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ThurisLord

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question on if this strategy will work on clowns
« on: November 06, 2012, 08:46:27 am »

I plan to purposly breach candyland for the purpose of:
A: revealing all the candy on my site, and
B: know where the hollow part of the pillars are to mine all the safe candy without worrying about releasing clowns.
 Will forbiding all nether caps but 1 that is near the pillar and having the nearest dwarf make a wall of it as a plug stop the clowns from getting out?
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Re: question on if this strategy will work on clowns
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2012, 09:13:56 am »

If you can get a dwarf to place a construction of any sort in the way of the demons, then yes, this will work.  Floors and walls are currently indestructible.
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Re: question on if this strategy will work on clowns
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 09:21:51 am »

Yes. Moreover you don't need to bother forbidding everything else, when you select the material to build the wall with it will allocate the closest one. The more pressing issue would be getting the dwarf to actually build the thing rather than running off for a drink. Burrows might prove useful.
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Re: question on if this strategy will work on clowns
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2012, 10:14:01 am »

If you wanted, you could use a piece of ash to make the wall. Once something's a construction, its material only affects the color.
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Re: question on if this strategy will work on clowns
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2012, 10:16:20 am »

Rather then actually digging just smooth the wall and then carve a fortification. If there isn't a whole on the other side then you can dig out the fortification to get the adamantine with no problems. Then repeat on the next block of the spire. If you do happen to breach hell, the fortification will keep them trapped with the exception of fireballs and deadly dust being sprayed through the fortification, so you should be relatively safe.
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