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[Andeerz]

I love this forum.  <3  Roc (and any bird) poop must make it into the game.  Oh, the legends to be had, and skulls to be caved in from above.

[Urist Tilaturist]

Poop should not cave in skulls, just trap and suffocate the dwarf underneath.


Rocs should be a bit smaller. I never imagined them as being as big as 4 elephants, just the size of a glider.

[Andeerz]

Poop should not cave in skulls, just trap and suffocate the dwarf underneath.

You, my friend, have obviously never experienced the terror that is a giant goose turd hitting the top of your car at terminal velocity.  Well, it certainly wouldn't have caved in my skull, but, damn, it would have really hurt.  A Roc turd... I don't know... I think it would do more than just trap and suffocate.

[YAHG]

Poop should not cave in skulls, just trap and suffocate the dwarf underneath.

You, my friend, have obviously never experienced the terror that is a giant goose turd hitting the top of your car at terminal velocity.  Well, it certainly wouldn't have caved in my skull, but, damn, it would have really hurt.  A Roc turd... I don't know... I think it would do more than just trap and suffocate.

Especially once you mod Roc poo to be made of SLADE. A tag for [MISCIEVOUS_POOPER] or even [POOPER_MALICIOUS] could also be really funny.

[Naryar]

Poop should not cave in skulls, just trap and suffocate the dwarf underneath.

You, my friend, have obviously never experienced the terror that is a giant goose turd hitting the top of your car at terminal velocity.  Well, it certainly wouldn't have caved in my skull, but, damn, it would have really hurt.  A Roc turd... I don't know... I think it would do more than just trap and suffocate.

Especially once you mod Roc poo to be made of SLADE. A tag for [MISCIEVOUS_POOPER] or even [POOPER_MALICIOUS] could also be really funny.

Clearly rocs are fantasy Stukas and divebomb dwarves with their own poop.

They even do the stuka siren with their own vocal chords !

[Urist Tilaturist]

You, my friend, have obviously never experienced the terror that is a giant goose turd hitting the top of your car at terminal velocity.  Well, it certainly wouldn't have caved in my skull, but, damn, it would have really hurt.  A Roc turd... I don't know... I think it would do more than just trap and suffocate.

Fracturing the skull, yes, but unless the roc turd is incredibly dense and/or small it will not actually cave in the skull. I imagined roc turds as being quite big, so the force is spread.

[Pootis]

I should mention that burning dried dung for fuel is common where wood is scarce. If fuel is ever needed for cooking or brewing (as it should) this would be quite useful for settling treeless biomes.

[Urist Tilaturist]

I should mention that burning dried dung for fuel is common where wood is scarce. If fuel is ever needed for cooking or brewing (as it should) this would be quite useful for settling treeless biomes.

It is common, especially in areas where wood has been logged to destruction, but can cause some health problems.

[Pootis]

I should mention that burning dried dung for fuel is common where wood is scarce. If fuel is ever needed for cooking or brewing (as it should) this would be quite useful for settling treeless biomes.

It is common, especially in areas where wood has been logged to destruction, but can cause some health problems.

Nothing like the smell of fresh shit smoke in the morning.

[YAHG]

Roc poo prolly lethal (some math)

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If we take a

Roc: 20,000,000 cm^3
Human: 70,000 cm^3

The Roc is ~285.7 times as large as the human.

If we take an example human poo (used mine, eyeballing the measurements obviously)

I managed one that was tube roughly 18 in long and maybe 1.5 in in diameter.

So we take 18*(1.5/2)^2*3.14= 31.8 in^3

If we take 2.54 cm = 1 in., 2.54^3=16.39 so 1 in^3 = 16.39 cm ^3

31.8*16.39*285.7 = 148,907.4 cm^3 for a Roc poo assuming it would scale with volume (this is more than 2 times the size of a human  )

I think that in DF things can only hit you in one body part at a time so I'm thinking something that large hitting you in the head after falling a few z-levels would HAVE to be lethal. I don't really know how to determine whether it would cave in a skull but it would definitely count as a ranged weapon .

[Urist Tilaturist]

A blow can be lethal without caving in the skull. Given that the roc dung would completely entomb the victim, with only some of it hitting his head,  it seems more likely that he would be knocked out and suffocated inside the heap.

[YAHG]

A blow can be lethal without caving in the skull. Given that the roc dung would completely entomb the victim, with only some of it hitting his head,  it seems more likely that he would be knocked out and suffocated inside the heap.

If only it would dry and Urist would be like Han Solo in Carbonite  ...

[Deboche]

It is common, especially in areas where wood has been logged to destruction, but can cause some health problems.

I think dwarves must have elaborate ways of using fuel without getting exposed to the smoke. It's a pretty important skill if you live underground.

[Urist Tilaturist]

Smoke from furnaces and ventilation should be in the game. 10 coal furnaces running fine in an enclosed cave is just not !!fun!! enough now.

[Bumber]

A blow can be lethal without caving in the skull. Given that the roc dung would completely entomb the victim, with only some of it hitting his head,  it seems more likely that he would be knocked out and suffocated inside the heap.

I suspect that rocs cough up pellets like hawks and owls. Bird poop tends to be less solid than that of other animals. I'm not sure it could entomb somebody out in the open.