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[Talvieno]

YESSSSSS! incendiaries! And flammable liquids aren't actually that hard to produce, if you know where to look. I imagine forcing goblins to run through a "murky pool" filled with a foul-smelling liquid would be rather easy to do, and then if that foul-smelling liquid could catch fire easily... And perhaps if that same foul-smelling liquid could be placed in a thin wooden box (with a burning fuse) and hurled at enemies...

by the gods, it would be a crime to unleash us in dwarfworld.

[Splint]

The only limit is what we can get done in our short lives and how long we take making the tools to make the nastier weapons.

I propose we figure out a way to make sure our decendants try to build at least one working Vindicator Siege Tank.

[KodKod]

What if, through concentrated effort and experimentation, we managed to reinvent Greek Fire?

Dwarven Flamethrowers anyone?

[Splint]

The trick is just making the fire spread instead of going out when having water dumped on it. That was a trait right?

.... Doesn't Napalm do that?

[Oliolli]

YESSSSSS! incendiaries! And flammable liquids aren't actually that hard to produce, if you know where to look. I imagine forcing goblins to run through a "murky pool" filled with a foul-smelling liquid would be rather easy to do, and then if that foul-smelling liquid could catch fire easily... And perhaps if that same foul-smelling liquid could be placed in a thin wooden box (with a burning fuse) and hurled at enemies...

by the gods, it would be a crime to unleash us in dwarfworld.

Isn't ethanol flammable?

The only limit is what we can get done in our short lives and how long we take making the tools to make the nastier weapons.

Spoiler: I suppose we'll never have time to build these... (click to show/hide)

What if, through concentrated effort and experimentation, we managed to reinvent Greek Fire?

Dwarven Flamethrowers anyone?

Whoever it was that sung "I don't want to set the world on fire..." was not a Bay12er.

[Splint]

If enough of us know how to put an engine together and can make the tools to do it (somewhat) quickly, we'd just need fuel. Stone would have to do for wheels though since I doubt any of us work in natural rubber manufacturies.

Would probably be a bitch to ride in... But pretty bitchin' too.

[KodKod]

Whoever it was that sung "I don't want to set the world on fire..." was not a Bay12er.

The Ink Spots.

Goddamnit Oliolli, that was the song that I was going to have for my first dance at my wedding before I got my heart broke and you just reminded me of it.

I'm totally going to murderise you.

The trick is just making the fire spread instead of going out when having water dumped on it. That was a trait right?

.... Doesn't Napalm do that?

Sure it does, but Greek Fire would be approximately 75% more super-fantastic.

[Naryar]

Explosive or incendiary liquids ? Well, pure ethanol could be a solution (and distilled from normal booze), as well as naptha/bitumen/other hydrocarbons.

That said, I am all for burning goblins, so let's do this !

[Reudh]

Oh my gawd I can't believe it's taken me this long.

Kodkod's avatar is Misery. Fitting, for the kobolds at least.


And a fair few of us are chemists, so we could make ethanol out of booze as you said.

[Naryar]

It's not like you need more than basic chemistry to extract pure ethanol from booze, really.

And a few metal tubes and pots, and a heat source.

[Splint]

Quick, SOMEBODY MAKE SOME FLAMERS!!! NOW!!!! I mean come on, we got plenty of fuel with this in mind!!!

I fully suppor those who alos support incineration of invaders -  up close and personal. PTSD for all!

[KodKod]

Oh my gawd I can't believe it's taken me this long.
Kodkod's avatar is Misery. Fitting, for the kobolds at least.

It wasn't instantly recognisable to someone who has played the game, what? 

[Reudh]

I recognised it, but I haven't really looked at your avatar before anyway.

It seems Cave Story is quite popular on these forums... I believe New Guy used to have an avatar of Curly Brace.

(Given that quote's name is Quote, perhaps Curly Brace is a corruption of Curly Bracket?)

[KodKod]

(Given that quote's name is Quote, perhaps Curly Brace is a corruption of Curly Bracket?)

It's not even a corruption; they are often referred to as curly braces.

EDIT: 100 pages now, eh? How long can the madness continue?

[Eric Blank]

Indefinitely, as long as we remain bored and have nothing better to do than talk about things tangentially related to actually becoming dorf fortress residents.