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Toady Two

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Dwarves throwing stones
« on: July 27, 2010, 08:45:14 am »
This isn't a suggestion but something I just discovered. If you make a tile of horizontal bars and then try to build a wall supported only by that tile, the wall will be constructed and then immediately collapse causing a mini cave-in. I don't know how damaging this is to opponents below, but if its lethal then it could prove a useful defense mechanism.

Just set up a large tower with bars on top over a choke point and your masons can rains cave-in over the enemy.

It's even kind of realistic. As if the dwarves were throwing stones through the bars to damage siegers.

I'm going to do some testing and check if a tall tower does more damage. So far I only managed to destroy a drawbridge with falling debris.
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Washcloth

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Re: Dwarves throwing stones
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2010, 08:57:00 am »
Hm..seems pretty interesting!
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Re: Dwarves throwing stones
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2010, 10:14:56 am »
Beware that the dwarf doing the construction will often fall along with the collapsing wall.
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Laiska

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Re: Dwarves throwing stones
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2010, 10:22:38 am »
im amused by the dwarf trying to construct the wall...  lemme land the rock 'ere... hold it mr rock i need to glue this end to floor.. hey where's the floor? oh there the rock goes... well i have a job for blood cleaning down there, off we go!
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Altaree

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Re: Dwarves throwing stones
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 01:25:16 pm »
The dwarf building the floor/wall will probably see the bad guys and run away scared.
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Re: Dwarves throwing stones
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 03:08:58 pm »
This has been known for some time. Same thing happens with floor grates. Collapsing structures are deadly to anything underneath, so no need really to try making it more lethal.
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