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shadowsofwhite

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Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« on: December 03, 2009, 06:59:03 pm »

I have been beating my enemies with the complete, non-dismembered corpses of other enemies, and I have found that whole corpses are usable as bludgeoning weapons that improve the skill of wrestling; however, the skill increases gained while fighting are just as unreliable/reliable as using any given weapon to raise its given skill. I don't know if this is a glitch, but it is a way of gaining wrestling without actually wrestling.

Have any of you found this to be true as well?
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2009, 07:10:56 pm »

It is true for all improvised weapons including cabinets and blocks and all other such manner of goodies.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2009, 07:13:26 pm »

It is true for all improvised weapons including cabinets and blocks and all other such manner of goodies.

The last time I tried adventure mode, I wasn't even able to pick up furniture. Is that sort of thing dependent on strength? I mean, such a solution would obviously make sense, but I don't remember ever having the game tell me anything along the lines of "you are not strong enough".
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2009, 07:15:15 pm »

I believe you can only pick up furniture that has not been constructed, I might be wrong though.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2009, 07:27:28 pm »

I believe you can only pick up furniture that has not been constructed, I might be wrong though.

That would explain why I don't remember ever being able to pick up a chair or table in a human town.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2009, 07:44:24 pm »

Okay, wow, that's something I did not know. Cool.

Yes, you cannot pick up constructed furniture, though you CAN pick up not yet constructed or DEconstructed furniture, as per what trolls can do.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2009, 12:05:09 am »

Hah, wimp. I use my own arm as a deadly weapon.

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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2009, 02:43:51 am »

I can imagine some super-tough legendary adventurer trying to pull a chair off the ground, and a peasant comes along, moves it out of the way so he can sit down, and begins to eat.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2009, 07:18:48 am »

It's even funnier to kill hordes of large rats and naked moledogs with a FULL corpse of a tower-sized dragon in a small cave, while throwing corpses of giants and titans at upcoming troglodites..
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2009, 07:42:44 am »

I've always wondered what throwing damage depended on. One logical factor would be weight of the item thrown, and perhaps skill, but the former seems unlikely in that even something like pebbles or vomit are easily devastating.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2009, 08:02:25 am »

Or sand. Or roaches. They break dragons in half.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2009, 05:42:21 pm »

Someone should kill an entire civ with one puddle of vomit.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2009, 10:22:13 pm »

I have found that vomit is no longer usable as a weapon. Sad. I try to pick up the vomit and I merely wind up with vomit-covered hands.
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2009, 10:42:24 pm »

Shadow, I think it does that when it's raining. When the weather is nice and dry, it won't ooze out of your hands. Either that, or you have to put it into your backpack. I remember filling my backpack to the brim with some random person's vomit, and then dumping it back on the town it came from XD
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Re: Whole corpses act well as WEAPONS of wrestling
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2009, 02:52:21 am »

fill a barrel with vomit that might work