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Warlord255

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Dropping Anvils and Stones
« on: September 13, 2009, 10:41:05 pm »
Simple enough. Falling items can damage creatures.

Among other things, this would force us to design our stonefall traps rather than have EZ-build magic versions. Bridge-flinging would need some new considerations with weight first to prevent insane shrapnel-bombs, and deconstruction projects would need some more caution to prevent your workers from getting beaned in the head.

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Re: Dropping Anvils and Stones
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2009, 10:46:08 pm »
worth it just for dropping anvils
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Re: Dropping Anvils and Stones
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2009, 10:53:31 pm »
The catch is that dwarves have to be smart enough to work with these restrictions. Not, for instance, prone to stranding themselves on the wrong side of a floodgate or constructed wall. Same would go for intelligently avoiding acts that would dump things unnecessarily.

Might be nice if dwarves could be set to move debris off of a floor before deconstructing it, for instance. (Or not, if you've managed to trap some goblins a few levels under that constructed floor and want to bring the literal roof down...)
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Re: Dropping Anvils and Stones
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2009, 11:15:42 pm »
Have the mechanics construct a piano-fall trap post-haste!
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Re: Dropping Anvils and Stones
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 03:25:46 am »
I think the piano may be too recent an invention to make it into the game.  You may have to settle for a falling harpsicord. 
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Re: Dropping Anvils and Stones
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 03:44:50 am »
Anvil traps and other sorts of 'drop things' and 'catapult' threads have been bandied about.

The longest thread about the idea was necro'd just a few months ago.
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