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[Starver]

I can't wait to see the forum threads popping : "my legendary adventurer got grabbed by a roc and now I'm 50z above ground, what do I do"

Climb up and ride it, obviously.

Be sure to get your own grasp on it BEFORE breaking its hold, though.

The mighty Great God Om will show the way, from the time he was temporarily manifested as a tortoise and  (even more temporarily) carried aloft by an eagle. For at, east the third time, I think it was.

[bloop_bleep]

I can't wait to see the forum threads popping : "my legendary adventurer got grabbed by a roc and now I'm 50z above ground, what do I do"

Climb up and ride it, obviously.

Then piledrive it into the ground.

[Bumber]

I can't wait to see the forum threads popping : "my legendary adventurer got grabbed by a roc and now I'm 50z above ground, what do I do"

Climb up and ride it, obviously.

Then piledrive it into the ground.

Grab a tree branch at the last second.

[Egan_BW]

I can't wait to see the forum threads popping : "my legendary adventurer got grabbed by a roc and now I'm 50z above ground, what do I do"

Climb up and ride it, obviously.

Then piledrive it into the ground.

Grab a tree branch at the last second.

Good idea; that way you'll get your arm ripped off just before you splatter on the ground.

[OmegaShadowcry]

I can't wait to see the forum threads popping : "my legendary adventurer got grabbed by a roc and now I'm 50z above ground, what do I do"

Climb up and ride it, obviously.

Then piledrive it into the ground.

Grab a tree branch at the last second.

Good idea; that way you'll get your arm ripped off just before you splatter on the ground.

Only in Dwarf Fortress, gentleurists.
Personally, I would recommend climbing up onto the Roc, snapping one of its wings, and piloting the creature to it's oh-so-messy demise. Try and land upright, that way you can at least train up as a crutchwalker if you break your legs.

[IndigoFenix]

Imagine a merging between wrestling, dragging, and mounting mechanics.  "Mount" becomes a wrestling move, allowing you to grab wild animals and try to stay on their back while they try to throw you off.  The same move on smaller creatures would just let you sit on them.

[bloop_bleep]

How about after you mount a creature a lot of times it will submit to your will, allowing you to ride it without it throwing you off?

Imagine pulling a Daenarys Targaryen by mounting a dragon, then flying into an elven forest retreat and burning it all to the ground.

Say, this might actually not be too overwhelmingly hard to implement a simplified version of this in a DFHack Lua script... I'll look into it.

[FakerFangirl]

I can't wait to see the forum threads popping : "my legendary adventurer got grabbed by a roc and now I'm 50z above ground, what do I do"

Getting stuck in trees 2.0

[Max™]

Add this to advfort in some of the functions around line #400 or so:

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function SetCarryRef(args)
    local mnt
    local rid
    local pos=args.pos
    for k,v in pairs(df.global.world.units.active) do
        if v.pos.x==pos.x and v.pos.y==pos.y and v.pos.z==pos.z then
mnt = df.global.world.units.active[0]
rid = v
  mnt.general_refs:insert("#",{new=df.general_ref_unit_riderst,unit_id=rid.id})
                  dfhack.maps.ensureTileBlock(rid.pos).occupancy[rid.pos.x%16][rid.pos.y%16].unit = false
  rid.relationship_ids.RiderMount=mnt.id
  rid.pos.x=mnt.pos.x
  rid.pos.y=mnt.pos.y
  rid.pos.z=mnt.pos.z
  rid.flags1.rider=true
  mnt.flags1.ridden=true
  require("utils").insert_sorted(df.global.world.units.other.ANY_RIDER,rid,"id")
            return
        end
    end
end

Then go down to the line that starts with actions={ and add this somewhere in the middle:

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    {"Carry"           ,SetCarryRef,{}},


[Urist McVoyager]

Is it possible to wrestle and pull someone while retaining your grip, pulling them along with you?
If you can fly (I'm currently enjoying the advantages of being a peregrine falcon man), can you pull them up with you?
That would be great - swoop down into a group of goblins, grab one, and abduct him into the air to deal with him somewhere else.

