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Inquisitor Saturn

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Why throwing is the best skill ever
« on: March 19, 2008, 12:17:00 am »

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Keiseth

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2008, 12:35:00 am »

Beetles HURT; and knowing DF these are huge, fire-breathing death beetles. =)
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numerobis

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 01:10:00 am »

To understand what kind of beetles we're talking about, play Kobold Quest.
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umiman

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 02:17:00 pm »

Everything in Dwarf Fortress makes sense if you amplify everything existing in the real world by a factor of ten.

So... that beetle would be to us as a shoe is to worms.

Inquisitor Saturn

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 07:36:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by umiman:
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So... that beetle would be to us as a shoe is to worms.</STRONG>


... Are you saying that beetle is the size of a van?

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numerobis

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 09:11:00 pm »

I'm terrified of the concept of a 20-inch live beetle flying at me.
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numerobis

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 11:32:00 pm »

You know, I was *kidding* about the 20-inch roaches.  And then I discovered they exist.  At least they're aquatic.

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Kyselina

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2008, 02:26:00 am »

I thought they are more like this:
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Patarak

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2008, 07:18:00 pm »

Know why throwing is the best skill ever?

One time I sneakily threw an arrow at a goblin drunk and it ran him through.

Then I sneakily threw a scimitar at the local Spearmaster and it lopped of his ear, broke his nose, broke his brain, and sliced out his throat.

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Psyco Jelly

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2008, 09:46:00 pm »

You must have put some insane spin on that scimitar.
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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2008, 09:55:00 pm »

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<STRONG>You must have put some insane spin on that scimitar.</STRONG>

I'm thinking: first, the hilt smashes the face.  Next, the blade slices the throat.  Finally, the hilt moves on by the ear, and a bit of blade near the hilt (I forget what that part is called) slices the ear off en passant.

The goblin king should have known better than to move his pawn forward two squares.

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umiman

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2008, 11:42:00 pm »

Inquisitor Saturn: Around there. And bolts are the size of tree trunks. Carp are the size of a locomotive. etc. etc.

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2008, 01:18:00 am »

It should be noted though that flying dragon corpses are completely ineffective against goblin children.

I think the smaller it is in DF the more piercing power so when you lob a dragon and someone and it glances off is because its to big to run them through.

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2008, 03:37:00 am »

I once had an encounter with a pre-nerf gcs and he tore off my arm immediatly. My comrades distracted him long enough for me to get up, grab my xe with my other hand and kill him. I then picked up my arm and tossed it at the approaching collosus. He died.
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Patarak

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Re: Why throwing is the best skill ever
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2008, 05:05:00 am »

GCS are nerfed?
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