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[absynthe7]

So, a forest fire began raging just before a massive migrant wave showed up. All of them came to my fortress straight through the fire, but suffered no wounds, other than a lone bull calf that bled to death in the flames.

So, it would seem that fire is a lot less dangerous if your dwarves run straight through it (rather than hanging out chopping trees or whatever). Is anyone else seeing something similar?

[KFD]

Everything seems to be a lot less damaging to dwarves right now. I had a forgotton beast that's attacks would be stopped by cloth clothing 9/10 times.

[lordkrike]

Everything seems to be a lot less damaging to dwarves right now. I had a forgotton beast that's attacks would be stopped by cloth clothing 9/10 times.

You obviously haven't been having enough fun.

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Visit funtown sometime.

[HatfieldCW]

I don't know about fire, but there are a lot of stories circulating about procedurally generated monsters with laughably feeble superpowers.  Flying, ancient gorilla-beasts that breathe teeny tiny snowballs and will follow a child around for days peppering him with mildly annoying attacks, etc.

[2cat]

I don't know about fire, but there are a lot of stories circulating about procedurally generated monsters with laughably feeble superpowers.  Flying, ancient gorilla-beasts that breathe teeny tiny snowballs and will follow a child around for days peppering him with mildly annoying attacks, etc.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway

[shadowform]

Well...  they aren't necessarily forgotten because they're dangerous.  Sooner or later, Binky the Dread Mouse will show up in all of his two foot glory, breathing bursts of flame that are conveniently enough to warm the undersides of the stone tables your dwarves take their meals on.

[Deathworks]

Hi!

:) :) :) :)

Actually, now you know exactly why they were forgotten :) :) :)
Being no more than a nuisance, no one ever cared about them :) :)

Deathworks

[JoshuaFH]

Do the dwarves atleast know that they're on fire now?

[absynthe7]

It's also worth noting that running through the fire was not only not dangerous - it didn't catch the dwarves on fire. And really, that was the main problem before; that they'd catch fire and then wander around, catching everything else in your fort on fire.

Also, they were still blinking X migrants, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

[shadowclasper]

I think the way fire and magma works has been screwed up MAJORLY

Now it melts the fat inside the body, and eventually the skin. No bursting into flame anymore, no, your skin melts off and you bleed to death >_>;

[Krash]

P. sure that will be fixed eventually



Looking forward to it 

[absynthe7]

How, exactly, does fire melt a dwarf's fat without damaging his skin? Or clothes? 

[JoshuaFH]

You know, it's kind've like exercising. Feel the burn! Lose that fat!

[derekiv]

I think the way fire and magma works has been screwed up MAJORLY

Now it melts the fat inside the body, and eventually the skin. No bursting into flame anymore, no, your skin melts off and you bleed to death >_>;

That's not screwed up, that's a feature!
Reminds me of Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Arc

[Captain Xenon]

forgotten beasts... they ignore cage traps. they break doors.

ive got one covered in red feathers, with a trunk, its a therapod(dinosaur), and breaths fire. bust past my defenses and i pulled together a squad to fight it... slow slow fight. im still figuring out the new military.  but the kill order is awesome to be able to give.