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LoneJedi7

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im in a great position for Fun.......but, so many options
« on: February 04, 2010, 01:17:50 am »

im in a great position to start causing some serious mayhem, but im not sure what i should do (first) and im always up for some more evil dwarven ideas. 

so heres my current position:
i have enough food stocked up for like 10years, so no worrys there.  i have 2 gorrillas <Tame>, 3 caged FIRE IMPS <wild> (no dungeon master yet), a caged GIANT EAGLE <Tame>, an Orangutan <tame>, a bunch of caged wolves <wild>, a caged Cougar <wild>, and lots of caged goblins <Bait>. i also have a river and a magma pipe on my map (hence where i got the imps from).

now there is so much stuff i can do with these goblins and creatures.......i've already come up with a few ideas, but i want to hear yours.......and remember, the more pressure plates and levers, the more likely i'll do it........

Example: create a complex an awesome maze full of hazards and dangerous creatures with only one exit that the goblins must survive through in order to get off the map.

[EDIT]: ok, i got the dungeon master and started taming everything, but there is one problem.  he wont tame the fire imps, can they be tamed without modding? 
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2010, 02:20:37 am »

Imps will only throw fireballs if they can path to the target.
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2010, 03:16:59 am »

Imps will only throw fireballs if they can path to the target.

so they'll refuse to fling fireballs across a channel, for example?
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 03:29:51 am »

Make a combined drowning/magma chamber for your goblins. fill with water. add magma. profit.

Alternate Plan:
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Level 2: ++E++
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Level 1: +++++
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Add in as many Z-levels between levels 2 and one as you want, but the gist of it is, goblin walks in, steps on pressure plate, releases eagle, and PROFIT!

Alternate Plan 2:
Fire imp pillboxes, potentially combined with the previous option, although you would need a way to recapture the fire imps afterwards, or wait until you get a DM and tame the darn things... maybe you could also chain them up, to hold them in place... muhuhahahaahahaha...
Basically, the Z1 chamber from above, but with, tied to (more) pressure plates, some fire imps to be freed, for more profit.

Of course, options 2 and 3 lack magma, but...
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2010, 11:19:56 am »

i like the eagle idea, i may do it, but i seems a little too simple....needs more magma...
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2010, 03:45:10 pm »

regarding fire imps, this thread will help
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=47319.0
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2010, 08:39:54 pm »

SWEET!! thanks for the link about the fire imps.  props to Elvang for doing all that research into them.

and just to be more specific to what im looking for (i dont think i was very specific in my first post): basically i want a megaproject of doom for all the goblins and elves i capture.    kinda like a giant maze full of pressure plates that open and close random hatches and doors (so the maze is constantly changing) with a few imps and gorillas wandering around inside. that kind of thing (something really fun to watch)
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2010, 09:35:34 pm »

 
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Re: im in a great position for FUN.......but, so many options
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2010, 10:14:41 pm »

Battle Royale...that is all...
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Re: im in a great position for Fun.......but, so many options
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2010, 02:38:16 pm »

im having a bit of a problem, i finally got the dungeon master and starting taming everything, but he wont tame the fire imps.  Can they be tamed without modding?  i find it hard to believe that he can tame a dragon but not an imp...
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Re: im in a great position for Fun.......but, so many options
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2010, 03:27:14 pm »

Water and Magma.  A long deep underground hallway, near a magma pipe or volcano.  The other side is a room flooded with lots of water and walled off.  Drop them in there and with levers open the magma up and the water simulatenously and it will gush forth and encase them in obsidian!  Muahahaha!
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Re: im in a great position for Fun.......but, so many options
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 12:53:01 am »

^ Modding pre-existing stuff won't require regenning, so just add [PET_EXOTIC].
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