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[Dakk]

So yea, yet another enginnering idea focused around causing death and destruction, just another day on dwarf fortress. Unfortunely i haven't had much time to develop my yet infant fort, and i decided to put these plans somewhere before i forget about it completely:

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1st level:

     I

2nd level:

╔═══╗
║ooo║
║ooo║
║ooo║
╚═══╝

3rd level:

╔═══╗
║≈≈≈║
║≈≈≈║
║≈≈≈║
╚═══╝

Legend:

≈ = magma

║ = Walls

o = barrel of booze.

I = Support.

This is basically a two store building supported by a single support linked to a lever, with booze completely sealed inside in its lower level and with magma on top. What i suspect that would happen is that by pulling the level and causing the support to go poof, not only should this cause cave-in dust knocking people uncounciouss, but the magma should also hit the booze somehow causing pretty pretty explosions.

If anyone can do some experiments and post the results here, i'd be very pleased.

[Lord Dullard]

Booze doesn't explode. It just burns.

[Dakk]

Well thats a bummer, but hell, maybe the cave-in action should spread the flamming booze around a bit?

[Volfram]

On that topic, how cool would flammable liquids be?(in the vein of water and magma)

Scratch that, I think the new material raws allow such capabilities...

[Xether]

haha when i saw the thread title i imagined what this bomb would be. Its exactly how you said it be.. hmm shame it doesn't work.. i sure i heard booze explodes when in contact with fire..like fire snakes.

[Shooer]

Booze doesn't explode but it does vaporize quickly and some times dangerously.

[LegoLord]

haha when i saw the thread title i imagined what this bomb would be. Its exactly how you said it be.. hmm shame it doesn't work.. i sure i heard booze explodes when in contact with fire..like fire snakes.

Fire snakes don't do that.  They don't make anything catch on fire; I've had a bad habit of putting food stocks next to magma pipes, and all that ever happens is the spontaneous destruction of a barrel.

Booze doesn't burn, by the way.  It only boils.  Since items at their boiling points are automatically set to there boiling points, and since booze has an unusually low boiling point, boiling booze is harmless.

[GreenMarine]

Leather gear burns. Build some leather gear. Build something that sets it on fire. Then use a drawbridge to catapult it out toward a target. ?

[doctorspoof]

Replaces the booze barrels with cats.
Or something else furry and flammable, like dwarves

[Eagle]

Take a look at this topic: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=31244.0

[Katsuun]

Boiling leather has the weird tendency to FREEZE people to death, as I found out quite painfully.

[InsanityPrelude]

Why is the support *above* the booze and magma?

[AncientEnemy]

Why is the support *above* the booze and magma?

other way round. think ground floor, 2nd floor, 3rd

[Dareon Clearwater]

Or you could pave the sky and suspend it from above.  Orbital Magma Cannons... Hmm.  I think I'd need more scaffolding.

[JohnieRWilkins]

Build a stairway to the sky and cover the top z level with hatches. Pump magma up there and have a dwarf on stand-by. That is how you win df.