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[G-Flex]

There are still, surprisingly enough, some severe issues with combat where, at least for certain material/tissue types, cumulative damage will never really fully destroy something.

In this example: A vampire giant sponge is nigh-unkillable because it doesn't have parts that can kill it by virtue of being destroyed/severed except for one giant body part, and since it can never be fully destroyed by repeated tearing, it can never die.

In a related example, if you set it (or a similar creature) on fire or even dump it in magma, it will never die, and will simply be on fire forever.


EDIT: Judging by tests I just did, regular giant sponges are indestructible as well, except they can also suffocate out of water.

[Loud Whispers]

Can you be a weresponge vampire?

Being a vampire stops you from being a were-creature, and vice versa

[HiEv]

This thing must be captured and weaponized, for the good of dwarves everywhere.

I can SEE the pit now, stained with the blood of enemies.

It's a vampire giant sponge.  It cleans up after itself. 

[Vodrilus]

This thing must be captured and weaponized, for the good of dwarves everywhere.

I can SEE the pit now, stained with the blood of enemies.

It's a vampire giant sponge.  It cleans up after itself. 

Sigged.

[DungeonJerk]

This thing must be captured and weaponized, for the good of dwarves everywhere.

I can SEE the pit now, stained with the blood of enemies.

It's a vampire giant sponge.  It cleans up after itself. 

True, so true!, now all we need is a Were-Mr Clean and DF is set forEVAH!

Scratch that, a Forgotten Beast MR-Clean, beware his fresh scented deadly dust!

[Valdrax]

Can you be a weresponge vampire?

Being a vampire stops you from being a were-creature, and vice versa

Awwww....  Can you at least be a weresponge? 
FEAR MY SOFT, SHUFFLING RAGE!

[Loud Whispers]

Can you be a weresponge vampire?

Being a vampire stops you from being a were-creature, and vice versa

Awwww....  Can you at least be a weresponge? 
FEAR MY SOFT, SHUFFLING RAGE!

You'd have to make the sponge stop airdrowning and being an aquatic creature first ;p

[dbay]

Hmm. You could probably spawn one in DFHack by using mode to switch to arena mode, but I've never tested it. And I doubt you could switch back.
If it kills someone and gets named, it'll be a historical figure and might still be there if you reclaim, though

[Supernerd]

Are the vampire sponges vulnerable to high-tech particle physics experimentation? By which I mean dropping a bridge on them.

[Iapetus]

In a related example, if you set it (or a similar creature) on fire or even dump it in magma, it will never die, and will simply be on fire forever.

Hmmm....

An eternal source of fire.

Presumably this could be made use of for something...

[Mitchewawa]

In a related example, if you set it (or a similar creature) on fire or even dump it in magma, it will never die, and will simply be on fire forever.

Hmmm....

An eternal source of fire.

Presumably this could be made use of for something...

There was quite a long thread on uses for perpetually burning !!yetis!! a while ago.