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ThrowerOfStones

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Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« on: November 27, 2010, 04:47:38 pm »

I'm now in possession of a dog bone spear and a elephant bone spear, both artifacts (plus also a deer bone buckler). I'm wondering, is there any point in using these? Currently I only have bronze weapons, so that is what I'd be replacing.

I'm guessing the answer is no, but artifacts ARE much more powerful...
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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2010, 04:57:53 pm »

I'm not in possession
Then all we can do is speculate, really. Lacking any means of qualitatively measuring weapon effectiveness, I'd say you should have the weapon available for subjective testing at least.
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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2010, 04:58:18 pm »

I suppose you could use them in your honor guard?
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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2010, 04:59:57 pm »

I'm not in possession of a dog bone spear and a elephant bone spear, both artifacts (plus also a deer bone buckler). I'm wondering, is there any point in using these? Currently I only have bronze weapons, so that is what I'd be replacing.

I'm guessing the answer is no, but artifacts ARE much more powerful...

There is of course the sheer coolness of killing someone with a elephant bone spear. Those spears would also make fun training weapons.
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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2010, 05:03:05 pm »

Follow these steps carefully.

1) Go to your craftdwarf workshop.
2) Make a full set of bone Armour
3) Equip one of your squad leaders with the elephant bone spear and armor.
4) Give him a cool name.


And your done! Nothing else you need to take into account. If your really lucky he will die on the battle field and rise as an murderous ghost.

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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2010, 05:26:35 pm »

I had a "murderous ghostly butcher" rise once. Words alone cannot express how cool I found that to be
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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2010, 05:28:33 pm »

I had a "murderous ghostly butcher" rise once. Words alone cannot express how cool I found that to be

VERY cool. Better if he had gone around putting an end to all the cats in your fortress.

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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2010, 01:51:06 pm »

I had a "murderous ghostly butcher" rise once. Words alone cannot express how cool I found that to be
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Re: Effectiveness of Artifact Bone Weapons?
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2010, 01:56:17 pm »

Give him a cool name.
How about Rattleshirt? Bonus points for him matching the description :)