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[xeivous]

I've been reading on the chatter for the recent update, and it seems like everything is being tested and modded for lethality potential. Killer bees, egg-grenades, grass fuses, angry animals, nest pathing.

I ask you how do we make ceramics lethal.

[Sarudak]

Easy. Cave-ins. You drop a brick wall on the enemy. Literally.

[KillerClowns]

Easy. Cave-ins. You drop a brick wall on the enemy. Literally.

Brick walls deconstruct instead of caving in.  But good idea.

[Akura]

I haven't played the new version yet, but I know that RL ceramics tend to be very heat resistant, so that might be pretty hard.

And there's the issue of the dwarf putting the superhot liquid in there being reduced to a charred black, yet somehow still bearded skeleton in the process.

[Sarudak]

Easy. Cave-ins. You drop a brick wall on the enemy. Literally.

Brick walls deconstruct instead of caving in.  But good idea.

Constructed walls still kill things beneath them.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Cave_in

The deconstruction is really a bonus because it's easier to rebuild the trap then.

[NW_Kohaku]

Create some sort of reaction that requires clay, and creates a clay blade or something of the sort. Or fill it with a liquid hot enough for the ceramic to boil at, causing a very hot "poof".

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[Girlinhat]

I vote ceramic blades.  Nothing says pwn like cutting someone with a linoleum knife.

[Kylarus]

Take a page from history and give another piece of ammo to catapults. Take one clay pot, fill with oil, top with one piece cloth. Load in catapult. Launch at enemy horde. Watch explosion from burning oil. Profit!

[NSQuote]

Yeah, ceramic blades and armor would be really nice, especially since iron is less common now.

[Ultimuh]

Ceramic blades and armor eh?
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[Girlinhat]

Hmm, I wonder how one would make exploding pots...  It should be theoretically possible.

[Ultimuh]

Hmm, I wonder how one would make exploding pots...  It should be theoretically possible.

Wait.. can pots be modded to contain magma?

[malroth]

Take a page from history and give another piece of ammo to catapults. Take one clay pot, fill with oil, top with one piece cloth. Load in catapult. Launch at enemy horde. Watch explosion from burning oil. Profit!

This idea officially wins this thread.  I wonder how many people will start 20x20 feilds of rock nuts to support this if it ever becomes possible.

[Girlinhat]

In theory yes, if their heat damage point is high enough.  Magma perhaps not, but certainly a high-temperature fluid that would hit the ground and act like a contaminant (similar to a blood smear).  The only question is if the jar explodes on impact.  Or rather, what happens to the content of an ammo piece.  When fired, if the ammo disappears on impact, then no, sadly, but if it's destroyed and any contents spill out, then molotov away!

Also, why rock nuts?

[malroth]

Rock nuts can now be pressed to give oil. 

Edit:
Perhaps modding a fixed temprature for ceramics, below what dwarves can safely handle  but above where the oil/booze ignites?