Just a heads up, a peregrine falcon man isn't likely to be picking a goblin up. Animal people are an average between the animal and person that's combined. So that particular creature will probably have to settle for raking peoples' faces with their claws. Still a brutal attack, and certainly worth the effort. Just not a lift.

[Uzu Bash]

Is it possible to wrestle and pull someone while retaining your grip, pulling them along with you?
If you can fly (I'm currently enjoying the advantages of being a peregrine falcon man), can you pull them up with you?
That would be great - swoop down into a group of goblins, grab one, and abduct him into the air to deal with him somewhere else.

Just a heads up, a peregrine falcon man isn't likely to be picking a goblin up. Animal people are an average between the animal and person that's combined. So that particular creature will probably have to settle for raking peoples' faces with their claws. Still a brutal attack, and certainly worth the effort. Just not a lift.

At base, I'd agree, PFM is little over half the size of a goblin. It remains to be put to the test as to whether one could develop the mass to knock over a goblin, or if the gravity adds enough (or any) momentum to a swooping charge. Can't test this in arena because muscle and fat tissue thickness don't automatically scale when strength/stored fat are directly modified.

[Rumrusher]

Add this to advfort in some of the functions around line #400 or so:

oh yeah I remember having a carry, drag, mount and Stuff folks into a item function for dfhack for several years now due to help by warmist.
kinda made looking at this thread in puzzle confusion though.
loads of fun for making a chain of dragging units each being pulled by another person.
the drag code that I had for years back, probably need an update since relationships section in dfhack got rewritten.

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{name="Grab",f=function (unit_list)
 for k,v in pairs(unit_list) do
if tofollow==nil then
tofollow=df.global.world.units.active[0]
end
if unit==nil then
print=("no one is selected")
end
 v.following=tofollow
 v.relationship_ids.dragger_id=tofollow.id
 v.relationship_ids.draggee_id=v.id
 v.unk_238=8
 tofollow.relationship_ids.draggee_id=v.id
 --[[unit.relations.following=tofollow
 v.relations.unk_258=tofollow.id
 v.relations.unk_238=8
 tofollow.relations.unk_254=v.id]]--
 end
     return true
end},
{name="Let go",f=function (unit_list)
 for k,v in pairs(unit_list) do
if tofollow==nil then
tofollow=df.global.world.units.active[0]
end
if unit==nil then
print=("no one is selected")
end
 v.following=nil
 v.relationship_ids.dragger_id=-1
 v.relationship_ids.draggee_id=-1
 v.unk_238=-1
 tofollow.relationship_ids.draggee_id=-1
 end
     return true
end},

and the old script for shoving folks into an item

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{name="Shove in",f=function (unit_list,pos)
 unit=getCreatureAtPos(getxyz())
 item=getItemAtPos(getxyz())

for a,b in ipairs(df.global.world.items.all) do for c,d in ipairs(b.general_refs) do end end
local u_ref=df.general_ref_contains_unitst:new()
u_ref.unit_id=unit.id
item.general_refs:insert(#item.general_refs,u_ref)

local u_cr_ref=df.general_ref_contained_in_itemst:new()
unit.flags1.caged=true
u_cr_ref.item_id=item.id
general_refs:insert(#general_refs,u_cr_ref)
return true
end},

though nice to see max making addons to advfort.

[Dunamisdeos]

*unskilled goblin is dropped from 50z in the air*
*parries a bird mid-air*
*floats the rest of the way down kung-fu style*
*explodes PC with a glance*

[KittyTac]

*unskilled goblin is dropped from 50z in the air*
*parries a bird mid-air*
*floats the rest of the way down kung-fu style*
*explodes PC with a glance*

PC as in, computer, or primary character?

[Dunamisdeos]

*unskilled goblin is dropped from 50z in the air*
*parries a bird mid-air*
*floats the rest of the way down kung-fu style*
*explodes PC with a glance*

PC as in, computer, or primary character?

Player Character Y'kno what I'm leaving it up to your imagination at this point.