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[Casp]

I think we may have stumbled on the one force of nature that dwarves cannot defeat, and cannot weaponize. By no means of steel or trickery shall the bloodlust of the husk be stayed. They may only be delayed...

So yeah, my career as a novelist is going well. On topic, I would actually like to see someone defeat the husks. Remember, people,

If Toady implements it, we can kill elves with it.

[Hotaru]

It would seem to me that OP has already, in a way, weaponized husks by using them, in a way, to defeat the HFS.

Defeating them should be as hard as using fire to kill things. Finally, a good use for it. Or the cheaper options.

If the giant badger husks are burning now, they should eventually burn out. However, this may take an incredibly long time. In arena testing, a burning elephant was vaporized by fire almost immediately while a burning eagle skeleton burned for 5 hours real life time.

[Shootandrun]

1) Find a place with giant sperm whales
2)Capture a giant sperm whale
3)Turn the giant sperm whale into husk or thrall
4)
5) gg

Seriously. A giant sperm whale is 3333 times bigger than a dwarf. Turn it into a thrall, and you have a world destroyer.

[Talvieno]

1) Find a place with giant sperm whales
2)Capture a giant sperm whale
3)Turn the giant sperm whale into husk or thrall
4)??
5) Profit

Seriously. A giant sperm whale is 3333 times bigger than a dwarf. Turn it into a thrall, and you have a world destroyer.

ftfy.

[Old Greg]

I haven't encountered thralls yet, what makes you say they're stronger?

I seen two reports of cats. Huskified cat was not very big problem, but enthralled cat wiped out young fort alone.

To clarify, the thrall cat actually wasn't able to do more than mangle a few limbs (though he was invulnerable to seven elite wrestler dwarves). He just lured one of the drafted dwarves into another cloud of ash, who promptly punched the rest of them in the brain.

It seems that thralls and husks are fairly comparable. The only difference I can see is that the thrall didn't seem to be contagious (after months of wrestling, none of my dwarves turned).

[Loud Whispers]

I think we may have stumbled on the one force of nature that dwarves cannot defeat, and cannot weaponize. By no means of steel or trickery shall the bloodlust of the husk be stayed. They may only be delayed...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

[Girlinhat]

WTB>Flat, non-aquifer embark with husk clouds.

[YetAnotherStupidDorf]

It seems that thralls and husks are fairly comparable. The only difference I can see is that the thrall didn't seem to be contagious (after months of wrestling, none of my dwarves turned).

So it is other way around, with husks being way more dangerous...

[Nyotor Lizardhammers]

So Husks are the Romero-Type zombies of Dwarf Fortress now? Interesting....

I wonder how they would do against the infinitely re spawning normal zombies...

[Argonnek]

Have you tried catapults?

[Old Greg]

Any notion of the means of contagion for husks? Do they need to injure you?

[Eddren]

I think we may have stumbled on the one force of nature that dwarves cannot defeat, and cannot weaponize. By no means of steel or trickery shall the bloodlust of the husk be stayed. They may only be delayed...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Have a Necromancer Zombify a Husk. Hell, have a Necromancer raise everything the husk kills.

[Casp]

Have you tried catapults?

If the Husk shares the vulnerability to blunt weapons with zombies, that may work, as a catapult is simply massive impact (which would make it an excellent regular-zombie killing tool). The Ballista, however, will be completely useless.

[Schizotek]

I had a caravan hammerdwarf fight a vulture Husk for about 5 minutes realtime before he got unlucky and was turned by a gosling husk who hit him from behind. Smashed the skull through the brain like 50 times.Severed both wings, both legs, its guts, its beak, and its tongue. Limbs don't huskify though, so swords/axes are the way to go.

[Sting_Auer]

Could you pit a husk forgotten beast against the HFS, 1 on 1?


THAT would be scary...