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SmileyMan

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[39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« on: July 16, 2008, 06:41:37 am »
Rather odd, I was in adventure mode, and I went to the cave of a Giant I had been quested to kill.  When I approached, I noticed him outside the cave near a brook (this is a 39b world - the cave was there, but the giant was outside) and some trees.

I went into sneaking mode, and crept round to the opposite side of a tree that he was next to, without being spotted.  I then ignited the tree, hoping to cause some fire damage to the creature.

The area filled with smoke as usual; trying to spot the giant, I tried (l)ooking into the smoky area, and I could see smoke and ashes, but no giant.  I couldn't believe that it had burned and turned to ashes so quickly (and the task still registered as incomplete), but the giant had completely disappeared.

I (T)ravelled away a few squares, and then came back, and the perfectly unharmed Giant was back in her cave, and promptly killed me.

No save, I'm afraid, but shouldn't be impossible to reproduce.
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Re: [39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2008, 06:46:20 am »
Maybe he just had the wits to go away from the burning tree, and you didn't see him go in all the smoke?
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Re: [39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2008, 06:50:45 am »
No, I don't think so - it was a very open area, in full daylight, and I circled around a few times to check for just that eventuality.  I also un-sneaked and there was no announcement from the giant.  It just vanished from the screen.
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Quote from: foop on May 31, 2012, 04:38:03 am
In a fat-fingered moment while setting up another military squad I accidentally created a captain of the guard rather than a militia captain.  His squad of near-legendary hammerdwarves equipped with high quality silver hammers then took it upon themselves to dispense justice to all the mandate breakers in the fortress.  It was quite messy.

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Re: [39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2008, 10:26:55 am »
Must have been a ninja giant who took advantage of your 'smoke bomb'.  :P
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Re: [39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 10:36:57 am »
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Re: [39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 01:13:22 pm »
I think things like miasma and smoke can hide items, because I had a dwarf drown when my attempt to pierce an aquifer went fatally awry.  He started generating miasma and disappeared, his bones only reappearing after it had cleared.
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Re: [39b] Disappearing giant in fire
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2008, 01:20:10 pm »
Well yeah, that too. Maybe "l"ooking finally takes line of sight into account?
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