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Lord of Pudding

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Alcohol Explodes
« on: April 25, 2013, 11:40:31 pm »

I think it would add realism and FUN if flaming barrels of alcohol (such as rum, ale or mead, not necessarily wine) would explode violently, causing severe decapitation and bissection. Maybe even wooden shrapnel that if shot off. Thank you for considering my idea,
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weenog

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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2013, 03:02:22 am »

It would add neither realism nor verisimilitude.  Particularly not for ale, that's a form of beer and very low proof, you couldn't even get it to burn.  That said, it would be Fun.

I think it's probably best saved for when we get better pressure mechanics.  The difference between a burn and a bomb is where the pressure can go, if anywhere.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2013, 03:04:09 am by weenog »
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Listen up: making a thing a ‼thing‼ doesn't make it more awesome or extreme.  It simply indicates the thing is on fire.  Get it right or look like a silly poser.

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Neonivek

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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2013, 04:04:30 am »

Not to mention that alcohol back then tended to be diluted in general.
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Morrigi

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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2013, 08:50:41 am »

These are Dwarves, their rum is probably 151 proof at least.
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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2013, 06:17:17 am »

These are Dwarves, their rum is probably 151 proof at least.
That would result in selfreplicating alcohol, and a boozingularity.
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weenog

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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2013, 12:17:43 pm »

These are Dwarves, their rum is probably 151 proof at least.
That would result in selfreplicating alcohol, and a boozingularity.

Why would it?  151 proof is only 75.5% alcohol.
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aka010101

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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2013, 01:22:18 pm »

I support this , mostly on the grounds of it being fun, but with a catch. Only high-proof alcohol should be explosive. Right now the game doesn't track alcohol proof in booze, so for now i say we leave it at dwarven rum, and maybe one or two others toady deems to have really high alcohol content. I also propose another kind of booze: dwarven moonshine. Made from dwarf sugar, having a low booze quality, but being very flammable.
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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2013, 01:31:55 pm »

We need explosions support first.
Because we can't blow stuff up in the full sense of the word now (you can't destroy walls etc.). (you think this FB sprays regular dust? Guess what, it can also breathe fire! We all know what that means.)
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GreatWyrmGold

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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2013, 10:43:07 am »

Well, aside from the lack of realism (a lot of alcohol can't even burn; besides, drinks tended to be diluted in RL medieval times, which should essentially balance out the dwarven preference for high-proof drinks), we really should have explosions in first. Which requires pressure. Which requires a redo of the physics system. Which will take time and cause a bunch of tangents and a huge number of bugs, in a major release that we'll all be waiting for nervously, planning pressure-based weaponry, only for the update to come out and only a few of the ideas are anywhere near practical.

My point is, don't get your hopes up.
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Re: Alcohol Explodes
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2013, 02:14:38 am »

You naysayers do realize that if you gave a Drwaf anything less then 190 proof booze he'd turn your head into a beer-stein don't you? You need to go read some fantasy novels (I recommend R.A. Salvatores work) And I have heard that if the Vodka don't burn dump it soooooooo.....
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