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Counting from gamelog.txt, I picked up 29 roaches and put them in my backpack.

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Originally posted by Lord Blue:
<STRONG>A knight, however, was rich, and could afford clothes -> plate (for padding) -> chain -> tabard with family crest/coat of arms.</STRONG>

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Cerej already pointed out that this isn't true, but I also have to point out that if you're using plate armour for padding, you aren't taking advantage of what plate armour is for.

Plate armour is intended to deflect blows.  This makes it excellent against swords and light commoners' weapons like clubs, but makes it poor against everything else -- bodkin arrows, axes, maces, flails, etc.  Chain armour and padded doublets fill in this gap by absorbing blows beneath the plate armour.  While you're more or less screwed if you get hit by a bodkin arrow, regardless of what armour you're wearing, maces and flails will have a tough time hurting you because the chain maille and padding underneath will diffuse the blow over a large portion of your torso.  It'll still hurt like hell, but better that than getting rattled around like a bird in a cage.

Over three turns, I did the following to the three wolves on top of him:

1) Behead one wolf.
2) Chop another wolf in half.
3) Propel a wolf away with a forceful blow into a tree, where the wolf exploded apart.

[edit]Yep, here we are.  Had the order of events wrong, but the events were correct:

The Spearman's right eye has been torn out!
The Spearman's brain has been torn!
The wolf latches on firmly!
The wolf shakes The Spearman around by the head!
A chunk is torn away!
You charge at The wolf!
You hack at The wolf in the upper body with your širon scimitarš!
It is cloven asunder!
The wolf is propelled away by the force of the blow!
The wolf has been struck down.
The wolf bites The Swordsman in the left upper arm!
The shot glances away.
You hack at The wolf in the head with your širon scimitarš!
The head flies off in an arc!
The wolf has been struck down.
You hack at The wolf in the upper body with your širon scimitarš!
It is cloven asunder!
The wolf is propelled away by the force of the blow!
The wolf slams into an obstacle and blows apart!
The wolf has been struck down.

[ February 09, 2007: Message edited by: JT ]

[ February 09, 2007: Message edited by: JT ]

What I'm eagerly looking forward to is the day that Toady adds in kicks and trips and possibly multiple-tile-arc swings.

I started a Play Now! character who started the game naked and unskilled outside one of my fortresses.  She ran into a ratman as soon as she opened the fort's main door, charged into him, and stunned him in one blow.  With her left hand, she gouged out its eyes, blood streaming all over, at the same time as she latched onto its throat with her right hand and choked the !*$% out of it.

Just as the ratman finally gave a death rattle and spasmed loosely under her bloodied hands, two more ratmen and a batman appeared from around the corner in hot pursuit.  She did the smart thing and ran, managing to escape the fortress and travel to civilisation.  Unfortunately, the measly 150¤ she managed to take back with her (a stack of 5 portions of cow cheese from the trade depot, which she cashed in at the grocer) wasn't enough to even buy a rope reed dress.

Feeling disappointed, she decided to wander a bit to improve her experience before going back to the fortress.  In an "evil" wilderness, she was accosted by a harpy -- one grab to the throat and the harpy was as good as dead, as she never stood a chance from that point on.

Stumbling onto a cave in the middle of the forest, she decided to give it a whirl and wandered to the entrance.

As soon as she stepped onto the ramp, a giant rat tore off her head in a single bite.  She didn't even see the rat -- it was at the bottom of the ramp waiting for her.

Be careful, though... pulling out objects gives a good chance of starting to bleed.