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GenJeFT

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Forgotten beasts and Masons.
« on: April 28, 2012, 05:16:16 pm »
Just now I was attacked by a giant FB, a giant humanoid with mandibles and made of fire. It ripped apart the 2nd level of the caverns destroying all it came across and evaporating any water it touched, so I turned on all alerts and activated the military.

I am watching this beast rampage in the caves and as it comes up to my defenses (which were wofully unprepared for a FB made of FIRE!) I notice that my forts ENTIRE POPULATION had crowded the Marks Dwarfs away from the fortifications (I guess they really wanted to see what it was). In a panic I start trying to get all the unarmed civilians out of the way from this burning monster that is setting everything on fire when...

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And the crisis was averted.

Who woulda thunk it.
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Re: Forgotten beasts and Masons.
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2012, 05:19:41 pm »
On the brighter side (get it?), crossbows are the preferred option of engaging combat against forgotten beasts composed of flame.
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Re: Forgotten beasts and Masons.
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2012, 05:33:49 pm »
You might want to check what burrows your civvies go to in an emergency - by the sounds of it your emergenc bunker burrow includes the defence fortifications, which would have been an absolute disaster bloody hilarious if that forgotten beast had had fire breath, since they now don't need to able to path in order to use it...
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Re: Forgotten beasts and Masons.
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2012, 05:46:40 pm »
i had a civilian with a crossbow killed by the paralyzing gas for a grime forgotten beast.  He shot it a few times but it didn't die.  I'm kind of worried that unlike fire or such, the shields and skills of my melee dwarves won't protect them from the paralyzing gas.
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Re: Forgotten beasts and Masons.
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2012, 05:47:30 pm »
Quote from: slothen on April 28, 2012, 05:46:40 pm
i had a civilian with a crossbow killed by the paralyzing gas for a grime forgotten beast.  He shot it a few times but it didn't die.  I'm kind of worried that unlike fire or such, the shields and skills of my melee dwarves won't protect them from the paralyzing gas.

Engage it in a lake/flooded section.
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