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Hammerstar

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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2011, 10:27:31 am »
Wasn't the whole point of the DnD Tarrasque to kill epic level characters that were getting bored with smacking around gods?
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2011, 10:44:28 am »
Pretty much.

You could perfectly simulate the Terrasque by making it only "killable" with Adamantium weapons (that's basically a +5 magic weapon, right?), and yet making it get up after a few days, unharmed, if you didn't burn the corpse with MAGMA.

Because isn't Magma really every Dwarf's "Wish" spell?
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Quote from: Encased in burning magma on March 27, 2011, 02:11:50 am
I like fortresses because they are still underground.

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« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2011, 10:54:21 am »
I'm wondering what the 'pit of doom trap' would possibly do to it.  We now have 100+ z-levels to work with, after all.  (pit of doom = deeeeeep pit, and bridge... flip!)  I have yet to see a creature not immediately fall to pieces (and the pieces fly at great speed to smack against the walls) after a good long rest in the air...
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2011, 10:55:02 am »
Quote from: Deon on March 25, 2011, 12:52:38 am
That picture looks like a deathclaw with a mutated head :P.

showing my nerd here, but...the Fallout Deathclaw was designed after concept art for the Terrasque from an unreleased Black Isle D&D game, they thought it looked too awesome not to use for something.  They mentioned that in the Fallout Bible.
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2011, 11:00:50 am »
Oh yeah, I remember that now! And the inspiration for the Terrasque's look in DND was 1/2 Indonesian folk monster tales and 1/2 GODZILLA.  So what you're looking at there is partly Indonesian, partly Japanese, and partly American.

I think there was some filtration back from the Deathclaw into 4th edition too, since the new Terrasque looks even MORE like a damned Deathclaw.

Hmm...

I need to go dig up an old copy of Wasteland and put Deathclaws into my game now...
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Quote from: Encased in burning magma on March 27, 2011, 02:11:50 am
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2011, 11:03:32 am »
Actually, given its size, any drop would kill it.  I had size ~100,000 naga creatures die from a 1 level drop during a cave in.  Twice.  If you dropped this thing from any height it would shatter.
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2011, 11:20:37 am »
All the more reason to give them flying

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Quote from: Encased in burning magma on March 27, 2011, 02:11:50 am
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Sarvesh Mossbeard

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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2011, 11:54:15 am »
Zepplin Tarrasque is just bro tier.
Look at that smile.

Tarrasque mod 1.01 up. Should be final, unless there's a tag to restrict generating to 1 per world.
« Last Edit: March 25, 2011, 11:57:24 am by Sarvesh Mossbeard »
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You forgot a detail: Dorfs get webbed in GCS webs and trigger traps. Right now we have some 12 caged dwarves, including you.

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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2011, 01:53:54 pm »
Quote from: Sarvesh Mossbeard on March 25, 2011, 10:23:14 am
Edit: Found the natural skill tags. Now the beast just rips apart any small army.
Those work for you?
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2011, 02:24:54 pm »
Quote from: Sarvesh Mossbeard on March 25, 2011, 11:54:15 am
Tarrasque mod 1.01 up. Should be final, unless there's a tag to restrict generating to 1 per world.

There's a workaround using the night creature tags.  Spouse converters start 1 per world.  If the converted spouse caste is genderless, the creature won't convert spouses, so the population won't be able to grow.

Of course, night creatures don't come during fortress mode.
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #25 on: March 25, 2011, 02:25:50 pm »
Apparently did.

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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2011, 03:43:34 pm »
And the control Tarrasque?
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Quote from: fivex on March 07, 2011, 02:37:19 am
I am trying to make chickens lay bees as eggs. So far it only produces a single "Tame Small Creature" when a hen lays bees.
Quote from: Loud Whispers on July 22, 2012, 03:32:08 pm
Honestly at the time, I didn't see what could go wrong with crowding 80 military Dwarves into a small room with a necromancer for the purpose of making bacon.

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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2011, 05:06:22 pm »
Oh no, I was just showcasing a gruesome kill.  :P

I need a sprite for stonesense.
« Last Edit: March 25, 2011, 05:08:41 pm by Sarvesh Mossbeard »
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2011, 06:35:03 pm »
The tarrasque is supposed to be immune to fire and other heat, even magma! Why isn't this one so?
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Re: The Tarrasque Challenge
« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2011, 06:43:44 pm »
Yeah, tarrasques are immune to fire.
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