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Fist_Of_Armok

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One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« on: December 13, 2009, 10:35:35 pm »
With only two hoary marmots to his name, and most of a sheaf of steel bolts.

Problem is, my dorfs aren't touching it-even marked as Dump, deforbidden, and everything. And yes, I do have a dump area.

With an air of disappointment, I gave him the title of Dragon Slayer-for I had hoped to capture the dragon for my own use.

So! Why won't my dorfs touch the dragon corpse with its hideously valuable hide, bones, meat, and such?

Is it too far away? Because I drafted a Peasant to make sure he'd get close enough and made a dump five spaces from him, and he didn't do anything.

Halp!
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2009, 10:46:02 pm »
Make sure dwarves are set to haul outdoor refuse, o -> r -> o. That's the usual culprit.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2009, 11:24:51 pm »
Quote from: Kanddak on December 13, 2009, 10:46:02 pm
Make sure dwarves are set to haul outdoor refuse, o -> r -> o. That's the usual culprit.

They are. They've been hauling off Goblin corpses well enough.

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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2009, 12:07:14 am »
You've got a refuse pile that accepts dragons?
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2009, 02:29:59 am »
Ive got a dragon that accepts refuse!
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2009, 11:39:46 am »
I'm really hoping mega beasts will be formidable foes next release.

One of my forts was invaded by a dragon, who then promptly passed out from pain.

An immigrant fisherdwarf who just arrived on the map slowly strangled the dragon to death over the course of two seasons.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2009, 11:48:35 am »
Did you check the dragon's injuries at the time? It probably had one of its legs cut off during worldgen, which doesn't seem to bother them until they actually enter the map. Hell, in the current SA LetsPlay "Syrupleaf", the fort got attacked by a Hydra who had one of its necks torn out during worldgen (and seemingly survived), causing it to bleed to death shortly after arriving at the map edge.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2009, 12:17:16 pm »
The dragon had a broken tail.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2009, 01:38:02 pm »
I bet he passed out from the pain.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2009, 02:13:39 pm »
Quote from: Satarus on December 14, 2009, 01:38:02 pm
I bet he passed out from the pain.

Dragon: OHGODMYTAIL *thump*
Random Bystander: DIE FOUL BEAST *starts strangling the dragon*
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2009, 12:58:46 am »
In my first fortress I had a dragon show up and... just sort of loiter around the edge of the map. Once I sent my soldiers after him, one of my swordsdwarfs lopped his leg off with such force that it ended up in a tree twenty tiles away, then proceeded to murder it outright. Without a single scratch. True, he was ultra-mighty, superdwarvenly tough, and encased in steel, but damn, I was impressed with the fact that he singlehandedly and savagely massacred a dragon with no injuries.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2009, 03:42:07 am »
I've killed dragons in adventure mode with an accomplished axe user, with no other skills leveled. I think dragons are overrated, in the current version.
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2009, 04:23:09 am »
Stupid how you can gouge things eyes out ( i do that to EVERY SINGLE ENEMY I MEET) and they collapse from pain, even after like years...
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2009, 03:58:40 pm »
Mine had grey wounds to one claw and its foreleg.

Wimpy dragon, unless I misremember what gray is (I think it's a bruise.)
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Re: One of my rangers just shot a dragon to death.
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2009, 04:45:36 pm »
Grey wounds are missing body parts, particularly if the body parts are all connected to each other.
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