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Author Topic: has anyone else noticed this goblin skill anomanly?  (Read 2424 times)

saltmummy626

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Re: has anyone else noticed this goblin skill anomanly?
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2012, 01:17:56 am »

so wait, some of you are saying that being dropped onto my spike trap would raise their armor user and dodger skills, but how does that effect their weapon use skills? is it possible to block with a weapon and does that raise the weapon use skill? all of these gobs except the sword user have shields... according to the records the spikes are mostly doing their damage, but most of the damage these things take is dealt simply by hitting the ground. not that any of this matters much to me in my current fort though, the king has just arrived and the place is suffering a boredom inflicted loyalty cascade.
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Re: has anyone else noticed this goblin skill anomanly?
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2012, 01:57:27 am »

Yes, blocking with a weapon is called parrying and its reasonably common.
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Re: has anyone else noticed this goblin skill anomanly?
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2012, 03:03:08 am »

Perhaps the goblins already had enough weapon skill to be a weaponmaster, but were named improperly. Once they gained some xp, their title updated. If so, this would be detectable using runesmith (if it works with the current versions) or by some other testing method.

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Re: has anyone else noticed this goblin skill anomanly?
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2012, 03:11:25 am »

are these naked/disarmed goblins that are having their names changed?  or are you dropping them with their weapons and armor equipped?
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