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[Biag]

I tried to kill a giant in adventurer mode. It took off my skirt and beat me to death with it.

To this day, there is a Legendary giant who gets one-hit kills with an iron chain skirt. The only way to beat her is probably by throwing things, but she hangs out in a really tiny little section of the cave, so she has this habit of breaking both my arms in less than a turn.

[Batta]

Handfuls of sand.

The one time I had a successful adventurer, she managed to kill plenty of monsters using only sand.

[Tradanbattlan]

Just recently I had my leg torn off by wolves.
Since my sword was stuck in one that went flying off the cliff I did the only thing that seemed logical at the time.

I picked up my own leg and beat the wolves with it.
It is now my main weapon.

[Duke 2.0]

 Backpacks full of water.

 Then there was that time I wandered into a desert and it all froze, rendering my adventurer overburdened and thus unable to defend himself from a giant scorpion.

[LegoLord]

My razor-sharp teeth, capable of biting out people's eyes.

But I normally like using non-improvised weapons for the extra skill.

[Rockphed]

Backpacks full of water.

 Then there was that time I wandered into a desert and it all froze, rendering my adventurer overburdened and thus unable to defend himself from a giant scorpion.

That actually sounds like a bug.  Water shouldn't gain mass when it freezes.

[Tradanbattlan]

It should decrease in weight because the molecules are spread out or somethingoranother

[Duke 2.0]

 All I know is that my speed was normal when I picked up the backpack of water/ Then later after picking up nothing and noting my backpack was frozen, my speed had fell sharply.

 I never sneak in Adventurer mode like the Conan I am.

[LegoLord]

It should decrease in weight because the molecules are spread out or somethingoranother

A decrease in density normally doesn't result in spontaneous disappearance of mass.

[DJ]

Mass doesn't decrease, but weight does. Increasing volume while retaining same mass gives you buoyancy, you know.

[abculatter_2]

Mass doesn't decrease, but weight does. Increasing volume while retaining same mass gives you buoyancy, you know.

Just because it's spreading out doesn't mean it becomes any less then what it was originally. If I had a glass of water then dumped it on the floor then the water would spread out and form a puddle and splatter everywhere, but it would still be the same amount of water that was in the glass..

[DJ]

It is the same amount of water, but it weighs less. To be precise, it's weight decrease equals the weight of air this additional volume displaced.

[LegoLord]

Buoyancy is negligible in air unless your object's volume is largely helium gas or elemental hydrogen gas.

Water spilled all over the floor does not weigh less, it is simply spread out over a greater area.

Take a five pound weight and hold it in your hand.  Then hammer it into a plate and carry it on you back.  It is still five pounds of weight; it merely feels lighter because a greater mass of muscle is being used to support it.  It will still be just as heavy if you try holding it in your hand, and a scale will read out the same weight both before and after.

[DJ]

Of course spilled water will weigh the same. But ice will weigh less. Yes, it's negligible difference, but I feel obliged to nitpick whenever I see people using weight and mass interchangeably.