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Benitosimies

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Goblin vs Window
« on: April 09, 2008, 12:09:00 am »
Hypothesis:
If you drop a goblin onto a window, then: KEEEEESH!!!!

Procedure:
Having no glass, I built a gem window, 15 levels below the surface, and a stone tower reaching 15 levels above the surface. I had a caged goblin handy, so I dropped that dude.

Result:
Window unharmed. Goblin harmed.

Video.

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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 01:27:00 pm »
thats one very dead goblin
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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2008, 02:24:00 pm »
Niiice. You might want to copy this to the Advances in Dwarven Science thread, 'cuz it would really fit in there.

Also--be prepared to repeat the experiment if you get any glass windows. It can't hurt to make sure! (Or, at least, it can't hurt anyone important...)

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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 10:05:00 pm »
Oosh, my question is if the size of the hole was uniform, how come he lost his arms? I saw that both his right and left arm were, ah, seperated from his being during the descent, Im just wondering how that happened.
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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 10:27:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Slinkyfest:
<STRONG>Oosh, my question is if the size of the hole was uniform, how come he lost his arms? I saw that both his right and left arm were, ah, seperated from his being during the descent, Im just wondering how that happened.</STRONG>

Two goblin arm-sized holes were probably melted through that window.  Check to see if it was given an engraving or anything.

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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2008, 01:15:00 am »
lol its like he hit the window shaving off his arms, torse hurtling on downwards and with the genius of dorf physics bounced right back up the same hole!!
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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2008, 03:22:00 am »
Why defenestrate when you can decapitate?

"Window" is just another word for "Upright Giant Axe Blade".

Another clever way to kill stuff in Dwarf Fortress.  Nice find!

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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2008, 06:24:00 am »
wont a drop that big make limbs fly off anyway?
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Re: Goblin vs Window
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2008, 07:39:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by jester:
<STRONG>wont a drop that big make limbs fly off anyway?</STRONG>

Yes, but if you look at the video, you'll notice that some limbs have fallen through the window while the rest of the body stayed on top of it.

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