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Darulio

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Picks made out of bone?
« on: August 09, 2013, 05:19:23 pm »

A child made this from the cave crocodiles from last siege. It happened immediately after the dwarven caravan arrived, and 2 marksdwarves who decided melee was the best strategy were crippled for life. One of them got his lungs crippled, and is now dead. Anyway, will this function as a normal pick? Will dwarves even use it?






*EDIT: By the way, the dwarf being crushed was my last mayor who decided he wanted a crystal glass window in his room -_-
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Re: Picks made out of bone?
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2013, 05:26:09 pm »

Any picks works for digging, even if it's made of wood or air. It'll probably not work very well as a weapon, but it'll dig perfectly well.
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Re: Picks made out of bone?
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2013, 06:19:38 pm »

i like the history 8) Pregnantbends the Fierce Proliferations?
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Re: Picks made out of bone?
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2013, 07:04:28 pm »

Draft a legendary miner, danger room him a bit, and make him wield that. One-man army. Bone might not be the best material in the game but picks in general are nasty when handled by a legendary, and the artifact's 3x roll mod will lead to many severed limbs. Legendary steel-clad axedwarf might be more dangerous but not when the cool factor is considered.
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Re: Picks made out of bone?
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2013, 07:28:31 pm »

I had a bone pick once. It was made out of baby.

It works indeed, but it won't be a particularly good weapon, like a bone axe. It's far easier to train mining than axedwarveship though, so I always keep a squad of miners in a militia in case my main army dies a horrible death.
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