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[Neonivek]

Also do attributes increase?

I havn't noticed any of my attributes increasing by a single point lately.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Attributes

here is the relevant information.

Not exactly helpful... as it doesn't answer my question exactly other then saying "Yes" but not answering why I havn't noticed increases lately.

Thank you anyhow.

[RAKninja]

i had thought the information in the article more detailed than i could provide.  personal experience has shown me attributes only increase a little bit raising only one associated skill.  for example, going from "not knapper" to "competent knapper" on a human brought my kinsthetic sense up to "above average" from "average".  furthermore, there is a racial maximum that can not be exceeded.

finally, the hard values for both gain and rust for both skills and attributes, as is described in the opening paragraph of the article, are contained in the creature raws.

i can not answer your question more specifically than "yes" without knowing more detailed information.  the race of your character, his attribute levels, how much you have raised the appropriate skills, and so on. 

so rather than go back and forth with that, i'd rather point you to the "source" and help you to connect the dots.

oh and that thread on knockback isnt the only one, there is a far more recent one (that i cannot find atm) discussing it, and the effects of ridiculous character strength values and knockback.

[Nighthawk]

Yes, it seems that there are only two ways to make your opponents explode on collision these days. Play as a Bronze Colossus, or Shout the enemy in the upper body with your Anger.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Or make sure your only enemies are cavies.

[RAKninja]

Or make sure your only enemies are cavies.

also, recently there has been a report of a platinum hammer knocking a trog back two tiles.  i am jealous.

[TheMasterTurtle]

Funny story, one time I was fighting a BC and for some reason it would not kill me even though it should be able to destroy me in an instant. After a while I check it's wounds to see if I had cut anything off and it turned out he was beating me with a *Leather Glove*! Next turn I attack and it happens that I cut off the hand holding the *Leather Glove*... You can guess the rest.

PS. This was in an older version.

[RAKninja]

Funny story, one time I was fighting a BC and for some reason it would not kill me even though it should be able to destroy me in an instant. After a while I check it's wounds to see if I had cut anything off and it turned out he was beating me with a *Leather Glove*! Next turn I attack and it happens that I cut off the hand holding the *Leather Glove*... You can guess the rest.

PS. This was in an older version.

i think it's still possible, as minotaurs and giants tend to do the same thing.  you have to wonder why a minotaur insists on beating his target with a XXpig tail sockXX, instead of his deadly gore, but hey, whatever works.

[Nighthawk]

Funny story, one time I was fighting a BC and for some reason it would not kill me even though it should be able to destroy me in an instant. After a while I check it's wounds to see if I had cut anything off and it turned out he was beating me with a *Leather Glove*! Next turn I attack and it happens that I cut off the hand holding the *Leather Glove*... You can guess the rest.

PS. This was in an older version.

i think it's still possible, as minotaurs and giants tend to do the same thing.  you have to wonder why a minotaur insists on beating his target with a XXpig tail sockXX, instead of his deadly gore, but hey, whatever works.

That's perfectly fine with me. They're deadly enough as it is. I've lost plenty an adventurer to a Minotaur wielding an article of clothing. If they were smart enough to impale you with every attack... *shudders*