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Artichaut

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Rabbit head
« on: September 02, 2015, 03:57:00 am »

I found the hardest material of DF : the rabbit skull.

I am near a tower, so i made a squad of macedwarfs. I hunt with them for food and practise, and i send them after 2 rabbits. Well, they kill the 2 damn rabbits ... after like 60 pages of combat logs for each, with more than 1500 head blows with silver maces per rabbit. New solution for training !
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klefenz

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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2015, 04:14:12 am »

Is it only rabbits, or does it apply to any small animals?

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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2015, 05:44:41 am »

What were the combat logs like, specifically? Were they glancing blows or are the dwarves tearing apart the rabbit's skin with each blow? Do they periodically collapse from over-exertion?
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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2015, 06:25:34 am »

Also, would squad killing domesticated rabbits result in a loyalty cascade?  Because if not, that sounds like a great exploit. 
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Artichaut

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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2015, 03:25:38 pm »

These were wild rabbits, and i don't have other small animals.

My macedwarfs were dabbling or novice at that time, but they already kill elf merchants in less than 5 blows.

Against rabbits the logs says hit on the head, damaging the skin. From time to time they pass out from exhaustion.
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Staalo

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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2015, 04:00:35 pm »

Any small animals seem to be pretty much invulnerable to blunt weapons. Chinchillas are another good example of mace- and hammerproof critters.
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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2015, 04:08:56 pm »

I can see it now, dwarven danger rooms filled to the brim with cuddly rabbits.
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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2015, 10:36:03 pm »

they already kill elf merchants in less than 5 blows.

Thats not much of an achievement.

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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2015, 11:08:28 pm »

I found that undead sculls are currently unkillable. My dwarves died from thirst fighting them. If someone decides to engage it, he's a lost cause.
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Re: Rabbit head
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2015, 03:09:35 pm »

A Kea gave my legendary Macedwarf a hard time recently.  The first attack smashed its right wing into an unrecognizable mass, and the kea fell unconscious.  Every attack after that was "bashes in the head, bruising the fat".  Only reason it died was because it kept getting knocked back, and took damage from skidding on the ground.
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