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gerkinzola

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trolls and bars
« on: April 21, 2008, 07:00:00 am »

i have designed a kind of cool dwathtrap involving my entrance a whole load of verticle bars and ye olde spikes of death but im just wondering..... can trolls rip apart my iron bars?
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Kagus

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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 07:01:00 am »

Yep.  Iron bars are buildings, and thus are susceptible to building destroyers.

Fortifications and walls, on the other hand, are safe.

gerkinzola

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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 07:04:00 am »

dangit.... what about hmmmmm ill use grates instead
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gerkinzola

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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 07:06:00 am »

hmm no that wont work either
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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 10:00:00 am »

The only things destroyers can't bust through are constructions (of any kind) and channels.
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Lalandrathon

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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2008, 02:11:00 am »

Will trolls destroy things like hatch covers instead of walking over them? Will they ever destroy anything directly underneath them?
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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2008, 07:26:00 am »

when i read this thread title i immediately thought it was going to be some joke starting like "so this troll walks into a bar...."

Also to answer the above poster, at the very least trolls seem to walk over bridges without feeling the urge to troll-smash it underfoot. I would suspect hatch covers may work similarly to doors tho.

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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2008, 08:40:00 am »

I swear this read "Can the trolls be ripped apart by my iron bars?"


I imagined a troll running down a hallway, then smacking into some bars and splitting into four pieces.

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Re: trolls and bars
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 01:26:00 pm »

You could use raisebridges. They can block a path when raised, and I think they can't be destroyed by creatures.
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