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RoseyNineOneOne

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Poisoning Invaders by Poisoning Water
« on: August 16, 2013, 08:03:09 pm »
So, I've gotten into this game quite recently, and have gotten a hang of it fairly easily with some wiki help. But, I have one question about something I want to try out. If I poison my little moat under my drawbridge by emptying a barrel (if you can) of a random poison like cobra venom or scorpion venom, would it harm invaders at all? So, if they jump into the water, and try and get through the water somehow into my fort, would they slowly die?
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Re: Poisoning Invaders by Poisoning Water
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2013, 09:03:47 pm »
Not those venoms -- they have to get into the bloodstream to be effective. Not sure about what would happen if you used a contact poison such as FB extract or poisonous blood.
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Re: Poisoning Invaders by Poisoning Water
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2013, 10:13:35 pm »
Even if you can find a contact poison, the invaders' clothes will almost certainly protect them. You can deliver poison to invaders by coating some crossbow bolts in venom, though. I haven't tried myself, but the gnomeblight strategy would probably work. As always, gnomes are optional.
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