most such varieties can also grow fangs back after a month or two of being delirious with thirst). Most others can just tear an artery, slurp or even just lap it up. I’m guessing the twilight vamps fit into this category.
...do vampire teeth grow back? If so, how difficult would it be to make a sabot to fire one out of a gun?
(If heat would degrade the venom, substitute an air cannon, of course. Or use the tooth as an arrowhead, for that matter.)
Even regular vampires can catch arrows in midflight. At least they can if they are protagonists or anything from Giant Mook up. The Twilight kind should have no problem; even if they are facing the other direction they should hear it coming in time. I’m not sure how much better it would work in a gun—that’s where the physics gets a bit arbitrary for the sake of narrative appeal.
No.
How about fingernails (or fingertips). That would seem to be a prudent method of disarming prisoners or the guests that are security risks without, well, actually disarming them.
Does this kind of vampire require their fangs to drink? Some need to use their fangs as straws to feed, making defanging a particularly brutal form of punishment (admittedly most such varieties can also grow fangs back after a month or two of being delirious with thirst). Most others can just tear an artery, slurp or even just lap it up. I’m guessing the twilight vamps fit into this category.
Twilight vampire fangs are not straws, so yeah, they can feed without their teeth.