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UHaulDwarf

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Bodyboard
« on: March 22, 2012, 07:48:32 pm »
Dwarfs have a swimming skill, but there is no logical way to teach a Dwarf how to swim.
Enter bodyboards. Made out of a light material like wood or maybe even Pumice, held like a shield that allows a dwarf without any skill to swim until they can swim on there own.
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Re: Bodyboard
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2012, 07:52:48 pm »
Logically, Adamantine armor should work like a life preserver.

Well, except you could still end up head-down in the water.
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Re: Bodyboard
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2012, 10:23:58 pm »
I suddenly have an image of a dwarf in one of those old-fashioned striped full-body swimming suits with a big ducky inner tube and inflatable wings, grumpy about being forced to swim.
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Re: Bodyboard
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2012, 03:21:59 am »
Call me crazy, but I really want sea dwarfs.
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Re: Bodyboard
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2012, 07:24:03 am »
Quote from: NW_Kohaku on March 22, 2012, 10:23:58 pm
I suddenly have an image of a dwarf in one of those old-fashioned striped full-body swimming suits with a big ducky inner tube and inflatable wings, grumpy about being forced to swim.
Thanks for the laugh.
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Re: Bodyboard
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2012, 10:49:12 am »
Quote from: UHaulDwarf on March 23, 2012, 03:21:59 am
Call me crazy, but I really want sea dwarfs.

How do they dig?
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Re: Bodyboard
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2012, 08:30:05 pm »
Using a diving bell to reach the bottom of the water then digging a u bend to keep the water out of the fortress.
Maybe swimming up to the surface to trade. Though swimming goods back one by one would be a pain.
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