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[Nikow]

Hello. I have question, who propobly need new !!SCIENCE!!. Is weapon made from wood better than bare hands? Is anything changed if we're speaking about elves using them?

I was fighting with my wood equipment with skeletons in tomb, but i was beating one so long, as i pass out... because i was so tired.

[mineforce]

Wood is a horrible material but it better than nothing.

[Propman]

Depending on the wood type, wooden blunt weapons are actually rather decent at their job. Bladed weapons are still silly however, though if your proficiency in the weapon in question is better then your martial abilities, they're questionably the superior choice.

[Tawa]

Judging by experience with attacking woodland critters with elven weapons, bladed weapons are inferior if you are less than about Adept at your bladed-weapon skill.

[vjmdhzgr]

My first and only experience with wooden weapons was a time I had started a new adventurer with no axe skills and I don't quite remember what kind of attributes or fighter skill they had. I found a wooden training axe in a bandit camp and decided to take it in case I ever wanted an intentionally bad weapon. There was one bandit left who still had no injuries. I immediately cut off the bandit's head in one shot. Aside from that I've never used them though.

[Awessum Possum]

Well, fists seem to be fairly mighty at the moment so...

[dbay]

If you're going to be an elf, you might want to consider being an archer. Wooden bows work just as well as metal ones, and are lighter.

Shooting ranged weapons is really irritating, though.

[Azrayel]

I spawned with a copper spear as an elf in a forest retreat once, so I think something's changed about equipment gen--wasn't even a spearman either, he was a peasant with two ups in wrestling and no other combat skills (I was roleplaying a pickpocket elven immigrant to a human city).

[Alev]

I spawned with a copper spear as an elf in a forest retreat once, so I think something's changed about equipment gen--wasn't even a spearman either, he was a peasant with two ups in wrestling and no other combat skills (I was roleplaying a pickpocket elven immigrant to a human city).

Spear is the default backup weapom, as far as I can tell.

[FallenAngel]

I've been able to kill creatures by causing goresplosions through solid steel helmets WITH PUNCHES.
Your bare hands are weapons of sheer destruction.
I was able to destroy a goblin attack on a city by beating them to death without using the copper spear I spawned with.
I hold on to the spear when I need to butcher, though.
Unarmed combat is dangerous.

[Azrayel]

I've been able to kill creatures by causing goresplosions through solid steel helmets WITH PUNCHES.
Your bare hands are weapons of sheer destruction.
I was able to destroy a goblin attack on a city by beating them to death without using the copper spear I spawned with.
I hold on to the spear when I need to butcher, though.
Unarmed combat is dangerous.

Oh, shucks, is a copper spear a default adventurer thing when you've got no weapon skills?  I feel a right derp here.

[FallenAngel]

I've been able to kill creatures by causing goresplosions through solid steel helmets WITH PUNCHES.
Your bare hands are weapons of sheer destruction.
I was able to destroy a goblin attack on a city by beating them to death without using the copper spear I spawned with.
I hold on to the spear when I need to butcher, though.
Unarmed combat is dangerous.

Oh, shucks, is a copper spear a default adventurer thing when you've got no weapon skills?  I feel a right derp here.

It actually has been since at least 0.34. The game forces you to have a spear made of copper if you lack weapon skill. Why? Spears of any kind (even wood!) are simple for extreme death-dealing.

[Jacob/Lee]

I've been able to kill creatures by causing goresplosions through solid steel helmets WITH PUNCHES.
Your bare hands are weapons of sheer destruction.
I was able to destroy a goblin attack on a city by beating them to death without using the copper spear I spawned with.
I hold on to the spear when I need to butcher, though.
Unarmed combat is dangerous.

Oh, shucks, is a copper spear a default adventurer thing when you've got no weapon skills?  I feel a right derp here.

It actually has been since at least 0.34. The game forces you to have a spear made of copper if you lack weapon skill. Why? Spears of any kind (even wood!) are simple for extreme death-dealing.

Just beware those who have no internal organs or have no use for them, such as the undead and sponges.

[raler]

I was able to kill with kicks to the upper body via collapsing
frequently too on a new character

[Uristides]

How do you people get that awesome kung fu? I wanted to do a martial artist, but I couldn't get past spending a whole hour punching herbivores(trying that against crocodiles is suicide) when a couple stabs with the default large copper dagger usually seals the deal. Even a test grandmaster kicker/striker in the object arena couldn't do much better.