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Quintin Stone

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Butchering a hydra corpse
« on: October 12, 2006, 05:06:00 pm »
I was awed at my dwarves' martial ability.  They took on the hydra that charged into my base using only melee combat!

But when I butchered it, I got only 1 skull.  This is a 7-headed beast, so why not 7 skulls?  :)

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thvaz

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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2006, 06:04:00 pm »
How many dwarves got killed?   :)
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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2006, 07:05:00 pm »
There were lots of problems with hydras...  I think they also all had only one set of eyes/brains/other facial features until I fixed that in the in-dev version, so your hydras are like...  dragons with 6 knobby-ended worms sticking out of them.  Kind of like tentacle demon dragons, really.

edit:  oh, but the knobby ends can all bite in yours, so it's like...  more advanced tentacle demons where they have lil mouths.

[ October 12, 2006: Message edited by: Toady One ]

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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2006, 08:15:00 pm »
It was impossible to defeat it. It bind all my limbs, in a way I only could bite it. Then it torn apart the limbs one by one, then the head. Like a horror movie!  :D
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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2006, 01:33:00 am »
I've seen a man kill a hydra in a single hit, actually.
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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2006, 01:41:00 am »
I imagine putting a spear through the heart, and maybe a lung or two, and then backing off and letting it bleed out would work...
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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2006, 12:33:00 pm »
Does killing one of its heads still kill the hydra?  I think I remember someone saying something of the sort some time back.
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Re: Butchering a hydra corpse
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2006, 01:14:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by thvaz:
<STRONG>How many dwarves got killed?     :)</STRONG>

Two dwarves (farmer & peasant) got killed as they ran back to the fortress.  None of my actual fighters died, though one brave axedwarf lost his entire right leg, so he's pretty much a goner.

[ October 13, 2006: Message edited by: Quintin Stone ]

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