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[Roundabout Lout]

Seriously, when was the last time any of you saw one in the new version?
I thought about this when I got attacked by my first in 40a-d, oh just a few minutes ago, in a cave.
Tasked to kill a Giant, ok no big deal, find and slaughter. Turned a corner and got webbed, then paralyzed right away. Fortunately my hammerman companion, the aptly named Pik,stood up to the beast. Damn did he get lucky, beating it to death without getting a scratch. And me, a legendary megabeast rapist, getting immobilized immediately...
So, who else has seen one in the new version and where?

EDIT: OH CHRIST! I posted this too damn early. I was still in the cave, walked down a flight, and ran into another fucking GCS. Me and the hammerman got webbed, and this time the speardwarf saved both our asses with a blow to the beast's heart. She got it stuck in though when I finished it off, so me and the hammerman are the only two left with weapons. It's then that while I go to look for the giant, I get messages of a THIRD GCS tearing apart the hammerman, nowhere to be found. (I fucking immediately turned on record) I'm the only one with a weapon, followed by a female elf and female dwarf, looking for the remains of Pik and his murderer.(GCS in a cave = bad horror story) Found the Giant first, poor sod, then found the third spider. That fight was mostly uneventful, as it had used it's sinister webbing on Pik. I'm still in the cave, and who knows how fucking many there are.

http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-967-gcsattack40d

[WorkerDrone]

Your toast. Fourth times the charm.

[Jreengus]

Actually there was only one spider, Armok just kept ressurecting it for a laugh.

[Hectonkhyres]

Actually there was only one spider, Armok just kept ressurecting it for a laugh.

There is only one spider in all the worlds of DF. And his name happens to be Armok.
It explains everything. Everything.

[Teeto_K]

I've had no GCS's, but damn, that's a heck of a comeback for them in your world.

My most recent adventure death was to a GDS: Giant Desert Scorpion. While they lack the webbing of their Giant Cave cousins, they apparently have the NOPAIN and NOFEAR to stand up my maul wielding badass and scisor her to pieces.

I'd not realized how much my adventurer relied on stunning and pain to survive battles until it was too late.

[CyberCube]

I think my very first GCS encounter, not counting giant cave swallows, was when I was walking through a cave and suddenly two giant cave spiders came around the corner and trapped me. I didn't even get to do anything before I was poisoned.

Now, however, I have my revenge. After taking down a giant as newly-created and untrained adventurer, I decided to continue exploring the cave. Upon walking down a corridor, I got attacked and dodged. And there it was. A large, uppercase 'S'. "Hide behind the elf!" I thought, scrambling into a combat position behind my teammate. But it was no good; apparently elves and giant cave spiders get along just fine. Thanks for nothing, Legolas.

But I had a chance. The spider had charged past me and slammed into a wall. Raising my iron scimitar, I attacked. And just like that, it was over.

Combat log:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You've been spotted!
The Giant Cave Spider attacks You but You jump away!
You hack at the Giant Cave Spider in the left third leg with your Iron Scimitar!
It is badly gashed!
The Giant Cave Spider attacks You but You jump away!
You hack at the Giant Cave Spider in the cephalothorax with your Iron Scimitar!
It is badly gashed!
The Giant Cave Spider is having trouble breathing!
The Giant Cave Spider charges at You!
The Giant Cave Spider attacks You but You jump away!
The Giant Cave Spider slams into an obstacle and falls over!
You hack at the Giant Cave Spider in the cephalothorax with your Iron Scimitar!
It is split in half from the crown to the chin!
The Giant Cave Spider is propelled away by the force of the blow!
The Giant Cave Spider has been struck down.

Then, something I completely expect happens. In another part of the cave, we both get webbed by a second spider, and it poisons me tears my upper body to pieces. And then something else I completely expect happens. After freeing himself from the web, the elf swordsman just kinda... hangs out with it. Why did I save him from the giant again?

[Rockphed]

My first, and so far only, run in with GCS was when I tried reclaiming a fort that was half in an epicly evil forest(inhabited by zombie turkeys) and had a chasm.  The first time I reclaimed, I killed about 30 GCS ON THE PLAIN before my dwarves started to tantrum spiral.  The next time I only killed 20 before tantrum spiral.  I have a plan to retake the fort by digging a new fort, waiting until the GCS show themselves, and then pin-cushioning them from the safety of my entrenchments.  I think there is even HFS somewhere on that map, so the only thing it lacks is magma.

[neo1096]

I once had 5 skeletal GCSs on my map... that was fun...

[WorkerDrone]

Made of lose? Did THAT cure your DIS?

[neo1096]

No, It didn't... It was dwarf mode and 5 hammerlords in full steel plate with adamantine hammers were on the patrol route, they managed to web and kill 4 but the last one entered a martial trance and killed the 3 SGCSs who survived.

[Dakk]

All it wants is a cuddle D:>

[Astus Ater]

Is it disturbing I find that cute?

[WorkerDrone]

Is it cute that I find that disturbing?

Will never know.

[Yanlin]

Skilled photographer is skilled! Making a tiny hole-in-the-ground spider look like a giant cave spider!

[E-mouse]

Is it disturbing I find that cute?

Cute spiders? It's more likely than you think.

Cute Giant Cave Spiders? THAT'S disturbing.