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Urist_McUristson

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Lead Greaves?
« on: February 01, 2012, 06:55:28 pm »
So my armorer just created artifact greaves out of lead. Is this any good?
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 06:56:37 pm »
Training weights!
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 06:56:44 pm »
The general DF rule is:

Would it be good in real life?

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I think a iron butter knife could cut through it, but punches would be epic.
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 07:00:07 pm »
I'm actually curious to know the answer.  Supposedly it gets a 3x bonus to deflect blows, but what that means exactly is pretty ambiguous to me.  If something metal does land a hit, it won't do the dwarf wearing it much good.

And presumably it weighs a ton, so he'll be slow.  But he'll be styling wherever he goes.
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 07:05:05 pm »
Lead is one of the softest metals. So regular bronze will still out perform it.

Lead greaves are what i call execution, you stick em on your mayor and throw him in a pool.
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 07:43:56 pm »
You can make your Baron barren...
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 07:56:47 pm »
Quote from: ASCIt on February 01, 2012, 07:43:56 pm
You can make your Baron barren...

You're thinking of Uranium...
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2012, 08:00:39 pm »
Trust me. You don't wanna know what he's been doing with that masterwork pitchblende scepter. (The one with the knob on the end.) No. Don't wanna know.

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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2012, 08:04:19 pm »
Quote from: wierd on February 01, 2012, 08:00:39 pm
Trust me. You don't wanna know what he's been doing with that masterwork pitchblende scepter. (The one with the knob on the end.) No. Don't wanna know.

A wizards staff has a knob on the end. And apparently so does the Consorts marital aid.
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2012, 08:07:53 pm »
Guess where the thing about witches flying on brooms came from? I'll give a hint: it has something to do with slathering the end with a strong hallucinogen made from belladonna.
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Urist_McUristson

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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2012, 08:22:41 pm »
The worst part is that right next to the lead in my stockpile was a bunch of iron. At least I got a legendary armorer out of it.
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2012, 08:28:59 pm »
Bella donna gets its name from its historic use as a beauty aid, as the juice from the berries was dripped into the eyes to cause the pupils to dialate.

That said.... a song comes to mind....

"Raven hair and ruby lips
sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
she's a restless spirit on an endless flight
wooo hooo witchy woman, see how high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman she got the moon in her eye"
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2012, 08:30:26 pm »
Quote from: ASCIt on February 01, 2012, 07:43:56 pm
You can make your Baron barren...

To the contrary, lead greaves will provide the lucky owner with an excellent radiation shield to protect his dwarfhood.
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Re: Lead Greaves?
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2012, 08:35:51 pm »
As implied earlier... only from the front.

It does noting to protect his little friends when the source of the radiation is more.....intimate.
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