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randomgenericusername

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specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« on: June 26, 2016, 10:49:27 am »

i want to make a race that have some creatures that can be instakilled when hit using certain weapon, is that possible? to maje some kind of "soul" body part and use a special weapon that affects it?
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2016, 10:51:42 am »

yes a dfhack script can easily do that. otherwise, no.

there is already a projectile-trigger script which you can use to run your code when a projectile of that particular gun hits. you probably cant control the hitzone, but the instakilling is not a big deal.
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 11:20:12 am »

no, i want to make a scythe that instakills if hits a bodypart called soul. o dont have dfhack
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2016, 11:27:06 am »

Then no, not possible.
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2016, 05:54:46 pm »

no, i mwant i will makr a creature that has that body part nd if hit will instantly die (its a ghost) i want to know if i can make a custom weapon and that it can only be affected by it
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 06:16:34 pm »

Still no.
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2016, 08:09:51 am »

I know there is a tag that werewolves have that makes them take more damage from silver. Probably can't be applied to a specific bodypart though.

So no nutcracker weapon that only ever gelds either :P
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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2016, 10:32:54 am »

You can make a creature vulnerable to a specific material, but not a specific kind of weapon.

If you make a reaction that produces the weapon made out of the custom material, you can make a creature take a lot of extra damage from it.

For example, you can make a lightweight, nearly useless material called 'reaper', have a reaction called 'make a reaper scythe' which then creates a 'scythe' weapon made out of 'reaper'.  Then you make a ghost that is extremely tough in general but takes 10000 times the normal damage from 'reaper' material.  This creature will then be super-vulnerable to the reaper scythe, while the scythe itself will be nearly useless against anything else.

You can't make it instant-kill, but similar principle.

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Re: specific weapon that affects an specific body part?
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2016, 03:11:51 pm »

You can make a creature vulnerable to a specific material, but not a specific kind of weapon.

If you make a reaction that produces the weapon made out of the custom material, you can make a creature take a lot of extra damage from it.

For example, you can make a lightweight, nearly useless material called 'reaper', have a reaction called 'make a reaper scythe' which then creates a 'scythe' weapon made out of 'reaper'.  Then you make a ghost that is extremely tough in general but takes 10000 times the normal damage from 'reaper' material.  This creature will then be super-vulnerable to the reaper scythe, while the scythe itself will be nearly useless against anything else.

You can't make it instant-kill, but similar principle.
that was exactly what i wanted it for, to make a scythe to kill some modded ghosts i made, thanks for the tip
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