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Leonidas

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Damage from Falling
« on: October 13, 2009, 03:48:00 pm »
How many z-levels, as rule of thumb, will cause an enemy to suffer:
1) no injuries
2) minor injuries
3) major injuries
4) death

Are any creatures immune to falling?

What creature characteristics reduce damage from falling?
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LeoLeonardoIII

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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2009, 03:54:26 pm »
The Morul thread (most interesting dwarf) has animals falling 3 z levels to get a 20% chance of death or 20% chance of red injury. But I read it yesterday so check it yourself.
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2009, 04:52:05 pm »
Not that simple.

 Larger creatures are tougher, smaller ones more fragile.  Also, there's a HUGE randomizer in any damage or combat - anything is possible.

However, iirc...

1 z-level is a stun only (and usually a guaranteed one).

5-6 z-levels is usually a crippling injury to a Hammerer dwarf size 7 creature. 

There's also a bug that if a creature lands on another creature, they take no damage. (This includes landing on another creature in magma, which results in a creature apparently swimming in the stuff.)

From there, you're on your own.
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 06:12:56 pm »
Quote from: Albedo on October 13, 2009, 04:52:05 pm
. . . if a creature lands on another creature, they take no damage.

The falling creature takes no damage.  What about the creature who got fallen on?  Can a dwarf be injured from having an orc fall on him?  Or the orc's helmet?
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2009, 07:10:47 pm »
Both take no damage.

If a titan falls on a kitten, both will walk away unharmed.
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2009, 07:19:05 pm »
*Nod* Someone made dwarven drop pods with kitten cushions some time back, as I recall.
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2009, 07:40:28 pm »
And if we just had a way to shoot dwarves upwards, we'd have everything we'd need to make dwarven elevators.
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2009, 09:40:09 pm »
OK, so a creature falling on a dwarf does no damage.  But I'm pretty sure that a rock falling on a dwarf will hurt (and usually kill) him.  What about other stuff?  Wood?  Armor?  Weapons?  Blocks?  Bars?
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2009, 10:01:28 pm »
Actually, no, the only instance of a falling object hurting a dwarf is the stonefall trap or a cave in. You can rain rocks and whatever else onto your dwarves and they will be unharmed.

Only creatures have this kind of collision interaction.
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Re: Damage from Falling
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2009, 10:57:49 pm »
Quote from: Leonidas on October 13, 2009, 09:40:09 pm
OK, so a creature falling on a dwarf does no damage.  But I'm pretty sure that a rock falling on a dwarf will hurt (and usually kill) him.  What about other stuff?  Wood?  Armor?  Weapons?  Blocks?  Bars?

No. To all and more.

smj is correct - the only falling thing that can hurt a dwarf is a cave-in.  A falling catapult stone, or a stone that gets dumped, or a (single) stone that has been deconstructed over empty space will never hurt anything.

Stop thinking real-life, or role-playing, this is a separate game, with its own rules.
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