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axus

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Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« on: November 13, 2007, 12:00:00 am »
I just had my Dungeon Master bruise his spine while removing a floor and falling 2 stories.  My Captain of the Guard has had a spinal injury for 2 years that hasn't healed.

Anyhow, I was curious what would happen if a dwarf fell into deep water instead.  I tried it, and the dwarf was stunned but had no injuries!  Here is the video: http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-146-splashdwarf

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Re: Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2007, 03:56:00 am »
note that in my testing 3 z-levels of water did NOT stop kittens and puppies from splattering when dropped from a hight of 15 z-levels.

so if there is some protective effect from landing in water, it's limited.

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Re: Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2007, 05:51:00 am »
Also do they suffer the risk of drowning after being stunned?
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Re: Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2007, 07:36:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by BurnedToast:
<STRONG>note that in my testing 3 z-levels of water did NOT stop kittens and puppies from splattering when dropped from a height of 15 z-levels.

so if there is some protective effect from landing in water, it's limited.</STRONG>


Water only has so much give. At that height, I bet it would be better than hitting the dirt, but it would still be like striking concrete.
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Re: Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2007, 07:43:00 am »
they didn't splatter when they hit the water, they sunk all the way down (not even slowed by the water as far as I could tell) and splattered on the bottom.

I was going to test more levels of water to see if it would ever stop them from splattering but that with with the earlier version that lagged real bad so I abandoned the fort and have never gotten back around to testing it.

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Re: Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2007, 11:09:00 am »
Hmmmm.
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Re: Falling into pond is safer than the dirt
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2007, 02:12:00 pm »
Hmmm we will have to keep dropping puppies until the mystery is solved.  How do you drop the animals?  Levers?  dumping?
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