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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: NEW CHALLENGE: starting at the dawn of time!
« on: June 23, 2012, 11:03:01 pm »
Some biomes don't spawn boogeymen. I have noticed in the past though that killing lots of them seems to make them less likely to attack as well.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: NEW CHALLENGE: starting at the dawn of time!
« on: June 22, 2012, 09:12:30 pm »
Pathril has a iron boning knife; he'll be fine.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 17, 2012, 10:57:07 am »
That's just as well; megabeasts should be on roughly the same level as one another. Being able to kill some, but not all of them is about right in my mind.

An emerald leviathan would fare no better against a bronze colossus (animals with blood, on the other hand, are screwed though it does take seven drinks out of a hydra first); the garnet golem probably would if it could avoid killing itself first. Switching to a directed dust attack would avoid that, but the current version amuses me no end.


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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 17, 2012, 07:55:52 am »
Just so the behemoth won't get lonely:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: NEW CHALLENGE: starting at the dawn of time!
« on: June 17, 2012, 06:44:26 am »
Quote from: Corai on June 17, 2012, 04:55:04 am
Anyone know if just throwing sand into the fog-of-war has a chance of hitting?

I've thrown rocks at bandits before that I couldn't see and still hit them. Just fling sand in the general direction that they ran away in until you hit something. 

Worse case scenario is that it passes time while still building throwing/archery skill and makes it more likely that you'll hit them when they come after you again.

And even if it would let you pass time, I don't know if I would until all of them are dead since running away from boogeymen and then resting just spawns more. Killing them all usually means that you won't see anymore until the next night.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 16, 2012, 11:16:36 am »
Quote from: Inarius on June 16, 2012, 04:43:05 am
Well, one diamond titan is rare, two is very unlikely to come, let alone together !

How many dwarves full equipped and ready to shut down ONE monster like this one ?

It really depends on how the titan goes about it; if they just stand back and spray webs, it's a lot easier for dwarves to kill it than if it actually goes on offense.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 16, 2012, 03:24:12 am »
Dragonfire isn't any more effective than magma as it turns out.

Thirty Grand Master Sword/Armor/Shield dwarves with adamantine helm, breastplate, mail shirt, gauntlets, high boots, greaves, sword, and shield.
Two dwarves with similar set up but steel armor.

Vs.

Two Diamond Behemoths.

Results:

Gore - crippling injury 75% of the time upon contact (severed spine each time), 25% lethal.
Kick -  lethal 97% of time upon contact, minimum launch distance of four tiles. One dwarf survived being kicked once, but not twice.
Push - shattered bone 100% of the time upon contact.

Survivors: One uninjured Diamond Behemoth.

It probably would have been both if the first one hadn't simply spammed webs while the other was actually killing dwarves.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 16, 2012, 01:34:17 am »
Quote from: misko27 on June 15, 2012, 11:33:18 pm
dragon fire is quite effective. So yeah, unkillable. Hmm, unless he walked onto a trap with 10 serrated candy discs...

The one I set on fire with magma was still burning thirty minutes later with no ill effects so they burn forever unless hit by dragonfire.

Actually, since it's based on a Forest Titan, I probably should add TRAP_AVOID. Do Titans have Natural Skill levels?

Eh, other megabeasts do and in for a penny, in for a pound.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And then this happened.
   

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 15, 2012, 08:47:36 pm »
Quote from: Carnes
Unfortunately, candy bolts are worse than silver bolts because bolts deal blunt damage : /

I tried it again with steel and even platinum bolts.

The one against the steel bolts wound up falling into the water after killing two of its twenty-five attackers and is hanging around at the bottom of the river with 415 bolts stuck in its body and all of its legs shot off as well as having every body part fractured or broken. The other has 250 platinum bolts in his body and has killed twenty of the dwarves despite being in the same condition. Having a spine fractured in three places doesn't make much of a difference to either one.

Dumping one in magma just makes it walk around on fire by the way.

Quote from: misko27 on June 15, 2012, 06:59:41 pm
I would appreciate the raws for this, for scientific purposes.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 15, 2012, 05:17:24 pm »
I made a blue diamond elephant that shoots webs to test in the arena; I gave it size 50M and a Bronze Colossus's invulnerabilities to pain, tiring, and being stunned.

Twenty-five Grand Master Archers/Marksdwarves with 100 adamantine bolts each couldn't bring it down despite fracturing every inch of its body. At a guess, at least 2000 of those bolts actually hit it since those dwarves were all Legendary Archers in a manner of minutes.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What do you name YOUR forts?
« on: June 15, 2012, 05:05:49 pm »
My current world gen has a civilization called The Aqua Boots; naming a fort Suppershow seemed to be the only real option there.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: NEW CHALLENGE: starting at the dawn of time!
« on: June 15, 2012, 02:45:28 pm »
That's only a good idea if the campfires don't burn out while you are asleep, which seems to be a fifty-fifty proposition at best.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Diamond titan
« on: June 15, 2012, 04:59:33 am »
You could always set up a Roach Motel to deal with it on the chance that it shows up.

A Diamond Forest Titan that spits webs might come in handy.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: NEW CHALLENGE: starting at the dawn of time!
« on: June 15, 2012, 04:45:35 am »
While on the subject of training, spend an entire evening picking up sand or rocks and throwing them. Throwing also trains Archery, which further improves accuracy with a crossbow. Maybe firing rate too.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: NEW CHALLENGE: starting at the dawn of time!
« on: June 15, 2012, 04:36:21 am »
All those wolves must be doing wonders for your Wrestling/Dodging/Armor User skills.

Of course, the only way to get any armor or more clothing in dwarf-size would be to steal it from bandits.

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