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Author Topic: 34.11 danger room -- training spears turned lethal  (Read 2963 times)

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Re: 34.11 danger room -- training spears turned lethal
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2013, 07:02:18 pm »
Three years, and you managed to train the spears!
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Re: 34.11 danger room -- training spears turned lethal
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2013, 07:58:12 pm »
I'm gonna go on a wild speculative hunch here, but I've noticed several cases of my own dwarves/animals interacting with traps in a weird (fun) way. There have been a few cases of "dwarf in a cage" in my recent fort, plus 1 of my cats (chased by goblins) got instantly dismembered by one of the weapon traps, out of nowhere. Could it be that a creature dodging or being propelled towards a trap will cause the trap to not "check" whether the creature is hostile and activate? Maybe you're having a similar problem with the spears - "dodge one - into another" kind of thing. If anyone has noticed something similar, share your thoughts. In the meantime...

**Urist, grab your best armor, you're about to dance around a few spea.... I mean the Maypole, in the name of science...** 
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Re: 34.11 danger room -- training spears turned lethal
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2013, 06:28:46 pm »
Quote from: Nebullaron on May 21, 2013, 07:58:12 pm
I'm gonna go on a wild speculative hunch here, but I've noticed several cases of my own dwarves/animals interacting with traps in a weird (fun) way. There have been a few cases of "dwarf in a cage" in my recent fort, plus 1 of my cats (chased by goblins) got instantly dismembered by one of the weapon traps, out of nowhere. Could it be that a creature dodging or being propelled towards a trap will cause the trap to not "check" whether the creature is hostile and activate? Maybe you're having a similar problem with the spears - "dodge one - into another" kind of thing. If anyone has noticed something similar, share your thoughts. In the meantime...

**Urist, grab your best armor, you're about to dance around a few spea.... I mean the Maypole, in the name of science...** 
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Injured friendlies can set off traps, as well as webbed ones. This led to some !!FUN!! when playing kobolds in masterwork one memorable time.
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Quote from: franti on July 25, 2011, 09:37:04 pm
[Their shields are thick, their swords are sharp, and they are clad in the bones and skins of those who dared to stand against Depthhall. This beast's hide will clothe an army, it's meat will feed generations. This time the beast does not win. The dwarves will have their fortress. Losing is fun, motherfucker.]

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Re: 34.11 danger room -- training spears turned lethal
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2013, 03:42:38 am »
I always try to make my training spears out of the least dense wood available on my embark. Higher density materials hit with more force, so a blood thorn training spear is potentially more deadly than a willow training spear. Use feather tree wood if you have access to it.
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