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Quote from: NinjaE8825 on April 14, 2010, 05:26:47 pm

Quote from: Hyndis on April 13, 2010, 05:37:10 pm

How do you defeat such a guardian?

Turn around, walk 5 feet in the other direction. They cannot follow you.   

Well, I can think of several other ways whilst still getting the gold. First off, get your mage or loremaster to discern how the damn thing works - what ties them to the hoard? Once you know, pick one
A: if an intangible force tied equally to every piece of the hoard, dispell it. A hoard's no use to anyone unless they can buy thing with it without their trading partner being torn apart by golems, so there has to be a way.
B: if a magical symbol, get your pickaxes, deface it. If it's indestructible, manhandle the golems out of its area of regeneration, then destroy them (if they're physically prevented from leaving, collapse the floor. Treasure flows straight through, golems hit invisible wall).
C: if tied to a man-portable item, nab item and hide it under the homes of people you don't like.
Did I miss anything?

I'm pretty sure that a lot of those would be easier said than done. I'm guessing that it's a dungeon for mid-level players and that he has been very careful to cover all his possible exits.

Aside from possibly divining the magic involved, all those things can be done with absolutely no risk by 1st level characters with a pickaxe, a lot of rope, a grappling hook and plenty of greed.

How do you defeat such a guardian?

Turn around, walk 5 feet in the other direction. They cannot follow you.   

Well, I can think of several other ways whilst still getting the gold. First off, get your mage or loremaster to discern how the damn thing works - what ties them to the hoard? Once you know, pick one
A: if an intangible force tied equally to every piece of the hoard, dispell it. A hoard's no use to anyone unless they can buy thing with it without their trading partner being torn apart by golems, so there has to be a way.
B: if a magical symbol, get your pickaxes, deface it. If it's indestructible, manhandle the golems out of its area of regeneration, then destroy them (if they're physically prevented from leaving, collapse the floor. Treasure flows straight through, golems hit invisible wall).
C: if tied to a man-portable item, nab item and hide it under the homes of people you don't like.
Did I miss anything?

6 feet is a bit much for a medieval guy, though.
If we assume an average of 5 foot 3 inches for men, the goblin male ends up on average 4 feet 6 inches.
Assuming they're sexually dimorphic like humans, the women would be even tinier.

Wait, you ported your savegame from .01 to .03 without changing to the new raws? That might explain things. :/

This is a bit earlier in the timeline than Karnewarrior began, but it's very dorfy, so I'm putting it in anyway. :p

Two things.
First, I like being totally badass. That's where the fun begins, for me. Since you crazy wuss-lovers can just create their character with less points, there's no need for a nerf.

Second, you do know you can Play Now! with other civs by adding the [INDIV_CONTROLLABLE] tag to their entity RAW, right? Play Now! serpent men are way sweet.

Spoilered because of HFS.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I don't know if redacted actually glows, but it should.

No comments on this one?
Not to sound entitled, or anything...

I think the hippocratic oath only covers your own species.
Also, I just threw my own ear at a cyclops in adventurer mode.
No effect. 

How do you take screenshots, anyway?