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[pokute]

Do elves make wooden war hammers?  I've never seen one in their caravans.

Been meaning to get a few so my dwarfs don't pancake each other sparring.

[Ametsala]

Silver weapons are as good training weapons as wooden ones.

According to the wiki: Also, the hippies elves won't sell you proper weapons like hammers and axes, but only what amounts to wooden poles.

[Footkerchief]

No, elves only have spears, swords and bows.

[pokute]

Silver weapons are as good training weapons as wooden ones.

According to the wiki: Also, the hippies elves won't sell you proper weapons like hammers and axes, but only what amounts to wooden poles.

So the "safety" of wooden weapons for sparring is just the 50% damange modifier?  I thought there was some special flag that made wooden weapons not poke someone's eye out.

[Footkerchief]

So the "safety" of wooden weapons for sparring is just the 50% damange modifier?  I thought there was some special flag that made wooden weapons not poke someone's eye out.

Yeah, just the modifier, nothing special.  Make sure they're made by a dwarf who doesn't know any weaponsmithing to keep the quality (and damage) down.

[DanielLC]

If you don't mind modding, you can make them shoot blowgun darts. You can't actually make blowgun darts, so that prevents them from shooting them, but the weapons can still be made out of wood at the bowyer's shop.

[Snall]

Dwarfs will gain hammer skill from crossbows if they dont have bolts. 

[LegoLord]

I thought there was some special flag that made wooden weapons not poke someone's eye out.

Wood can be made pretty sharp, actually.

[pokute]

Dwarfs will gain hammer skill from crossbows if they dont have bolts. 

The thing is, I don't want my legendary military getting maimed from sparring, which is just embarrassing.

[LegoLord]

Dwarfs will gain hammer skill from crossbows if they dont have bolts. 

The thing is, I don't want my legendary military getting maimed from sparring, which is just embarrassing.

Good armor + poor sparring weapons = no maiming incidents.  Ever.

[inaluct]

Speaking of sparring, is there any way to disable it without upsetting the military?

[Walliard]

Get rid of the barracks or make the entire army subordinate to a wounded dwarf.

[Guy Montag]

I always though it was odd that dwarves can't make wooden mallets, clubs and pointy sticks.

I get that elves are special because they make swords out of wood, and that actually CUT people, and sever limbs off in flying arcs and the sort, but I don't see why it would be hard to turn that fallen tree into a simple wooden mallet (warhammer), or into a club (mace) or a for Urist to simply make one end of a long branch really pointy (spear).

Right now its hard to make weapons, even crappy weapons, on a embark site eithout ore or fuel or early in the game. Only thing you can do is make wooden crossbows and wooden bolts.

But yeah. For sparring weapons, I usually just let them have the real thing after a "basic training" set on unarmed with a sheild to train up their wrestling, armor and sheild stats. I trained 110 dorfs in my last fort in this manner and only had 5 bedwarmers to show for it once I switched them to +Iron+ type stuff.

[Snall]

Dwarfs will gain hammer skill from crossbows if they dont have bolts. 

The thing is, I don't want my legendary military getting maimed from sparring, which is just embarrassing.

The crossbows do minimal dmg when used as hammers

[LegoLord]

I get that elves are special because they make swords out of wood, and that actually CUT people, and sever limbs off in flying arcs and the sort,

Actually that isn't too special.  A wooden sword is possible, and could cut people up.  Needs the right kind though.

It would just be hard.  Really, really hard.