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luisedgm

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Best Bone weapon?
« on: March 21, 2012, 08:08:41 pm »
My dwarves love to enter a Mood and get bone as first item, and yeah i got tons of useless bone artifacts (none furnicure)

And that made me curious, while i do know Crossbow, Bow and Shield artifacts made of bone are as good as any other material what about other weapons?

I got a bone mace, shortsword and spear, are any of these useful? whats the best melee bone weapon?
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2012, 08:14:25 pm »
Any bone melee weapon is worthless. Stick it in a weapon trap in your meeting hall for some happy thoughts.

A bone crossbow or shield is excellent, though. They both have secondary bashing attacks that will suck, but for their main purpose (shooting and shielding, respectively) artifacts > masterwork of any material.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2012, 08:16:15 pm »
i guess i will pray to armok they stop making weapons with it then...
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2012, 08:20:29 pm »
Quote from: luisedgm on March 21, 2012, 08:16:15 pm
i guess i will pray to armok they stop making weapons with it then...

Sorry, Armok only takes sacrifices.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2012, 08:21:34 pm »
Quote from: Frogwarrior on March 21, 2012, 08:20:29 pm
Quote from: luisedgm on March 21, 2012, 08:16:15 pm
i guess i will pray to armok they stop making weapons with it then...

Sorry, Armok only takes sacrifices.

And what if i offer bone weapons? the bones come from "sacrifices" after all.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2012, 08:32:34 pm »
Quote from: luisedgm on March 21, 2012, 08:21:34 pm
Quote from: Frogwarrior on March 21, 2012, 08:20:29 pm
Quote from: luisedgm on March 21, 2012, 08:16:15 pm
i guess i will pray to armok they stop making weapons with it then...

Sorry, Armok only takes sacrifices.

And what if i offer bone weapons? the bones come from "sacrifices" after all.

only if it is covered in blood
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2012, 08:39:06 pm »
Sorry, only fell mood bone items work, and they don't work as well either.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2012, 09:03:36 pm »
Doesn't matter what you offer, "Oh Mighty Armok, please make my dwarfs less stupid" will never be answered with anything but a laugh.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2012, 09:08:45 pm »
I thought Armok's will was only influenced through an excellent display of circus entertainment or beautiful red glowing light. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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luisedgm

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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2012, 09:12:59 pm »
Ok guys i got a Hematite Maul, at least its not bone, is it decent?
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luisedgm

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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2012, 09:22:31 pm »
Crap i misread it was just a Mug... way to disappoint me my dwarves...

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Btw do stone/ore make decent bashing weapons? close to iron at least?
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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2012, 09:31:35 pm »
You're getting crappy bone carver moods because your moody dwarves don't have any moodable skills. Make a couple of extra metalsmiths forges with a Maximum skill of adequate with repeat orders to churn out metal bolts or shields so that you have a pool of low skill weaponsmiths and armour smiths who will then choose something metal when they decide to mood.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2012, 09:44:22 pm »
No stone is as dense as any metal, so any given stone blunt will be weaker than any given metal blunt.  Adamantine and slade excluded, for obvious reasons.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2012, 09:49:14 pm »
That can't be right. Per lb of weight, aluminum blocks will occupy more volume than a granite one.

Native aluminum has a very low mass density.

If aluminum has a higher density than granite, the game has issues.
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Re: Best Bone weapon?
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2012, 09:55:13 pm »
2670 compared to 2700.  Granite uses the default stone template, aluminum metal has its specific density listed.  Coincidentally, native aluminum has a specific density that is also 2700.

Aluminum weighs more than granite.  May your mind be boggle!
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