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[Urist Imiknorris]

Lever?

[lanceleoghauni]

Fire Blob FB trudging through my heavily flooded Second Cavern.

mannnnn. My FPS suuuuucks.

[Greiger]

First time I've gotten pissed off at DF in quite some time.  Gloriesscar succumbed to infection after most of her wounds were treated because the doctors refused to use any of that fancy soap I went through all the trouble to make, and my attempts to get a baron are thwarted for the third year in a row by a siege showing up right before the liaison is due to arrive.  Preventing his arrival.

I just want to get a goddamn baron for the first time in almost half a year, is that so much to ask?  Wouldn't be so bad if I could actually do something to prevent or delay a siege for a short time without cheating.

[kilakan]

well if you kill the whole siege, the next one takes lnger to show up

[Fistbeard]

What.

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[Ethereal.Frog]

He's a mech, therefore untouchable. And is that bluemetal tip on the ballista arrow?

[Fistbeard]

... It was adamantine.

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[Ethereal.Frog]

You have to find a way to have him wield the arrow as a weapon.

[Lord Shonus]

Pretty sure ballista bolts are dodgable.

[Fistbeard]

That thing passed through him, all three squares, fired from a masterpiece ballista, by a legendary siege operator.
If that won't hit, what will?

[Greiger]

Huh, Ive been having ballista bolts hit quite effectively.  In fact they seem to hit anywhere between 3 and 10 times per target, it's a primary part of my defense.  Though I have only had the bolt touch a target with wood and silver tips so far because I have too many siege operators and they are all sharing one training catapult.

Maybe adamantine tip ballista arrows have the same issues of adamantine tip bolts. Whats the combat log say?  In my experience the hits show up there.  If they are just bouncing off the adamantine tips are just too light.  He could have shieldblocked it as well, which would nullify the damage (the bolt would keep flying though)

[Fistbeard]

I'd tell you if I weren't playing 40d.
Anyway, repeated tests with steel bolts yielded the exact same results.
In other news, my magma chamber/trash disposal is working nicely!

[caknuck]

Had my third weaponsmith go moody (secretive), this time producing a nickel silver short sword. I have been quarrying out more marble in order to get the steel industry rolling.

On a related note, I now have three legendary weaponsmiths and no armorsmiths past accomplished. Feh.

[Ethereal.Frog]

I'm risking 2 farmer's live and limbs and whatever else they've got for shells. Stupid bone carver, wanting shells.

[cog disso]

Build a shafted refuse bin and a turtle pond. That's what I do.