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[WillowLuman]

Need tweaking. How can something that has no thought, no emotions, and no locomotion at all possibly attack? As of right now, Giant Sponges can charge, become enraged, kill via pushing, and be ridden by invaders. Sometimes they even ignore their immobility and just dodge attacks.

[Neonivek]

Need tweaking. How can something that has no thought, no emotions, and no locomotion at all possibly attack? As of right now, Giant Sponges can charge, become enraged, kill via pushing, and be ridden by invaders. Sometimes they even ignore their immobility and just dodge attacks.

It is a problem with other creatures too who would be better off as "Plants" then as a creature.

Such as Clams and Muscles.

[WillowLuman]

Muscles can move in real life. Not sure about clams though.

[Neonivek]

Muscles can move in real life. Not sure about clams though.

Yes but they cannot appreciably move.

[NW_Kohaku]

What we need is "pulping", or equivalent.

See this thread for an example of other problems - A dwarf can repeatedly "fracture" the skull of a Jabberer for hours on end without actually damaging the brain or reducing the skull into a thick white paste that no longer resists blows.

If we simply had the ability to mash or tear flesh in a way that it allowed damage to be cumulative, you could eventually hack pieces off of sponges (and thralls and zombies that keep reviving) until it was reduced into a fine powder.

[WillowLuman]

What we need is "pulping", or equivalent.

See this thread for an example of other problems - A dwarf can repeatedly "fracture" the skull of a Jabberer for hours on end without actually damaging the brain or reducing the skull into a thick white paste that no longer resists blows.

If we simply had the ability to mash or tear flesh in a way that it allowed damage to be cumulative, you could eventually hack pieces off of sponges (and thralls and zombies that keep reviving) until it was reduced into a fine powder.

That's another issue. The point is Giant Sponges shouldn't be able to attack at all.

[Neonivek]

What we need is "pulping", or equivalent.

See this thread for an example of other problems - A dwarf can repeatedly "fracture" the skull of a Jabberer for hours on end without actually damaging the brain or reducing the skull into a thick white paste that no longer resists blows.

If we simply had the ability to mash or tear flesh in a way that it allowed damage to be cumulative, you could eventually hack pieces off of sponges (and thralls and zombies that keep reviving) until it was reduced into a fine powder.

Oh heck the reduction of protection layers give when they recieve damage.

[NW_Kohaku]

The giant sponge wafts at you menacingly - it hits you in the left arm, and the limb sails off in an arc!

[zombie urist]

Muscles can move in real life. Not sure about clams though.

Mussels 

I think that giant sponges are mostly fine, but they need their push attack removed.

[Neonivek]

Muscles can move in real life. Not sure about clams though.

Mussels 

I think that giant sponges are mostly fine, but they need their push attack removed.

It isn't exactly an "attack" so much as the game gives nudging to anyone who has no attacks.

[Splint]

Muscles can move in real life. Not sure about clams though.

Mussels 

I think that giant sponges are mostly fine, but they need their push attack removed.

It isn't exactly an "attack" so much as the game gives nudging to anyone who has no attacks.

I'd say it'd be better described as a system of badly aimed body slamming.

[Sus]

Giant Sponges can charge, become enraged, kill via pushing, and be ridden by invaders.

Really?

"Aide, saddle up my Giant Sponge, we're going to war!"
"But Sir, a Giant Sponge can't even mo..."
"Saddle. Up. My. Giant. Sponge!"

*sound of a mind being blown*

[BoredVirulence]

Giant Sponges can charge, become enraged, kill via pushing, and be ridden by invaders.

Really?

"Aide, saddle up my Giant Sponge, we're going to war!"
"But Sir, a Giant Sponge can't even mo..."
"Saddle. Up. My. Giant. Sponge!"

*sound of a mind being blown*

This.

I am now going to check for this. If it is not true, I shall make it so.
And then I shall embark on a small island, with a goblin fortress a few tiles away, and I pray they come, uhhh, "floating?" in. Perhaps I will make sponges mobile, but as slow as possible...

[Owlbread]

Giant Sponges can charge, become enraged, kill via pushing, and be ridden by invaders.

Really?

"Aide, saddle up my Giant Sponge, we're going to war!"
"But Sir, a Giant Sponge can't even mo..."
"Saddle. Up. My. Giant. Sponge!"

*sound of a mind being blown*

This.

I am now going to check for this. If it is not true, I shall make it so.
And then I shall embark on a small island, with a goblin fortress a few tiles away, and I pray they come, uhhh, "floating?" in. Perhaps I will make sponges mobile, but as slow as possible...

It is true. It is in their raws.

If it interests you people, I once had about 12 ogre skulls attack a bronze colossus until they eventually vanished, leaving only teeth behind. They were originally full corpses, which fought for about an hour or so, if not much longer.

[WillowLuman]

Husks really can be killed, because they have multiple parts that can be, um, parted, it's just difficult. Things with only one part initially, however, cannot.