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I fare just fine with swords. Thing is, which some creatures you should STAB, not slash. If the target is kobold size or smaller, slash to your heart's content. Pommel, shaft, or haft strikes are also more useful than you'd think, if you're using copper or silver.

Flat slaps are largely just to troll your target though. Then again, stuns happen more often, so it might be useful if you WANT to leave your enemy alive.

My experience is that any major body part with a thick hide or armor, you're better off stabbing unless you have a really strong sword material and good Strength.

I like how everyone else is super-skilled at this and can do all sorts of amazing things and I'm too stupid to make an adventurer that starts with LITERALLY ANY NON-SWORD WEAPON WHATSOEVER be anything but a worthless piece of shit. My ally landed a lucky hit on a fucking vault demon, I made myself a ≡frosty metal short sword≡, and after spending 20 minutes fighting, I cannot injure a single simple fucking goblin because I dared to commit the heinous crime of trying to start with something besides a sword (a war hammer, which I also couldn't even wound the goblin with despite having 10 levels in hammer with an adventurer with max Strength and absurdly good stats as a species).

Quote from: Derro on July 06, 2016, 03:32:38 pm

Quote from: pikachu17 on July 06, 2016, 02:49:35 pm

Quote from: leafbarrett on July 06, 2016, 01:45:50 pm

Is there a way for a ranged weapon to be fired without a free hand?

Umm... don't they ALWAYS work that way? otherwise, what's with the archers getting shields?

I believe Pikachu17 is referring to a way to fire ranged weapons without even having to hold the weapon itself.

Ranged weapons are fired with the same hand that holds it. If it's a two-handed weapon, then it's both.

The game begs to differ, so I dunno what you guys are talking about.

Is it possible to make a non-hostile megabeast, or are they automatically hostile?

that's.....interesting....you think it would be dead by now...

have you tried going for the legs or gouging out its eyes?

I should clarify - it's a zombie.

The zombie apocalypse has officially begun. D:

I have been. For some reason, my sylph's kicks are far more lethal than her silver mace, so I've been caving skulls in left right and center. My ally, an archer turned swordsman, sadly died, despite my best efforts.


This here L (highlighted in white, as it wouldn't show up against the brown) is a Leafeon. I have been attacking this Leafeon for the past 200-something turns, a combination of kicks and slashes (with my fallen ally's sword) to the head, neck, and upper body. It's not showing any signs of dying.

Motherfuck... How do I force my allies to swim? I've given them [AMPHIBIOUS], so they can't drown, but even if I get them into the water, their AI just shuts off. And before you say anything about rivers, it's a small ocean that I need to cross.